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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-164 (findings of fact, conclusions and order related to Forge & Foundry Craft Distillery (CPC Case No. 2018-22)) RESOLUTION 2018-164 RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS AND ORDER RELATED TO FORGE & FOUNDRY CRAFT DISTILLERY CPC CASE NO 2018-22 BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of Stillwater, Minnesota that the Findings of Fact, Conclusions and Order related to the request for a Special Use Permit by the owners of Forge & Foundry Craft Distillery are hereby approved and the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to sign the said Findings of Fact, Conclusions and Order. Adopted by the Stillwater City Council this 31st day of July, 2018. '1.-11:11V Ted Kozlowski, Mayor ATTEST: A/Zit ‘ 41t2?•41/e.-- Diane F. Ward, City Clerk STATE OF MINNESOTA CITY OF STILLWATER COUNTY OF WASHINGTON BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL In Re: Forge&Foundry Craft Distillery request for a Special Use Permit FINDINGS OF FACT CONCLUSIONS AND Planning Case No. 2018-22 ORDER The City Council convened the meeting scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on July 17, 2018 at the Council Chambers in City Hall on the request by Andrew Mosiman and Christie Wanderer ("Applicants") for approval of a Special Use Permit to operate a craft distillery and tasting room to be known as Forge and Foundry Distillery. At the meeting, the City Council considered the report of Bill Turnblad, City Community Development Director, and testimony and exhibits submitted by the Applicant. NOW, THEREFORE, based upon the documents that have been made a pan of this file, upon the testimony of all those who offered it, and upon all the files, records and proceedings berein,the City Council makes the following: FINDINGS OF FACT 1. This property is located at 107 East Chestnut. Formerly the property served as an armory building. 2. The Applicants planned to convert the garage on the property into a 1,846.7 square foot craft distillery and 1,846.7 square foot sampling room. 3. The property is zoned CBD,Central Business District. Within the CBD the planned uses of the property are allowed only by Special Use Permit. 4. The Applicants requested a Special Use Permit for the proposed uses. 5. The Zoning Code, Section 31-510 establishes minimum off-street parking standards for commercial uses. The proposed craft distillery and tasting room require 22 parking spaces. No parking is available on the property. 6. The entire former armory building at 107 East Chestnut is currently vacant. Since there is very little on-site parking on the property, any redevelopment of the property will require will require a parking mitigation plan. 7. The City Council and the Purchase Agreement holders for the property considered a future parking ramp adjacent to the property. However, such a parking ramp would be constructed, if ever, at some unknown time in the future. Therefore, there is no immediate solution to the lack of off-street parking available to the planned craft distillery and sampling room. CONCLUSION OF LAW 1. That this matter was properly before the City Council pursuant to the procedure set forth in the City Code. 2. That based upon the findings, granting a Special Use Permit for the craft distillery and sampling room is premature, since there is no immediate solution to the lack of off-street parking for the proposed uses. ORDER IT IS HEREBY ORDERED 1. The Special Use Permit for the craft distillery and sampling room is denied. Adopted by 5 - 0 vote of the City Council this 31st day of July, 2018. CITY OF STILLWATER Ted Kozlowski, Mayor ATTEST: / C-e-.-/C-& I' lle)?% (__,. Diane F. Ward, City Clerk EXHIBITS A. City Council memo dated July 10, 2018 written by Bill Turnblad, Community Development Director. B. The City Council minutes of July 10, 2018.