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PLANNING COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS Regular Meeting — March 17, 2015 7:00 p.m. Present: Chairperson Bruce Howard, Commissioners Paul Banker, Steve Danger, Marvin Deick, Susan Erickson, Erin Nichols - Matkaiti, and Verne McPherson Absent: None Also Present: Janice Gundlach- Assistant Director of Community Assets & Development /Planning Director, and Gina Bauman - Councilmember Agenda Review: There were no changes to the agenda. Minutes from February 17, 2015: Motion by Commissioner Danger, seconded by Commissioner Erickson, to approve the February 17, 2015 meeting minutes as presented. Approved 7 -0. Council Action: Councilmember Bauman provided an update from the Cable Commission. She noted CenturyLink has submitted a request to franchise and would be offering a triple -play option to residents called Prism. She highlighted the features CenturyLink would be offering their customers. She reported the City Council would be holding an offsite meeting at Applewood Point on April 28`x'. She explained the Council changed polling districts at their last meeting and noted the precincts would be changing for the upcoming election. Information would be communicated to the public prior to this fall through newsletter articles and mailers. Public Hearing: (A) The Bru House requests a Special Use Permit and Nonconforming Use Permit to install a drive -thru facility at 1431 — 1441 Silver Lake Road. Assistant Director of Community Assets & Development/Planning Director Janice Gundlach reported the applicant requests consideration of a special use permit in order to install a drive -thru facility at 1431 Silver Lake Road. Additionally, a nonconforming use permit is required because existing parking lot setback requirements do not comply with current standards. The applicant currently operates The Bru House at 1431 Silver Lake Road, which is the most westerly tenant space of the multi- tenant commercial building at 1431 — 1441 Silver Lake Road, which is owned and managed by Kraus Anderson. The applicant wishes to install a drive -thru at the east end of the building, in a space that is not contiguous with the current coffee shop. The applicant would install a drive -thru lane, improve a new 12.5' x 36' tenant space at the east end of the building only for drive -thru customers and not otherwise open to the public, and install a drive -up menu board and pick -up window (with lights) on the east building fagade. In accordance with Section 11 -020 (10), a special use permit must be obtained in order to implement a drive -thru facility. Planning Director Gundlach explained the site, building, and parking lot were developed prior to existing Zoning Code requirements. Based upon aerial photos dating to 1974 (a date within 5 years of initial construction), the site was developed in the manner that exists today. As such, there are several parking standards that do not meet current requirements, including: • A front yard parking lot setback less than the required 30' • Side yard setbacks (north and south) less than the required 5' • A rear yard parking lot setback less than the required 25'