[RP TownTalk] Proposed 7-11 at Route 1/Sheridan St.

[Alan K. Thompson]

Sarah gave a good summary of the limits of what the M-U-TC Committee can
do, but I thought I would add one important detail, which is the full name
of the Committee: The Riverdale Park *Local Design Review* Committee.  The
main job of the Committee is to review submitted applications for
compliance with the architectural standards in the books for which Sarah
gave links; decisions about what uses would be allowed in a M-U-TC zone
were made in the late 1990s, if my memory is correct, and certainly no
later than 2003-2004 when the Riverdale Park Development Plan was finalized.

All of that being said, we welcome public participation at tonight's
meeting.

Alan K. Thompson
M-U-TC Local Design Review Committee Chair



On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 7:01 AM, Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The business model of putting two instances of the same chain store within
> such a short distance is completely incomprehensible to me. Years ago, when
> the building that is now a Wells Fargo was originally proposed, it was
> going to be an Eckerd Drug.... Because we needed a Rite Aid, and 2 CVSs AND
> an Eckerd within a 2 mile radius?
>
> That said, this land is privately owned, and it is zoned as Mixed Use Town
> Center, which means the building and parking lot have to adhere to the
> design standards in the MUTC guidelines (found here:
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/x920xperfn0t1jo/MUTCBook2004APPROVEDExceptBigMaps.pdf?dl=0
> ).
>
> The MUTC committee cannot tell a tenant that they are not allowed in a
> particular building just because the business is upsetting to nearby
> residents; they can only insist that the building adhere to the MUTC
> standards. For example, you can find lighting standards on pages 43 & 56 of
> the above document; the MUTC committee can insist that the business follow
> these standards (e.g., no internally lit signs).
>
> That said, there are some tenants that are not consistent with MUTC
> guidelines; you can find the list of allowed and disallowed uses on page 69
> of the above document, or here (
> http://www.mncppcapps.org/planning/Publications/PDFs/47/I-RiverdalePlan-Appendice.pdf
> ).
>
> -Sarah
>
>
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