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Home My WebLink AboutPC87006 - 1800 Freeway BlvdPLANNING COMMISSION FILE CHECKLIST File Purge Date:�95 FILE INFORMATION Project Number: 9 7co6 PLAN REFERENCE Note: If a plan was found in the file during the purge process, it was pulled for consolidation of all plans. Identified below are the types of plans, if any, that were consolidated. • Site Plans • Building Plans • Other: FILE REFERENCE Note: The following documents were purged when this project file became inactive. We have recorded the information necessary to retrieve the documents. Document Type Date Range Location Agendas: Planning Commission Office Minutes: Planning Commission Minutes: City Council Information Sheet Packet Document Type Resolutions: Planning Commission Im Resolutions: City Council Ordinances: City Council 3//2/8-7 aPplic.f ► pee+ Office 312G187 4/6/87 City Clerk Office Number Location Office City Clerk City Clerk CITY OF BROMYN CENTER PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICATION Application No. 87006 Street Location of Property Legal Description of Property Owner Welsh Properties Address Please Print Clearly or Type 1800 Freeway Boulevard Tract D, R.L.S. 3129 Applicant Continental Communications - Willard Blake Address 5732 Morgan Avenue North Type of Request: Rezoning Variance X Special Use Permit Phone No. Phone No. 560-1678 Subdivision Approval Site & Bldg. Plan Approval Other: Description of Request: Retail showroom in conjunction with service center in ind. building. (electronic equipment) The applicant requests processing of this application and agrees to pay to the City of Brooklyn Center, within fifteen (15) days after mailing or delivery of the billing state- ment, the actual costs incurred by the City for Engineering, Planning and Legal expenses reasonably and necessarily required by the City for the processing of the application. Such costs shall be in addition to the application fee described herein. Withdrawal of the application shall not relieve the applicant of the obligation to pay costs incurred prior to withdrawal. Fee $ 50.00 Receipt No. 73583 Date: February 26, 1987 piicant`s Signature PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION Dates of P.C. Consideration: Approved Denied this 410 day of r 19 , subject to the following conditions: Chairma CITY COUNCIL ACTION Dates of Council Consideration: Approved Denied this day of C 19 % with the following amendment: P/I Form No. 18 (over please) Clerk Planning Commission Information Sheet Application No. 87006 Applicant: Continental Communications - Willard Blake Location: 1800 Freeway Boulevard Request: Special Use Permit The applicant requests special use permit approval to operate a retail showroom, displaying electronic equipment, in conjunction with his communication service center at 1800 Freeway Boulevard. The building and parcel in question are zoned I-1 and are bounded on the north by the Northwestern Bell service building, by James Avenue North on the east, by Freeway Boulevard on the south, and Shingle Creek Parkway on the west. Continental Communications currently is housed at the Northbrook Shopping Center and the applicant proposes to relocate this business to the present proposed site. The use primarily involves servicing and repairing communication equipment such as CB and marine radios and antennas. The applicant has indicated a desire for a small showroom and customer service area and has acknowledged that some retailing of this communication equipment would be done. The applicant's use is the type use comprehended as a permitted use in the C2 zoning district. Section 35-330, Subdivision 3f, would acknowledged this type of use in the I-1 zoning district provided it meets the Standards for Special Use Permits contained in 35-220, Subdivision 2 and also, the criteria outlined in Section 35- 330, Subdivision 3f (copies attached). The space the applicant desires to occupy in the westerly wing of this u-shaped building is located at the very north end. The area proposed would be 1,330 sq. ft. with a breakdown of approximately 500 sq. ft. for showroom and customer service area; 150 sq. ft. for office area and 680 sq. ft. primarily for storage and equipment repair area. They project a maximum of 8 employees to handle the operation. Commercial developments such as this are acknowledged as special uses in the I-1 zoning district, as was mentioned above, under Section 35-330, Subdivision 3f of the Zoning Ordinance, provided they meet the Standards for Special Use Permits and further provided that they are compatible and complimentary to other land uses in the Industrial Park district and are of comparable intensity to permitted I-1 district uses. Furthermore, the traffic generated by the use must be within the capacity of available public facilities and not have an adverse impact on the Industrial Park or the community. Given these criteria and the applicant's proposal, the staff is of the opinion that all of the standards for this type special use permit can be met. Perhaps the biggest concern, as with other commercial type uses in this industrial building, has to do with available parking. The Commission will perhaps recall the last special use permit application involving this same building, that being Application No. 86032 submitted by Spiritual Life Ministries, Inc. That application was approved by the City Council in September of 1986 and involved religious and educational uses in the space formerly occupied by Viking Gym. A large portion of the parking available on the site was required for the Spiritual Life Ministries' use due to the potential for large crowds attending various educational and religious services. However, these times are considered to be off- peak from that of the other uses housed in this building. The parking requirement, based upon use of the 1,300 sq. ft. proposed by this applicant, would be 13 parking stalls. Given the uses already in existence on the 3-26-87 -1- Application No. 87006 continued site, the vast majority of the 282 parking spaces are already allocated. There is a "proof -of -parking" lot for 71 parking stalls on the northwest portion of this site and given the configuration of the building, there is certainly potential for additional parking on the site in the northerly parking area. Approval of this application should acknowledge that parking for the proposed use, as well as other uses already in the building, will not be complicated because of the off-peak nature of the Spiritual Life Ministries use and the fact that there is space available on the site for additional parking. An acknowledgement, from the owner of the building, to provide additional parking on the site should be a condition of the approval of this application. All in all, we feel that this application is in order and the Standards for Special Use Permits can be met and recommend approval subject to the following conditions: 1. Tenant improvement plans are subject to review and approval by the Building Official with respect to applicable codes prior to the issuance of building permits. 2. The special use permit is subject to all applicable codes, ordinances and regulations and any violations thereof shall be grounds for revocation. 3. The special use permit is issued to the applicant as operator of a communications service center involving a retail showroom for displaying and selling electronic equipment as well as an office in conjunction with this operation. No other commercial activity is acknowledged by this special use permit approval. 4. The owner of the property shall acknowledge his responsibility for guaranteeing the striping and delineating of additional parking stalls at the northwest corner of the site upon a determination by the City that parking demand on the site exceeds the available number of parking spaces. 5. Special use permit approval is exclusive of all signery which is subject to the provisions of Chapter 34 of the City Ordinances. 3-26-87 -2- .I B Lessor Lessee •° r �� f b, 14115 ;� CONCRETE BLOCK! WAREHOUSE BUILDING