HomeMy WebLinkAbout5.b. Fireside Outdoor Dining CUP PC ExSum 04-02-15 FINALEXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Planning Commission Date: April 2, 2015
Tentative City Council Meeting Date: April 21, 2015
AGENDA ITEM: Case 15-09 CUP-
Fireside Restaurant
AGENDA SECTION:
Conditional Use Permit to Allow an
Outdoor Seating or Dining Area for Public Hearing
Eleven or More Seats
AGENDA NO.
PREPARED BY:
Jason Lindahl, Planner, AICP
5.b.
ATTACHMENTS: APPROVED BY:
Site Map,
Narrative, City Enginees Memo Dated 3-
K.L.
24--24-
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RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion
to recommend the City Council approve a
conditional use permit for the Fireside Restaurant allowing operation of an outdoor
seating or dining area for eleven or more seats, subject to the following conditions:
1. Approval of a
alcohol to be served on the outdoor dining areas.
2. Approval of a building permit.
3. Conformance with the approved site plan.
4. Revise the proposed site plan to include detailed off-street parking information
including the number of handicapped accessible stalls and total number of
stalls.
5. Provide additional detail regarding the proposed plantings, including size and
species.
6. Revise the site plan to relocate the emergency exits for each outdoor dining
area to
7. No public address system, music, or TV located on the patio shall be audible
from a noncommercial or nonindustrial use or district.
8. Conformance with all the requirements of the
March 24, 2015.
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2015.
SUMMARY
Applicant & Property Owner(s): Kim Zeigler & Ron Carlson
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Location: 3410 150 Street West (Rosemount Market Square
Shopping Center)
Area in Acres: Approximately 7.1 Acres
Comp. Guide Plan Desig: C - Commercial
Current Zoning: C-4, General Commercial
The applicant, Kim Zeigler of the Fireside Restaurant, requests a conditional use permit to allow
operation of an outdoor seating or dining area for eleven (11) or more seats. The subject property is
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located in the Rosemount Market Square shopping center at 3410 150 Street West. Staff
recommends approval of the request subject to conditions.
PROPOSAL
The applicant proposes to add two outdoor dining areas on the front (north) side of the restaurant
adjacent to the existing driveway and parking area. The first dining area would be connected to the
bar and accommodate approximately 28 patrons while the second would serve the restaurant area
and accommodate approximately 44 patrons. According to the applicant, each of the outdoor
dining areas will serve alcohol and they are working with the City Clerk to amend their liquor license.
Staff recommends a condition of approval require the applicant obtain an approved amendment to
their liquor license for the outdoor dining area.
The applicants plan calls for increasing the depth of the existing concrete area along the front side of
the restaurant to accommodate the two outdoor dining areas. A row of 90
parking stalls in front of the retail shops will also be created along the balance of the west side of the
shopping center. These changes will necessitate shifting the existing driveway along the front of the
shopping center and eliminate approximately 28 existing parking stalls. The materials used for the
outdoor dining areas will reflect the current elements of the shopping center and include additional
landscaping, steel fence with masonry piers, brushed concrete floor and masonry fireplace features.
The applicant believes these changes will provide an enhanced dining experience, improve parking
and provide a safer environment for all mall patrons.
Conditional Use Permit
Legal Authority. Conditional use permits (CUP) are considered quasi-judicial actions. In such cases,
the City is acting as a judge to determine if the regulations within the Comprehensive Plan, Zoning
Ordinance and Subdivision Ordinance are being followed. Generally, if the application meets these
requirements it must be approved.
Purpose. The purpose of conditional use permits is to allow for those uses which are not generally
suitable by right within a given zoning district but may be suitable under some circumstances. The
burden of demonstrating the proposed use meets the criteria for granting a conditional use permit
and meeting all applicable standards lies with the applicant.
As a conditional use, outdoor seating or dining areas for eleven (11) or more seats are subject to the
general CUP standards outlined in Section 11-10-7 as well as the standards specific to this use in
Section 11-4-nd zoning performance standards
and the potential impact of the proposed use on the surrounding neighborhood. These standards
and staff findings for each are provided below.
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1.Will not be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, or general welfare of
the neighborhood or the city.
Finding: The outdoor seating or dining area will not be detrimental to the public health,
safety, or general welfare of the neighborhood or the City of Rosemount.
2.Will be harmonious with the objectives of the comprehensive plan and city code
provisions.
Finding: The subject property is guided CC Community Commercial by the
comprehensive plan and zoned C-4 General Commercial. Outdoor seating or dining areas
for eleven or more people are a conditional use in this zoning district.
According to the comprehensive plan, the Community Commercial land use designation is
intended to provide retail, professional offices, and personal services that serve the daily and
weekly needs of the residents of Rosemount. Close proximity to arterial streets is needed for
visibility while individual business accesses shall be provided predominantly from collector,
local, or private streets. By comparison the purpose and intent of the C-4 Community
Commercial district is to provide a wide range of goods and services to the entire
community. Due to their proximity to major arterial streets, businesses in this district are
dependent on large volumes of traffic, thus need to be highly visible and accessible.
3.Will be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained so as to be compatible or
similar in an architectural and landscape appearance with the existing or intended
character of the general vicinity and will not change the essential character of that
area, nor substantially diminish or impair property values within the neighborhood.
Finding: According to the applicant, the materials used for the design of the outdoor dining
areas will reflect the current elements of the shopping center using brushed masonry patio
floor and masonry piers to support metal railings. This design also conforms to the site and
building standards of the C-4 district.
4.Will be served adequately by existing (or those proposed in the project) essential
public facilities and services, including streets, police and fire protection, drainage,
structures, refuse disposal, water and sewer systems and schools.
Finding: The existing shopping center complex is served adequately by existing essential
public facilities and services. However, it should be noted that any grading changes
necessary for the proposed plan must maintain existing drainage patterns (see attached
5.Will not involve uses, activities, processes, material equipment and conditions of
operation that will be hazardous or detrimental to any persons, property, or the
general welfare because of excessive production of traffic, noise, smoke, fumes, glare
or odors.
Finding: While the outdoor dining area will likely create additional noise, this area is located
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t residential area which is more than twice the required
minimum separation distance (see item 6 in next section).
6.Will have vehicular ingress and egress to the property which does not create traffic
congestion or interfere with traffic on surrounding public streets.
Finding: Construction of the outdoor dining areas will require relocation of an existing
driveway. Staff believes changes to the design and location of parking should improve
overall traffic access and circulation on the shopping center property. The subject property
has direct ingress from County Road 42 as well as ingress and egress from both Chippendale
7.Will not result in the destruction, loss or damage of a natural, scenic, or historic
feature of major importance and will comply with all local, state, and federal
environmental quality standards.
Finding: The proposed use will not result in the destruction, loss, or damage of a natural,
scenic, or historic feature of major importance and will comply with all local, state, and
federal environmental quality standards.
8.These standards apply in addition to specific conditions as may be applied
throughout this code.
Finding: Outdoor dining areas for eleven or more seats are also subject to the specific
conditional use permit standards in Section 11-4-11.D as outlined below.
In addition to the general conditional use permit standards reviewed above, the proposed use must
comply with the specific performance standards for outdoor seating or dining areas for eleven (11)
or more seats. These standards along with staff findings are detailed below.
1.The site and enclosure(s) shall be designed to limit the effects of outdoor seating or
dining areas on contiguous properties and/or public rights of way.
Findings: According to the applicant, the materials used for the design of the outdoor
dining areas will reflect the current elements of the Rosemount Market Square shopping
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center. The areas will be located appr Street West (County
Road 42) right-of-
does not include a detailed planting schedule. Staff recommends that a condition of
approval require the applicant to revise the plan to include a detailed planting schedule
consistent with the zoning requirement to provide a minimum of one planting every ten (10)
linear feet. This distance and design will limit the effects of the areas on contiguous
properties and the public right-of-way.
2.The seating area shall be located on private property along the front, side or rear of
the principal building but shall not be located within a required setback or on the
side abutting any residential use or district.
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Findings: The proposed outdoor seating area will be located along the front (north) side of
the Rosemount Market Square shopping center and beyond the required
3.The seating area shall not interfere with circulation in any required parking, loading,
maneuvering or pedestrian area. A minimum four foot (4') passageway shall be
maintained along the private sidewalk for pedestrians.
Findings: The proposed outdoor seating area will not interfere with circulation in any
required parking, loading, maneuvering or pedestrian area. Construction of the outdoor
dining areas will require relocation of an existing driveway and changes to the design and
location of parking that should improve overall traffic access and circulation on the
shopping center property. The proposed design includes
that connects to the existing shopping center sidewalk
accommodate the outdoor dining areas will eliminate approximately twenty-eight existing
parking stalls, the proposed design adds twenty-three new 90 parking stalls directly in front
of the retail shops to the west. Staff recommends a condition of approval require the
applicant to revise the site plan to include detailed off-street parking information including
the number of handicapped accessible stalls and total number of stalls.
4.The seating area shall be located in a controlled or cordoned area acceptable to the
city with at least one opening to an acceptable pedestrian walk.
Findings: Both outdoor dining areas will directly abut the front of the Fireside restaurant
building with the remaining three sides of each area enclosed by a steel fence with decorative
all access to the outdoor dining areas will be from inside the restaurant to allow control of
the patrons. The plans currently show the emergency exits from both outdoor dining areas
flowing toward the main pedestrian aisle to the restaurant entrance. Staff is uncomfortable
that the two exits are along the main walkway; it may encourage direct public access. Further,
the Fire Marshall does not want all exiting into the one main aisle should there be an
emergency. For these reasons, it is recommended that the patio emergency accesses be
relocated to the opposite sides of each outdoor dining area (see attached Fire Marshal
memo).
5.When a liquor license is granted, an uninterrupted enclosure is required and the
enclosure shall only have access through the principal building.
Findings: According to the applicant, all access to the dining areas will be from inside the
restaurant to allow control of the patrons. As noted above, both areas will directly abut the
front of the Fireside restaurant building with the remaining three sides of each area enclosed
façade. It should be noted that the applicant is in the process of working with the City to
amend their liquor license to allow alcohol to be served in the outdoor dining areas. Both
this conditional use permit and the amended liquor license are scheduled to go before the
City Council during the same meeting.
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6.The seating area shall not be permitted within two hundred feet (200') of any
residential use or district as measured at the property line and shall be separated
from residential use or district by the principal structure or other method of
screening acceptable to the city. The minimum distance from a residential use or
district may be reduced should the city determine the applicant has added sufficient
elements to reduce the impact of this use.
Findings:
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Street West (County Road 42) and more than
Staff finds the distance and screening from
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landscaping and fencing along 150 Street West provides sufficient elements to reduce the
impact of the proposed use.
7.No public address system shall be audible from a noncommercial or nonindustrial
use or district.
Finding: According to the applicant, the outdoor dining areas will have speakers to play the
same music heard inside the restaurant but no live music will be played in these areas. A
condition of this approval will note that no public address system shall be audible from any
residential use or district.
CONCLUSION
Staff recommends approval of conditional use permit to allow operation of an outdoor seating or
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dining area for eleven (11) or more seats at the Fire Side restaurant located at 3410 150 Street West
subject to the conditions of approval outlined in the recommended action section of this report.
This recommendation is based on the plans submitted by the applicant and the findings made in this
report.
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SITE PLAN
(763) 479-3905 ROSEMOUNT, MINNESOTA
CHECKED BY:
3410 150TH STREET WEST
PATIO
P O Box 635
ASSOCIATES LLC
SCALE:
AS NOTED
ROSEMOUNT MARKET SQUARE
FIRESIDE
DATE:
DATEDESCRIPTION#
REVISIONS:
(5) STALLSTOTAL OVERVIEW
50100150
PARKING STALLS LOST0
(28) STALLS
23 STALLSNEW PARKING STALLS CREATED
PARKING SUMARY
SITE PLAN
334.75'
184' 0"
310.0'
(4 stalls)
25' 0"
(6 stalls)
(3 stalls)
STOP SIGN
FIRE HYDRANT (RELOCATED)
30' 0"23' 2"
STOP SIGN
(3 stalls)
(6 stalls)
(3 stalls)
(3 stalls)
6' 0"28' 0"24' 0"
PLAN
3905(763) 479-ROSEMOUNT, MINNESOTA
CHECKED BY:
3410 150TH STREET WEST
PATIO STUDY
P O Box 635
ASSOCIATES LLC
AS NOTED SCALE:
ROSEMOUNT MARKET SQUARE
MARCH 13, 2015
DATE:FIRESIDE
DATEDESCRIPTION#
REVISIONS:
(4 stalls)
5' 0"3' 6"
(6 stalls)
(3 stalls)
STOP SIGN
FIRE HYDRANT (RELOCATED)
20' 0"
22' 0"
STOP SIGN
ELEVATION
3905(763) 479-ROSEMOUNT, MINNESOTA
CHECKED BY:
3410 150TH STREET WEST
PATIO STUDY
P O Box 635
ASSOCIATES LLC
AS NOTED SCALE:
ROSEMOUNT MARKET SQUARE
2015MARCH 13, DATE:
FIRESIDE
DATEDESCRIPTION#
REVISIONS:
Fireside Restaurant Patio
We are planning a new patio for the Fireside Restaurant in the Rosemount Market Square. The
patio will sit in front of the restaurant by the parking lot, which will be modified to accommodate the
new patio. The modification planned for the parking area on the West side of the center will allow for
90° parking in front of the existing retail spaces. These changes to the parking lot will not only help
reduce the speed of the automobiles but it will also be much safer for mall patrons. The materials used
for the design of the patio will reflect the current elements of the center using masonry piers to support
metal railings. All access to the patio will be from inside the restaurant to allow control of the patrons
and as required by the local codes and ordinances. The patio will provide an enjoyable experience for
the restaurant by providing outdoor seating and fireplaces to enhance the mood.
MEMORANDUM
DATE:
March 24, 2015
TO:
Jason Lindhal, Planner
CC:
Kim Lindquist, Community Development Director
Eric Zweber, Senior Planner
Andrew Brotzler, Director of Public Works/City Engineer
Dan Schultz, Parks and Recreation Director
Christine Watson, Public Works Coordinator
Amy Roudebush, Planning and Personnel Secretary
FROM:
Phil Olson, Assistant City Engineer
RE:
Rosemount Market Square Plan Review
Patio Study, Fireside
S:
UBMITTAL
Prepared by KRJ Associates LLC, the Patio Study plan is dated February 3, 2015 and updated
February 23, 2015. Engineering review comments were generated from the one page site plan.
GC:
ENERAL OMMENTS
1.The fire hydrant located in the southwest corner of the T-intersection is proposed to be
relocated south to the new median. Prior to relocation, a plan showing the pipe materials
and proposed improvements is required to be submitted and approved by the city. The city
must also be contacted a minimum of 48 hours in advance of construction for inspection.
2.Drainage patterns are required to be maintained. Generally, drainage from near the building
flows north to the middle of the parking lot.
3.Roadway patches are required when the existing medians are removed. The patches should
be constructed to the same pavement section as the existing parking lot.
4.The plan does not show how the medians will be constructed. Additional information
should be provided on the plan regarding curb type and landscaping or concrete surfacing.
5.According to the submitted plan, the proposed roadway improvements will shift the road
and create 22 new parking stalls along the front of the building. The plan also states that 28
parking stalls will be removed for a total loss of 6 stalls. Several of the spots removed are
ADA parking stalls. The ADA stalls must be replaced when the parking lot is restriped.
6.Traffic control signage is not shown on the plan set. The plan should be updated to show
the location of the existing and proposed signage.
7.Traffic control will be required during construction in accordance with the MUTCD
standards. It is responsibility of the owner/contractor to ensure that the traffic control plan
is implemented.
8.Record drawings (paper and electronic formats) of the site that meet the standards set forth
in the Engineering Guidelines shall be submitted to the City prior to issuance of a Certificate
of Occupancy.
9.The owner/contractor is required to ensure that erosion and sediment control is in
ment Practices.
Compliance with the requirements of the NPDES permit is the responsibility of the
owner/contractor.
Should you have any questions or comments regarding the items listed above, please contact me at
651-322-2015.
MEMORANDUM
To: Jason Lindahl, Planner
From:
Kevin Benshoof, Fire Marshal
Date: March 24 th, 2015
Subject:
Fireside Patio
Upon review of the Fireside Patio Submittal dated March 13 2015. The Fire Marshal
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offers the following comments:
Provide a code plan review of complete tenant building floor plan with all
existing exiting plans based on the 175 occupant load for the building. Code
review documents shall include occupant load for existing and future patio
seating arrangements, meeting the requirements of the 2007 MN State Fire
Code. Further plan review comments may be required upon receipt and
review of the full construction drawings.
Are the outdoor fireplaces gas appliances or wood burning?
The large patio on west side is part of the existing building means of egress
and will need to comply with the exiting provisions. I recommend moving
both interior patio exit gates from main entry to opposite sides.
Exterior patio areas that may be used for outdoor dining are subject to SAC
determination as noted in the Metropolitan Council SAC Procedure Manual.
SAC determination shall be made at the time of permit application for the
occupying tenant or when a CUP application for outdoor dining is processed.
Handicap parking stalls and ramp will need to conform to (MN Rule 1431)
with size, access, signage and ramp location.
Thank you,
Kevin Benshoof
Fire Marshal
City of Rosemount