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Zoning. The subject property is zoned B -3, General Business. The purpose of the General Business District is to provide commercial and service activities which draw from and serve customers from the entire community or region. Drug stores are a permitted use within the district. The commercial B -3 zoned parcels of the Centre Place development are governed via a PUD, requiring an amendment. Planned Unit Development. The two commercial lots are governed via a Planned Unit Development Conditional Use Permit. The two sites share an access point and circulation and any change to one building or use affects the other. As such, when reviewing the proposed request, the report analyzes the affect of the circulation and parking of the entire site and makes recommendations and suggested conditions accordingly. Preliminary Plat. The Centre Place plat, approved in 1989 and finalized in 1990, includes a commercial (B -3) zoned area abutting County Road C and Rice Street. The applicant is proposing to replat the 3.61 acre commercial area of the Centre Place plat which will be known as Centre Place 2nd Addition. The plat includes removal of Outlots B and C. Our office is not aware of the original intent of Outlot C but it does not appear to serve a clear purpose. As such, the removal of Outlot C in favor of combining it with Lot 1 seems appropriate. A portion of Outlot B is being added to Outlot A and the remaining area will be added to Lot 2. This area, to the rear of the proposed building, is needed to accommodate the pharmacy drive through. (Note: what was formerly Lot 1 of the Centre Place plat will now be Lot 2 of the Centre Place 2nd Addition) As proposed, the drive aisle and retaining wall for the pharmacy drive through encroaches onto the neighboring property to the east (Pet Clinic). As a condition of approval, the applicant must either purchase this property, obtain an access easement and maintenance agreement to encroach onto the neighboring property, or shift the building in a manner that fits on the property owned by the applicant. The proposed building is shifted approximately 15 feet north from where the existing building currently resides. The building is located over an existing drainage and utility easement. The utility plans show a relocation of the existing storm sewer. As a condition of approval, the preliminary plat is to be revised identifying a new drainage and utility easement where the storm sewer is to be located. Access. The commercial area (Lot 1 and Lot 2) currently utilizes three separate accesses off of Rice Street and one access off of County Road C. The proposed project will eliminate the southern most access off of Rice Street. The access currently located in the center, between lots 1 and 2, will be shifted to the north Circulation. The shifting of the building and the access to the north affects the circulation and parking of both properties. The demolition plans show what will be removed, but the site plan fails to show the affect on circulation and parking on the existing building to the north. The shifting of the proposed building requires the removal of 9 parking stalls along the south side of the building to the north to allow adequate 2