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Approved PLANNING COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON Regular Meeting – August 16, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. Present: Commissioners Larry Baker, Bruce Howard, Tom O’Keefe, and Norm Schiferl. Also Present: Patrick Boylan, City Planner and Kerry Thorne, City Engineer ? Agenda Review : No changes ? Approval of Minutes : The July 19, 2005 minutes were approved with the following changes: O’Brien seconded on the SP 05-13 Special Use Permit for two car sales events at Main Street Village, not Schiferl; and “The conclusion was that the proposed use “food shelf” and the pre-K and adult education uses are consistent with the existing uses. The consensus was that the applicant shall be allowed to re-program the space within the building, provided they stay within the confines of the existing parking.” ? Council Action: Boylan reported that all items that were reviewed by the Planning Commission at last month’s meeting were approved by the Council in July. Public Hearing: LP05-10 Amendment to an approved Site Plan Modify an Approved Special Use Permit (SP05-11 & LP05-07, modifying SP04-01 & LP03-08) Consideration of a proposal to amend an approved site plan and special use permit for to construct a new 47,687 sq. ft. Beisswenger’s Do It Best hardware store with an outdoor garden center. On May 24, 2005, the Council granted Mr. Beisswenger approval for an amended site plan. The original plan was presented and approved in January of 2004. Since receiving approval in May of 2005, the applicant has made two significant changes to the building design: a larger building footprint, which is the result of the removal of the basement storage area, the entire sales and storage facilities, will be conducted in a larger one-story building; and, a proposal to expand the outdoor “garden center.” The garden center would be modified by replacing a significant amount of pavement with additional green space for a demonstration and sales area. All Commissioners expressed concern about the proposed changes. They felt that the green area in the garden center would not remain green and would eventually be covered in rock and would become unsightly. They also were also concerned that the building surpassed the allotted size for the zoning area and that required parking spaces had shrunk. Mr. Norm Wells, Architect, approached the commission and addressed some of their concerns. He explained that the building size increase is for storage, due to cost constraints the applicant had to remove the basement that was on the last two design plans. He stated that he would have to look at all of the design plans to clear up the problem with the parking and there would be no storage in the outdoor garden center. Mr. Wells expressed a concern regarding the delay in 1 I:\COMMISSIONS\PLANNING\Minutes\2005\8-16-05.doc