Tim Grabow of Hometown Bank has applied for the final plat of West Vierling Acres Second Addition. Hometown Bank is planning the construction of a 6,600 square-foot bank branch on the 1.39 acre Highway Business (B-1) zoned lot located north of the Hy-Vee grocery store and adjacent to Vierling Drive West.   

The submitted final plat shows a name of Hometown Bank Shakopee Addition. Since the proposed final plat is part of the West Vierling Acres plat, the City is requiring that the name be changed to be consistent with the approved preliminary plat. The applicant is proposing a bank with a drive-thru window with an area marked for a 2,000 square-foot future expansion area on the east side of the building. Banks and drive-thru facilities are permitted uses in the B-1, Highway Business zone.  

The lot is currently an outlot, no additional right-of-way or public infrastructure is required at this time for the development of this lot. The vehicle access to the lot is from the private driveway system of the Hy-Vee development with access on west side of the lot aligning with the exit of the Hy-Vee carwash and access on the south via the existing private drive. Bicycle and pedestrian access is from the sidewalk along the private drive along the western lot line, which the applicant is proposing a connection to. On the proposed site plan, the applicant is proposing a larger amount of surface parking than is required by City Code. Staff is recommending the removal of the two northwestern parking spaces to eliminate conflicts with the one-way drive-thru traffic. Stormwater runoff and treatment will be handled by the ponding areas already constructed for the Hy-Vee development. All other building and performance standards will be reviewed at the time of building permit application.

Staff recommends approval of the final plat, subject to conditions in the draft resolution.