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Request for Council Action continued Page 3 of 4 August 7, 1997 Zoning File #2267 Staff Recommendation Staff acknowledges the need for an additional access for the site. The access location as proposed is limited by the church building still remaining on the site. If the church was gone, it would be feasible to push the access further from the intersection. Absent an approved comprehensive site plan for the church property, it is difficult to know whether the proposed access site wUl be in the optimum location to serve that site, and the City has made no conclusion as to whether the church site should ultimately have one or two accesses. In staffs opinion, the right in/right out limitation, while perhaps enhancing safety, does not result in a solution to O'Sullivan's traffic dilemma. Based on the above, staff recommends as follows: 1. If the proposed access is approve^!, it should be approved only on a temporary basis, with the understanding and agreement by O'Sullivan and the church property owner, that the City reserves the right to require the access location be moved if it becomes a problem at the proposed location, or if comprehensive site plan approval for the church property ultimately requires that the access location be moved further north. 2. 4. A segment of railing should be extended along the sidewalk adjacent to the northwest restaurant doorway exit. Changes to the submitted parking plan should be required as noted on Exhibit C, including: a. Elimination of the last parking stall adjacent to liie westerly Shoreline Drive exit to the site; b. Reconfiguration of the parking lot curbing near the new access to create additional green space in an area unsuitable for head-in parking. Approval will be subject to driveway construction plan approval by staff, and subject to a Hennepin County access permit as well as a City land alteration permit. Since this was a denial recommendation by Planning Commission, staff has not drafted a resolution. If Council concludes that the access should be allowed, staff would draft a resolution that incorporates the above noted conditions, as well as formally approving the creation of an easement across the church property, and acknowledging the use of conceptually vacated portion of Navarre Lane for the access.