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#03-2889 iUvia Real Estate June 5,2003 Page 6 SUMMARY OF PARKING STANDARDS Orono Code ® S/1000 net ITE Standard @2.79/1000 gross Shelley Johnson (Bonestroo): 3.5-4.0 /1000 gross WaUy Case (DSU): 3.S-4.0/1000 net @85*/. Ravia Proposal (0-2-03 submittal) Gross " 42,000 s.f. 1 17 stalls 147-168 stalls Net @ 85% 3S.700 s.r. 178 s'alls 125-143 stalls Net @ S0% 21,000 s.f. (105 stalls) installs It should be noted that the Dunbar office plan approved per PUD Agreement 2A did not require a parking variance, had substantial parking underground to reduce the intensity of parking aboveground, and provided for weekend overflow parking for the Senior Housing building. On April 17 MPG visited two similar developments noted by the developer - Fernbrook Town Office Park in Plymouth (west side of Fernbrook Lane 1/4 mile north of Hwy 5S) and Foresiview Town Office Park in Maple Grove (south end of Forestview Lane, 1 block east of Hemlock Lane on south service road of 694/Hemlock eiit). Both sites had 2-les‘el office units similar in size to those proposed. Fernbrook has rear walkouts, Forestview has rear lookouts with no lower level eiits. Parking at Fernbrook (7.4 stalls per unit) was less than half full at S:15 p.m. There is no on-street parking available nearby, but it didn’t seem to be a problem. Parking at Foresiview (8.2 stalis per unit) was nearly full at 5:40 p.m. and there was overflow parking occurring on the adjacent street. This site had a parking issue that day, but my subsequent visits found ample parking available during the workday. Staff initially recommended approval of parking at a level no less than 10 stalls per unit, which is about where the current plan sits. The City’s goal should be to provide just enough parking to avoid problems such as overflow parking at the Senior Housing or Orono Shopping Center lots, but not provide excessive hardcover in never-used parking stalls. Based on the above, staff recommends that the minimum parking requirement for this proposed office development be based on 3.5 stalls per 1000 net s.f. of building, using 85% of gross floor area to define net s.f. Reducing the gross square footage to 35,000 s.f. and increasing parking by 10 stalls to 123 stalls total is one way this standard could be met. C. Surface Water Management Plan All roof and parking lot runoff will be collected via catch basins and transported via underground storm sewers to the existing stonn sewer system serving the Senior Housing site, discharging to the existing NURP pond located at the northwest comer of Brown Road North and Highway 12. Capacity and design of this pond were previously deemed acceptable by MnDOT, the Minnehaha