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internal connections. Bike racks are planned near each building and a gathering area with benches is provided in the northwest portion of the site. Vehicle Circulation We have reviewed Shelly Johnson’s comments with staff and have made the foltowing changes to address his site plan comments. a) We have modified the right in right out to allow for a straighter access into the site from Willow. We have also modified the radii for cars entenng the Walgreen's dnve*thru from Willow. We have run AutoTum and large cars are able to make this turn without a problem. The automobile path is ehovin on the site plan. b) V;e v.ould like to clarify the trash enclosure access as well. he commercial garbage haulers are front-loaded. They pull up to the trash enclosure and the dumpster is picked up and dumped over the front of the truck to the back. This works very well with the way we have designed the trash enclosures. For the retail building, the rear drive aisle is one way; therefore we have angled the trash enclosures to ease the trash pickup. c) We have revised our plan to show the turn around stall in the southwest comer of the site. Even though there will be cars parked there at limes, we agree that having the turn around stall is better than not having it. d) We have revised the coniferous plantings at the northwest comer of Walgreen's to be 3' high arborvitae instead of the 15' tall evergreen that we previously showed. This will allow a vehicle exiting the drive-thru for Walgreen's to see vehicles heading northbound through the site to the exit. e) Regarding the two drive thru lanes for Walgreen ’s. This is very important for them. Tney don't have a lot of drive-thru traffic, but having two separate drive thru lanes allows them to serve two customers at once. The additional by-pass lane is to ensure that vehicles can get through if customers are at both drive thru lanes. This is especially important for fire trucks and garbage haulers. Lot Coverage We are proposing 16.1% building coverage on Lot 1 and 19.9% building coverage on Lot 2. for an average of 17.9% for the both parcels. The ordinance requires Building lot coverage not to exceed 15%. but it is common for commercial parcels to exceed 15% building coverage and other commercial developments in the City have been approved at 20%. Normally, commercial developments are restricted by a percentage of green space required, in this case 25%. which is being met. If we were required to pond on-site, approximately 5-6% of the lot would be covered by pond. 690 BUTLER NORTH BUttJMNQ 510 RRST AVENUE NORTH MNNEAPOUS. MN 55403 OFFICE: 612.2S2J070 FAX: 612.252.0077 mmJwidionnJWl