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Lot 3 is a 7.9 acre parcel that will serve as the site for the Drywall Supply business. This site includes two existing buildings that would remain for the use of the applicant's business, as well as a 4,400 square foot office addition to the northern building. The applicant shows the southernmost storage canopy as being modified or removed, and a future building of 20,000 square feet in the southeast corner of the property. Across the south portion of the lot (about 84,300 square feet), the applicant proposes an outdoor storage and truck parking area. Circulation through this parcel would include truck access from the driveway along the east property line (across Lot 1), turning through the property to the west, the exiting the site via the central driveway to Country Drive. Just ten parking stalls are shown serving the Drywall Supply site, plus parking and loading for trucks. Issues Site Layout. This issue had been raised with the applicant previously, and related to the intent of the City to maximize the development capacity of Lot 1, the undeveloped parcel. The applicant has responded to this request by moving the proposed lot line to the south approximately 150 feet to accommodate more intensive development of the future building parcel, and added a 4,400 square foot office addition to one of the existing buildings. This change appears to address the staff's recommendations in this regard. Circulation and Parking The circulation plan utilizes three access points from Country Drive. The access points at the northeast corner and in the center of the site are existing curb cuts previously constructed for the Knox parking lot. The access point in the northwest corner is new, and would provide access to a new parking lot north of the main Knox building on Lot 2. Truck circulation would be shared between the three lots, and the applicant will need to develop a set of cross - easements and maintenance agreements between the three parcels to ensure that the PUD will continue to provide access to the occupants of the project. With regard to parking, the plans do not detail parking supply for Lot 1. Because a final site plan will not be completed until a user is found for the site, no parking layout would be necessary at this time. There appears to be adequate area on the site to accommodate a building of the size proposed, or greater, depending upon the mix of uses in the building. For Lot 2, 85 parking spaces are shown. The plan notes state that the building is two stories, however, only a portion of the building is developed this way. The "footprint" of the building is 46,568 square feet. Because we do not know the total size of the building or the mix of uses, it is difficult to determine the parking requirement at this time. However, at the footprint size shown, only 20% of the building could be occupied by office and the site would already be underparked. An alternative parking plan should be developed for the former Knox building site that identifies the total usable square footage of the building, and the maximum number of parking spaces available on the lot.