HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-016 Inf Sh Brooklyn Boulevard Between I-94 and 69th Avenue North Application Filed on 7-26-01
City Council Action Should Be
Taken By 9-25-01 (60 Days)
Planning Commission Information Sheet
Application No. 2001-016
Applicant: Herbert A. Margolis
Location: East Side of Brooklyn Boulevard Between I-94 and 69th Avenue North
Request: Preliminary Plat
The applicant, Herbert A. Margolis on behalf of Bri-Mar Company, Inc., is seeking preliminary plat approval to combine and divide 13.957 acres of land located on the east side of Brooklyn
Boulevard into two lots for the Brookdale Dodge automobile dealership and the Luther Brookdale Mazda dealership (formerly Ryan Olds).
The property under consideration is zoned C-2 (Commerce) and includes the former Total Gas Station site, the Big Wheel Auto Parts store, the Car X/Pit Stop site, Brookdale Dodge and
Brookdale Mazda. It is surrounded on the west by Brooklyn Boulevard; on the north by 69th Avenue; on the east by R-1 and R-3 zoned property; and on the south by I-94 right of way.
BACKGROUND
For a number of years, the City and Hennepin County have pursued the widening of Brooklyn Boulevard from 65th Avenue on the south to approximately 71st/Noble Avenue on the north. The
widening of this roadway necessitated the acquisition of certain properties, or portions of properties, on the east side of Brooklyn Boulevard north of I-94. In the area between I-94
and 69th Avenue this has meant the total taking of Pilgrim Cleaners, Total Gas, Big Wheel Auto Parts, and Pit Stop Oil Change. All of these buildings have been removed from their respective
sites. Negotiations are nearing final completion on the acquisition of the Car X property and this building should be removed in the near future. Partial takings of the Brookdale Mazda
and Brookdale Dodge properties have also been accomplished.
The Brooklyn Boulevard widening project includes a center median to be constructed from I-94 up to 70th Avenue with breaks at the freeway ramps and 68th and 69th Avenues. The construction
of the center median would result in only right in/right out access for the Brookdale Mazda site. A series of complex negotiations between the City, the County and the various affected
property owners has resulted in an agreement that calls for the redrawing of property lines along with appropriate easement agreements that will allow the two automobile dealerships
to have full access at a signalized intersection at 68th and Brooklyn Boulevard.
The proposed plat reflects the resulting property changes. In effect, the remaining land from Total Gas, Big Wheel Auto, Pit Stop and Car X sites will be attached to the Brookdale Dodge
property, while the southerly leg of the Brookdale Dodge property will be attached to the Brookdale Mazda property, squaring out that site and allowing full access to the 68th and Brooklyn
Boulevard intersection.
The current Brookdale Dodge showroom, which is located on a portion of the property to be attached to Brookdale Mazda, will eventually be demolished and a new facility for Brookdale
Dodge will be built. Planning Commission Application No. 2001-017 comprehends the site and building plan/special use permit approval necessary to accomplish these changes.
The proposed plat is made up of portions of five properties that would be replatted into two lots and an outlot to be known as the Bri-Mar Addition. Right of way for the expansion of
Brooklyn Boulevard (County Road No. 152) will be dedicated with the plat and is shown. An expanded right of way area is provided for opposite 68th Avenue to provide an intersection
type access to the two proposed lots. Lot 1 will be the site of the Brookdale Dodge dealership and is proposed to be 267,588 sq. ft. (6.35 acres). Lot 2 will be the site of Luther
Brookdale Mazda and is proposed to be 304,599 sq. ft. (6.993 acres). A 30 ft. by 26 ft. outlot (proposed Outlot A) is established to house PCA monitoring equipment in a shed surrounded
by a 6 ft. high chain link fence on the former Total Gas property. This structure will be located there on a temporary basis while monitoring takes place.
Cross access between the Dodge and Mazda dealerships (proposed Lots 1 and 2) will be established as part of an agreement between the various parties. Said access easement agreement
should be filed with the plat.
The City Engineer is reviewing the preliminary plat and will be making written comments, which will be attached for the Commission’s review. Copies of the preliminary plat have been
forwarded to Hennepin County and MNDOT for their review because Brooklyn Boulevard is a county road and the plat abuts highway right of way. Comments received from these agencies will
also be passed on. No on site water detention is planned for this area as water will be conveyed to a regional facility located in the Palmer Lake basin area. The particulars of such
plan for the Brookdale Dodge dealership have been reviewed and approved by the Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission.
A public hearing has been scheduled for this preliminary plat and notice of the Planning Commission’s consideration has been published in the Brooklyn Center Sun/Post.
RECOMMENDATION
This preliminary plat appears to be in order and approval is recommended subject to at least the following conditions:
The final plat is subject to review and approval by the City Engineer.
The final plat is subject to the provisions of Chapter 15 of the City Ordinances.
Cross access agreements between the proposed Lots 1 and 2 shall be filed with the final plat.
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