09-19-2005 Planning Commission Packet

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- #OS-3121 June 15,2005 Page 9 of 14 Without detailed floor plans of all existing businesses, City staff can not calculate with any accuracy how much parking is teclmically required by City Code for all the businesses having rights to the lot. Six additional parking spaces located within the Narrows property are cui�ently striped and in use. Tllese are not inchided in the 122 noted above within the municipal lot. Other business properties abutting the municipal lot also have varying numbers of available stalls within their property boundaries that were not included in the 122. It should also be noted that the parking stalls constructed and striped are 9' x 16' with 22' drive aisles where normally 9' x 20' s�aces with 24' wide drive aisles would be required. Although of no fault of the applicants, this corltributes to the overall fiulctionality and maneuverability of the parking lot. The Plamung Commission should discuss the parking needs required by the applicant in determiiling whether any expansion, interior or exterior, should be permitted. The Planning Conunission may also want to look more closely at the hours of operation for the various businesses using the lot, as the 2000 review concluded that the prime hours for the applicant would be the least prime hours for the majority of the other businesses in this area. No actual traffic/parking counts or studies have been done to determine whether this has proven to be the case. Parking Issues Summary Parking required for proposed use: Interior Use 52 stalls Front Sidewalk Use 7 stalls Rear `Patio' Use 21 stalls 80 stalls Parking available on-site for proposed use: 6 stalls Parking shortfall on-site, to be made up in mutucipal lot: 74 stalls Municipal lot stalls available for other users during peak times: 122-74=48 stalls Percentage of inuiucipal lot requued by Narrows: 74/122= 61% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. EASEMENTS AFFECTING PROPERTY There are several easements affecting how the applicants can use their property. An iugress and egress easement (Doc. #3520911) exists to provide access from Shoreline Drive to the City-owned parking loi. This exists along the easteni 7.5' of the property, and while not encroached upon by any of the proposed improvements, its functionality may be impacted by the kitclien addition as proposed.