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BOARD OF PLANNING BOARD 0~ REVIEW SPECIAL JOINT MEETING JUNE 22, 7981 VN-221, LP-116, NEW BRIGHTON LIQUORS - PALMER DRIVE ATTACHMENT James Fornell, City Manager; John Grau, Administrative Assistant; and Chuck Wood, Liquor Director were present to represent an applica- tion for .a variance to construct an addition to the existing liquor store on Palmer Arve which would create less than the required parking spaces.. Mr. Fornell gave a brief overview of the purpose and intent of this application. Mr. Wood briefly explained. the concept of the wine bar and rationale behind; the proposal.. Commissioner Knuth questioned the hardship in this application. Mr. Grau indicated that the hardship was the restriction of the development and use of this property by requiring 100% of the parking spaces to be located. on this particular site. He noted that the. original design of the liquor store was such as to intergrate the liquor store into the shopping center on the basis that .the primary and only access to the liquor store was through the shopping center. He further commented that at the time that the liquor store was constructed an agreement for ~ access from the owners of the shopping center was obtained and it was the understanding and the assumption of the City that the agreement also included a shared parking agreement. He noted that staff was unable to obtain a copy of that particular agreement and that was the reason that a new agreement was proposed at this time. Commissioner Baker remarked that on the basis of an agreement for joint parking the variance application was acceptable. He commented that he felt that the shopping center generally had :ample parking. Mr. Fornell painted out to the board that the applicant in this case was taking the most restrictive approach to this development proposal. He stated that Sect ion 72-050 m. of the Zoning Code provided for joint parking agreement with the consent of the City Council. On that basis he said that it appeared that a variance for parking might not be necessary. In addition, staff in review of the application took the most strict count in devising a formula for the required number of parking spaces. He noted that if the parking-was calculated on a retail sales are a. formula, there would be ample parking without a request for a variance. However, the staff in review of this application chose-the most strict interpretation and required that the parking be calculated on a restaurant formula requiring one parking space per every two seats. Commissioner Lang questioned whether or not there should be another liquor facility in the City of New Brighton.