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l. .!. "~,~ ~ RESOLUTION No. 95-014 I. . t f. I ' I I I i I I I I I I I I I I I I I STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND DENYING AN APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT ! SP-185. WHEREAS, an application for a special use permit has been made by Tom Thumb Food Markets, Inc., to allow for gasoline sales in conjunction with an existing convenience store. WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as follows: 1. Applications for special use permits for fuel sales have been denied on two previous occasions, in 1983 and 1985. 2. An application for a special use permit, SP-185, was filed with the City of New Brighton on December 29, 1994. 3. The Planning Commission, pursuant to published and mailed notices, held a public hearing on January 17, 1995, and all persons present at the hearing were given an opportunity to be heard. 4. The City Council considered SP-185 on January 24, 1995 and February 14, 1995. Now THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council makes the following Findings of Fact in respect to SP-185. 1. 2. 3. 4. ; ~ 5. q 6. 7. 8. The subject site is zoned B-2, Neighborhood Business. The applicant is proposing to provide gasoline sales in conjunction with the existing convenience store. Gasoline sales are a special use in the B-2 district. Existing single family residential uses exist on the south and east sides of the property and across Old Highway 8 to the north. The proposed gasoline sales would increase the number of daily trips to and from the subject site, thereby increasing the adverse impact on adjacent and nearby residential properties of traffic noise, fumes, and congestion. The proposed lighting for the canopy would reflect on adjacent properties due to the elevated nature of the subject site. Such increased lighting would adversely affect the quiet enjoyment of adjacent and nearby residential properties and would be incompatible with such residential uses. The proposed pump islands, by their presence and proposed location and alignment, would create undesirable, unsafe, or hazardous traffic patterns on subject site. The proposed use would create fumes which would detract from the enjoyment and use of nearby residential properties. Litter from the existing convenience store is already a substantial problem for adjacent and nearby residential users. The addition of gas pumps would increase the amount and adverse affect of such litter. The applicant has not provided adequate controls to alleviate problems associated with litter, debris, spilled petroleum products, and the like from being carried from the subject's site with stormwater run off. The addition of fuel pumps would substantially increase the outdoor activities on the site. Noises associated with such a use such as hoods and car doors slamming, voices, vehicle motors, maneuvering of vehicles, and delivery trucks, would increase the adverse impact of the use of the SUbject property on adjacent and nearby residential properties, particularly early in the morning and late at night. 9. 10. 11. i I I I Page 1 of 3 ! !