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<br />Village PJanning Commission <br /> <br />Village of El River, <br />Monday FebrU8~ry 26th, 2973 <br /> <br />Those Present: <br />Rex Oettinger <br />John E. MacGibbon <br />Hilm'-~r Ba.rtel t. <br />Dan Bailey <br />Richa.rd Gcngoll <br />George X*.lSJif .Zabee <br /> <br />Hearing toconsider a condi tiona.l use perrlli t for a public building <br />to be used as a post office Called to ff1der. Publication had in <br />trleSherourne County Star l~e\\Ts on Feoru.ar-j" 25th, 29 73. <br />The Res..ring concerned a condi ti onal use perIni t for the ~oresent <br />building and an addition thereto on the corner of 3rd street and <br />Irving Avenue (Pa.t Donohue Property- <br />ivIany of the a..butting land O\slnerS and near rieighbors v!ere present. <br />Plans 'shot''! off street parking to consist of .5 parking spaces to <br />the rear of the lot and 2 parking r:lacesagainst the lIorth ~lall of <br />the building (at the supposed loading dock for the local ~ail trucks). <br />Eldon Root-es a:oueard and i t ~las stated that the post office <br />nO'V"l has lZ 13employ~~s and if the butsiness doubled ~lo~ld ..probably have <br />7 more. 4 of these are rural mail cariers and one drives the local <br />truck that deposites mail in the carriers boxes. <br />The quest,ion of the drop bas ",as brought up. The Post master <br />thc)ugllt the drtbp bo x should be on the Saine side of the street as the <br />Post Office . There lias tall: of malring Irving a one "Jay Street ruruling <br />ITorth and putting the Drop Bo x on the 1frest side of Irving. <br />About 4QO patron were added to the delivery lists of the post office <br />last year (About). <br />It lv-as pointed out that the shift of the -post office across tIle <br />street \1ould creating a ne",; si tua,tion j'LlSt like the old one, e:xcept for <br />th, slig11t increase in parking- <br />~IotiGn l\'lade th2,t the Pla.nning Commissionreccomend to the <br />Village Ccuncil thatthe application be trea.ted as one for a condi tional <br />use pern1it, a~nd that the conditional use begre..nted subject to the <br />Zoning .Ad.rninistrators require1nents as to traffic regulations, Limi ted <br />Parking :in the vflcinity, and publicsafetj- problems, and DropEox <br />Loca.tions · <br />