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. Planning Commission Meeting 2/27/95 Page 2 Because there is no additional land space available for parking on the shopping center site, Mr. Bordsen has negotiated a private joint parking agreement with the owner of the adjacent Hamline/Hoyt Auto Service Shop, 1565 Hamline Avenue, to allow the Coffee Ground patrons to use the auto shop parking area after the auto shop closes at 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Coffee Grounds' prime parking times are Friday and Saturday evenings after 7 p.m. This agreement would provide the additional 12 spaces needed for the expansion. Asleson stated that joint parking arrangements of this type are permitted in the zoning code. [Chapter 9, § 13.04 Subd. 5(e)] Mr. Bordsen said that there is a hardship to him as property owner because the area, currently being used as storage space, was previously leasable commercial space and the only way he can reasonably use that part of his building is to expand the tenant of The Coffee Grounds. Asleson said that staff notified all properties abutting the shopping center and the two properties directly across from the center on Iowa about the proposed • variance. No comments were received. She said the commission has three alternatives with respect to this request: 1. Recommend denial of the variance and require that the business floor area be limited to 1,000 sq. ft. 2. Recommend approval of the variance to allow expansion to a total of 1,450 sq. ft. without further conditions. (This would require two variances -one for the floor area expansion and one for parking.) 3. Recommend approval of the variance to allow the expansion with conditions on off-street parking arrangements. Discussion followed. Salzberg moved to adopt the resolution recommending granting of the variance with the following conditions: That a joint parking arrangement with a commercial or institutional property within one city block of the subject property be kept current and on file with the city. This arrangement shall remain in effect for any tenant whose use requires, as defined in the zoning code, more off-street parking than is available on the property. At least 12off-street parking spaces, in addition to those on the subject property, must be provided during the business' peak business. • Seconded by Treadwell. Unanimously approved.