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TPC3601 Thurston Avenue N, Suite 100
Anoka, MN 55303
Phone: 763.231.5840
Facsimile: 763.427.0520
TPC@PlanningCo.com
July 24, 2013
Ernest Swanson
1885 Newberry Avenue North
Stillwater, Minnesota 55082
RE: Oak Park Heights — Pizza Ranch — Rezoning from 0, Open Space to B-2,
General Business Zoning District; Conditional Use Permit for Drive
Through; Parking Requirement Variance; and Design Guidelines/Site
Plan Review— 13045 60th Street North
FILE NO: 236.02 — 13.05
Dear Mr. Swanson:
The City is in receipt of your application materials submitted on July 17, 2013 for the
construction of Pizza Ranch restaurant at 13045 60th Street North in Oak Park Heights.
The application consists of a request for a rezoning to B-2 General Business District;
Conditional Use Permit for a drive through; a parking variance for number of required
stalls; and Design Guidelines/Site Plan 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 July 31, 2013:
1. Staff discussed the addition of brick and stone on the north elevation in
conformance with the Design Guidelines. The plans should reflect that the same
materials be used on the entirety of the east and west facades also.
2. Provide more information on the drive up window operations. Is there an order
board or are all orders taken by phone or through your web site? Will the
stacking distance as indicated on the plans be adequate?
3. Provide location and specifications for any building wall lighting. Also, identify
how the monument sign is to be lit.
4. Identify a potential location of a trail connection from the front to rear of the site
on the plans.
5. Provide a percentage of glass transparency on the elevation facing 60th Street
North.
Ernest Swanson
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6. Chris Long, the City Engineer, had questions related to the water and sewer
connections as well as the addition of the storm water ponding on the east side of the
site. Please contact him at 651.604.4808.
We would invite you and your representatives to a staff meeting on July 31, 2013 at
10:00 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 August 15, 2013 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 a complete 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,
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Scott D. Richards, A P— City Planning Consultant to the City of Oak Park Heights
The Planning Company LLC
c: Joey Wendinger, l&S Group, Inc.
Eric Johnson
Julie Hultman
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