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The concession stand is a Class I restaurant. A concession stand also may fit some of the criteria of a Class II restaurant which is not a permitted or conditional use in the B-6 district. Class 11 restaurants an. defined as “a restaurant where a majority of customers order and arc scr\'cd their food at a counter in packages prepared to leave the premises to be consumed; or a drive-in where most customers consume their food in an automobile regardless of how it is serv ed, or restaurants which serve intoxicating liquor or have live entertainment.” The Daisy Diner is open to the public, but docs not have any exterior building signage. The restaurant is accessory to the nursery use of the property. Additionally, there is no direct access to the eating or ordering area from the outside. A customer actually has to enter the nursery to access the restaurant. This is an important distinction to the use of the diner as an accessory use to the retail as the diner is not a stand alone restaurant, more like a coffee shop in a book store or the cafeteria in the Minnetonka Arts Center. The cafeteria in the Minnetonka Arts Center has operated for many years without building signage or advertising, but docs serve food to the general public. Parking The existing seating for 44 customers is located over un area of approximately 500 s.f. of floor area. The required parking for a restaurant is one space for each 80 square feet of public fim)r area. 500 s.f. / 80 “ 6.25 or 7 narkiim spaces The space that is now occupied by* the restaurant is part of that area that had been used as retail space. The total public retail area was 900 s.f requiring 5 parking spaces. The net increase in p^ing is 2 individual spaces based on the change in use of that part of the center. Since there is currently no outdoor advertising and no dia*ct access to the eating area it is assumed much of the customer base w ill be patrons of the businesses within the building. llie 1990 PUD Agreement lists the approved building plan to indicate 24.644 s.f within the main shopping center with 9,600 s.f of oITtce space located on the 2'^ floor. I he main shopping center is used for three retail establishments (Otten Bros . an interiors and home decorating shop and a gifi shop), a chiropractic clinic, and a karate and dance studio. According to the site plans that are on file with the City of Orono there arc 151 parking spaces that are used for employee and cu.stomer parking. An additional 22 parking spaces were added several years ago to help relieve some of the parking shortage. There are still limes when there is a shortage of parking spaces on the property, especially w ith the pick-up and drop-off for the karate and dance studios. Mr. Otten has stated the parking areas will be seal coated and resuiped this summer.