HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-06-21 TPC Ltr to Applicant 3601 Thurston Avenue N, Suite 100
Anoka, MN 5530
Phone: 763.2 1 +5840
Facsimile. 763.427.0520
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June 21, 2010
Mr. Craig Eilers
White Castle
555 West Goodale Street
Columbus, OH 43216 - 1498
RE: Oak Park Heights — White Castle Application, 60 Street North
FILE NO: 236.02 — 10.02
Dear Mr. Eilers:
The City is in receipt of your application materials submitted on June 9, 2010 for a
White Castle on 60 Street North. The application consists of requests for a Planned
Unit Development /conditional use permit for a drive through and site plan /Design
Standards review. With this letter we are notifying you that the application is not
complete. The City will deem it complete with receipt of the following items by June 30,
2010:
1. Please note the comments from the City Arborist and make changes as
suggested.
2. Clarify the location of the ordering board. At our meeting on June 9, 2010 it was
indicated that the ordering board was at the rear of the building. The plans
indicate the board at the east side. Indicate if any graphics or signs are to be
included on the order board canopy structure.
3. Remove the monument sign from the site plans.
4. Clarify the locations of the directional signage.
5. Provide specifications for the back lit White Castle signage so as to comply with
the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance.
6. Include the stormwater calculations for the site.
7. Calculate the percentage of glass transparency of the fagade facing 60
Street.
Craig Eilers
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Staff reviewed the application materials at a meeting on June 16, 2010. We would
invite you and your representatives to a staff meeting on June 30, 2010 at 10:30 AM at
City Hall to discuss these issues and address any questions you may have.
If all of the application materials are submitted as requested, the Planning Commission
would consider the application at a meeting scheduled for July 15, 2010 at 7:00 in the
City Hall Council chambers.
Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 15.99, Sub. 3(f), the City of Oak Park Heights is
herewith extending the period of time for agency /city review of the application for an
additional 60 day period (for a total of 120 days from the date of application) inasmuch
as the City has determined that additional research and study by the City staff relative to
the complexity of the project as proposed will be required. Please contact me with any
questions you may have.
Sincerely,
Scott D. Richards, AICP
The Planning Company LLC
c: Eric Johnson
Julie Hultman
Erik Staley estaley @claytoneng.pro
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