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10 | P a g e Under a typical Site Plan Review process, City Code provides the Community Development Director to permit a deviation in off-street parking if the applicant supplies evidence of sufficient parking through a parking study. The applicant provided a professional parking study which is attached (Attachment 5). The study finds that the applicant’s proposed parking is sufficient. The proposed ratio of parking spaces per unit is greater than both the ITE estimate of peak parking demand as well as the observed demand found at many nearby apartments. The applicant is also requesting deviations for a parking area and driveway setbacks. The applicant is proposing a shared driveway from Rice Street which runs across Lot 1 and 2’s side property lines, requiring a deviation from the setback requirement. The applicant is also requesting that the existing off-street parking areas along Rice Street and Demont remain where they currently are, which are five (5) feet from the property rather than the ten (10) feet regularly allowed in the C-2 Corridor Mixed district. Staff reviewed nearby parcels to the north and south and found that most remain in legal non-conformity with this setback requirement, many with a 0-foot setback from their front property line. Due to the site layout, the applicant would lose and be unable to replace nine (9) parking spaces if this setback was strictly enforced on Lot 1 and ten (10) parking spaces on Lot 2. The parking areas also technically have 0-foot setbacks along the rear property line of Lot 2 where the designated parking for Flameburger is located (Figure 2, shown in the Residential Density section). Table 6. Parking Area Standards Standard Required Proposed Parking Area Setbacks Front 10 5 Interior Side 5 22 Corner Side 10 5 Rear 5 N/A From R District 15 N/A Driveway Setbacks Front 0 0 Interior Side 5 0 Corner Side 10 0 Rear 5 N/A From R District 15 N/A There are no proposed loading areas for either building but there are two trash areas proposed on-site, one for each user. Flameburger’s trash area/dumpster is proposed in the rear of its building (eastern side) in the shared off-street lot. The apartment’s trash area is proposed to be near the entrance to the parking garage. Items to be Addressed: 1.) The proposed deviation in parking spaces should be reviewed and considered by the Council. The Council could request that the applicant create a shared parking agreement with the Flameburger parcel to ensure that additional overflow parking is available. 2.) The proposed deviations in parking area and driveway setbacks should be reviewed and considered by the Council. 3.) The applicant must record a shared access and maintenance agreement for the shared driveway and eastern parking lot.