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<br />Supplement To Report #81-68 <br />May 7, 1981 <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT <br />SP-96, PDQ FOOD STORES OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />/' <br />,~U <br />~/7' <br /> <br />PURPOSE <br /> <br />To reconsider a request for a special use permit for the sal~ of gasoline <br />on a site zoned B-2, Neighborhood Business. ~ <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />APPLICANT: <br /> <br />SURROUNDING LAND USES: <br /> <br />PDQ Food Stores <br />James Shelton <br /> <br />950 West County Road D <br /> <br />B-2, Neighborhood Business <br /> <br />Section 11-180 provides for the sale <br />of fuel by a special use permit in a <br />B-2 District. <br /> <br />Commercial to the east and apartment <br />buildings to the northwest. <br /> <br />LOCATION: <br />ZONING: <br />CODE REGULATIONS: <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL: <br /> <br />To install one pump island with two gasoline pumps west of the <br />existing building. The center of the pump island is 17+ feet <br />from the building with driving lanes of about 15 feet. <br /> <br />The applicant also proposes to install a cashier window on the <br />west end of the building to observe the pumps. The existing <br />coolers on the west wall will have to be relocated and the <br />result is the substantial remodeling of the inside of the store. <br /> <br />PAST COUNCIL ACTION: <br /> <br />The Council at its regular meeting April 14, 1981 continued the <br />public hearing and requested that the following be further <br />i n v est i gat e d: <br /> <br />1. Traffic congestion and traffic counts; <br />2. Affect of the County acquisition of right-of-way on <br />PDQ property; <br />3. Parking requirements for the site; and <br />4. The concern for the distance between the PDQ building <br />and proposed pump island location. <br /> <br />--~ <br /> <br />TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND TRAFFIC COUNTS <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />The applicant has provided additional information regarding <br />traffic counts. Attached are figures provided from an Apple <br />Valley PDQ with gasoline sales from two different days, <br />March 28, 1981 and May 1, 1981. These figures provide a <br />comparison between gas and store customers and the conclusion <br />can be that around' 50% of the gas customers are store <br />customers. - <br />