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Zoning. The site is zoned B -3, General Business. Grading and Drainage. The drainage plans are subject to the City Engineer's approval. Landscaping. A Landscape Plan has been submitted. The parking lot is required to be fully screened from public right -of -ways to a minimum height of three and one -half (3 1 /z) feet. The property contains public right -of -ways on three sides, including the west (Rice Street), north (Minnesota Avenue), and east sides (future Viking Drive). The proposed landscaping on these three sides of the property does not fully screen the parking areas from the right of ways. Staff suggests increasing the vegetation located on the exterior of the property in order to fully screen the parking areas by adding a continuous line of a minimum height of three and one -half (3 ') feet of plantings along all the parking areas of the west, north, and east sides of the property. In addition, the Zoning Ordinance requires that off- street parking areas of fifty (50) or more parking stalls contain irrigated, landscaped islands at a rate of one island per fifteen (15) surface spaces or fraction thereof. The islands are required to consist of 100 square feet of landscaped surfaced; contained in raised, curbed beds, consistent with parking lot construction requirements of this ordinance. The parking spaces on the south end of the property require landscape islands. Staff suggests adding landscaped islands on the southwest and southeast corners of the parking areas, consisting of at least 100 square feet of landscaped surface. Traffic visibility should be taken into account when designing the landscape island on the southeast island. Lighting. A lighting plan has been submitted. Six (6) lights are proposed, three on the west side of the parking area and three on the east side of the parking area. Three of the lights contain double fixtures. The fixtures are from an ASB, or Adjustable Shoe Box, series with 1,000 watts and metal halide source. The lighting has been arranged towards the parking area and to deflect light away from the public streets according to the lighting plan. Light shall not exceed one foot candle as measured from the center line of said street. According to the submitted lighting plan, it appears that the readings were not taken from the center line of the proposed Viking Drive on the east side of the property line, but were instead taken from the east side of the right -of -way. New readings must be submitted that meet the required standards. Building Construction in Business Districts. Drive -in and convenience food establishment standards. As established in Section 911.040, the following standards must be followed for drive -in food establishments: 1. The architectural appearance and functional plan of the building and site shall not be so dissimilar to the existing buildings or area so as to cause impairment in property values or constitute a blighting influence within a reasonable distance to the lot. 2