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r;',14•0 St. = Howarc R. Green Company - CONSULTING ENGINEERS io�rMG morlE�rt� s Formerly MSA Consulting Engineers October 10, 1997 File: 801430J-0240 Mr. Steve Ach City Planner City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway P.O. Box 490 Elk River, MN 55330-0490 RE: CULVER'S RESTAURANT REVISED SITE PLAN Dear Mr. Ach: As requested, we have reviewed the revised Site Plan submitted for the proposed Culver's Restaurant. As you are aware, at the last Planning Commission meeting the Commissicners • were concerned about primarily two issues, the first being the drive-thru isle, and the second being the general flow of traffic onto and off of the site from Evans Avenue. Based on our review of the revised Site Plan and other information, we would offer the following comm ants on these two issues: 1. With regard to the drive-thru isle, staff had recommended that a concrete median be extended outward from the building site to define the drive-thru isle and to meet the City ordinance which requires stacking of a minimum of five vehicles from the menu board. At the Planning Commission meeting, the representatives from Culver's raised concern about having a drive-thru isle that was completely closed in. Their studies had indicated that the public shied away from drive-thru isles which were that restrictive. As a compromise, the revised Site Plan does two things: first, it moves the menu board further around the side of the building to provide for more stacking in the actual dhve- thru isle. The second thing they have done is move their parking spaces further to the west and define by a concrete island the entrance to the drive-thru area while still maintaining two lanes of traffic, one in and one out, around the parking spaces. This now meets the City ordinance as far as capacity of the drive-thru isle. The one concern we would have is if the drive-thru were busier than expected, the cars would back into the parking area drive isles. At the last Planning commission meeting, the Culverts representatives indicated that their customer base was significantly different from a Burger King or McDonalds in that their drive-thru customers represented only 35% of their total customer base, with the remainder being inside customers. With this information, the potential for the drive-thru isle to block the parking traffic lanes may not be a concern. • O:1PRO1\B01430.1\430-1001.act.rev site plan lu.doc 1326 Enerov Park—rive, • cr Pm..I h - _ 20iE0'd 65:30 2,66T-0T-100