6016 Vernon Avenue, Station Pizza-Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Rezoning and Site Plan with Variances
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This proposal was denied on December 17, 2024 with the City Council.
The applicant, Jake Schaffer of Station Pizza, is proposing to remodel and expand the existing Kee’s auto repair building at 6016 Vernon Avenue into a 1,685 square foot, 20-seat restaurant. The new restaurant would be a Station Pizza with indoor dining, take-out and delivery service. The existing site is zoned PCD-4, Planned Commercial District, which allows only automobile service centers, gas stations and car washes. Restaurants are allowed uses in the PCD-1, Planned Commercial Zoning District. The site is guided in the Comprehensive Plan for medium density residential use.
To accommodate the request the following is required:
- A Comprehensive Plan Amendment from MDR, Medium Density Residential to Neighborhood Commercial (a new land use designation).
- A Rezoning from PCD-4, Planned Commercial District 4 to PCD-1, Planned Commercial District 1, with a lot size variance to allow a restaurant in the PCD-1 District less than 1 acre in size.
- Site Plan Review with the following Variances:
- A Side Yard setback variance from 25 to 13 feet for the building expansion.
- A Front Street Setback Variance (toward Eden Prairie Road) from 35 feet to 20 feet for the building expansion and from 35 feet to 9 feet for the patio and bike rack area.
- Parking Lot Setback Variances from 10 feet to 0 feet for separation between the building and parking lot, and from 20 feet to 0 feet along the north lot line for 1 new stall.
Page last updated: 20 Dec 2024, 06:38 AM
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Community Development Director
Phone 952-826-0460 Email cteague@EdinaMN.gov
My wife and I often walk the neighborhood. This is a great project that will continue to add to the walkability of the neighborhood. We would love to see the addition of outdoor seating included in the design.
My family lives in Birchcrest and would welcome having a local lunch or dinner option less than 5 minutes from our home. This is an opportunity to bring the community together and provide a walkable option for many. Please support what the community desires.
Finally you people got this done.. this will be a good addition to the neighborhood. Thanks for getting rid of the eye sore for the past 6 years.
Brooke Moss, Parkwood Knolls. I would love to see Station Pizza or another gathering place move into the Kevin Kees space. There are so few opportunities for community engagement on this side of Edina once you travel past Jerry’s. The area is full of families and residents of all ages that would benefit from some vibrancy on this stretch of Vernon. Station Pizza has created a welcoming gathering place at their Mtka Blvd location which has proven to be successful in bringing the community together regularly. It would be lovely to have a business where residents along this stretch of Vernon and surrounding neighborhoods could stroll or bike to and from.
This is exactly what our neighborhood needs to foster charm, community and walk ability which are sorely lacking in East Edina. The site has been a blight on Vernon since I was a child and it was a Sinclair station. I can’t imagine that a car wash or gas station or auto repair shop will bring value to our neighborhood as a community and we have no need of any of those items with all of the services just a mile away on Vernon. Let’s get moving on this and put the vacant land to good use while cleaning up the ugly Kevin Kees facade.
My wife and I plus our two toddler children live on Merold Drive across Vernon Ave from 6016 Vernon. A restaurant such as Station Pizza is the ideal use of the site from a neighborhood perspective (which ought to be the City's top priority). Countryside and surrounding neighborhoods lack restaurants / commercial nodes within walking distance. A restaurant such as Station Pizza would be a positive neighorhood amenity. It would be so much fun to walk there for dinner with our kids and hang out with other neighborhood families. Furthermore, we are very concerned with other potential uses of the site, including if it were to be operated consistent with its current zoning for automotive which would be a detriment to the neighborhood. We are also concerned by the City's push for greater density and affordable housing, both of which would be detrimental to our single family neighborhood. Informal polling of our neighbors suggests unanimous agreement on this. It would be great if the City would consider what residents actually want in its decision making on this property. Please allow Station Pizza to invest in our neighborhood and turn this current blight into an amenity!
I live with my wife and two young children on Kaymar Drive, less than 200 yards from the project. We are very much in support of this project and the rezoning. It's a very unique neighborhood node that will create walkability to a community gathering spot that doesn't really exist in the northwest quadrant of the city. We are concerned about environmental impact of a new business coming in that meets the requirements of the current zoning (auto body shop or car wash). We also don't agree with the city councils current agenda of pushing housing density in Edina. An asset like Station Pizzeria would create neighborhood charm, a new community gathering spot and a great use of an odd commercial parcel in Edina. Please approve!
Yes, please!
We fully support the plan to have a Station Pizza at this location. It will be a welcome and much needed addition to the neighborhood. The former repair shop did not fit the neighborhood and was too industrial. A spot where people can gather over food is the best possible option, including over additional housing. We hope the city approves the plans!
Abby Heidemann, Countryside neighborhood. I’d LOVE to have this restaurant option bikeable from our house! What a great neighborhood addition.