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July 12, 1996 Page 6 #2154 John O'Sullivan. 2380 Shadvwood Road - Sketch Plan Review the right-of-way should be retained for possible future pedestrian or bike trail needs. Applicant has provided the City with the necessary drainage and utility easements over the portion of R.O.W. that has been vacated. If the City agrees to vacating the remainder, the City will require applicant to provide not only drainage and utility easements over the remainder, but also a trail easement somewhere on applicants propterty, of a width and Iccaiion acceptable to the City. If the City does not agree to vacate the remaining R.O.W., the City will grant easements to the applicant for drainage and access purposes in relation to the stormwater pond located on the church parcel and serving the restaurant'car-wash/'convenience store parcel. Impact of Vacation vs No Vacation If the R.O.W. remainder is vacated, applicant will gain ownership of the land. The proposed site plan indicates an intent to connect the parking lot for the bank building to the restaurant parking lot, providing for a continuous traffic flow between the two sites. City Engineer Shawn Gustafson has been asked to analyze and comment as to whether this connection is appropriate. An additional item to be addressed is whether the intent is to provide joint parking (in which case legal agreements between the two properties are required), and how will the issue of lot-line setbacks for parking be resolved, since the code does not provide for adjacent continuous parking on separate lots. If the vacation is not approved, the parking lots must remain separated. Also, the proposed lot coverage percentage will increase from 20% to 23% due to the smaller defined lot area. The stormwater pond required for the restaurant site use was originally proposed partially on the Navarre Lane R.O.W. Applicant has been advised to revise those plans to avoid use of Navarre Lane due to conflicts with existing utilities and potential future City uses of the R.O.W. Staff Recommendation 1. The City and other agencies have utilities within the remaining Navarre Lane R.O.W., hence any vacation must include appropriate easements for the protection and maintenance of thn<;e iitilitie*; 2. Since the City has no anticipated need to re-open Navarre Lane for vehicular traffic, but does anticipate the need for bike trails and pedestrian pathways, the applicants must provide a suitable alternate location for such uses if the vacation is approved. 3. Planning Commission should provide applicant some direction regarding whether you will support a vacation of the remaining R.O.W., as that will impact his site planning.