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Request for Site Plan Approval to demolish the existing service station and to construct an approximately 8,348 square foot gasoline station convenience store with an ancillary drive-through at 3420 S. Rochester Rd., located at the southwest corner of Rochester Rd. and Nawakwa Rd., Parcel No. 15-34-277-006, zoned NB Neighborhood Business with the FB Flex Business Overlay; Leslie Accardo, PEA Group, Applicant
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Resolved, in the matter of City File No. PSP2022-0002 (Gas Station Renovation with ancillary drive through at 3420 S. Rochester), the Planning Commission approves the Site Plan, based on plans received by the Planning Department on February 4, 2025, with the following findings and subject to the following conditions.
Findings
1. The site plan and supporting documents demonstrate that the proposed development will promote the intent and purpose of the ordinance, as well as other City Ordinances, standards, and requirements; and those requirements can be met with the exception of the acceptable modifications shown below and subject to the conditions listed below.
2. The site plan and supporting documents demonstrate that the proposed development will be designed, constructed, operated, maintained and managed so as to be compatible, harmonious and appropriate in appearance with the existing or planned character of the general vicinity, adjacent uses of land, the natural environment, the capacity of public services and facilities affected by the land use, and the community as a whole. The proposed project will be accessed from Nawakwa and S. Rochester Road with revised driveway configurations and consolidation, thereby promoting safety and convenience of vehicular traffic both within the site and on adjacent roadways. The preliminary plan represents a reasonable building and lot layout and orientation.
3. The development will be served adequately by essential public facilities and services, such as major roadways, streets, police and fire protection, drainageways, refuse disposal, and utilities.
4. The proposed development will not be detrimental, hazardous, or disturbing to existing or future neighboring uses, persons, property or the public welfare.
5. The proposed development will not create additional requirements at public cost for public facilities and services that will be detrimental to the economic welfare of the community.
6. The proposed improvements should have a satisfactory and harmonious relationship with the development onsite as well as existing development in the adjacent vicinity and act as a transitional use from the Rochester Road corridor and the residential development to the west.
7. The proposed modification to the Landscape Buffer D requirement, specifically along the southern property line, has been found to be acceptable given the number of plantings already proposed, the fact that the site to the south also includes the FB Flex Business Overlay District and finally, that the site to the south directly abuts the M-59 interchange.
Conditions
1. Address all applicable comments from other City departments and outside agency review letters.
2. Provide a landscape bond in the amount of $94,480.00, plus the cost of inspection fees, as adjusted by staff as necessary, prior to the preconstruction meeting with Engineering.