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City Staff recommends the denial of the five (5) foot variance to reduce the off- street parking setback requirement from five (5) feet to zero on Ryan Drive. The findings of fact are as follows: 1. The strict enforcement of the zoning ordinance does not preclude the applicant from establishing an adequate number of off- street parking stalls on the property. 2. The building meets the required forty -foot front yard setback. The placement of the building does not preclude the applicant from established parallel parking in the front yard to meet zoning code requirements. 3. Should the City decide to alter the road in the future, the twenty -five (25) foot distance could be reduced and the off- street parking could be closer than the required fifteen (15) foot setback. Should the Planning Commission and City Council decide that this variance should be approved, the following findings of fact would apply. 1. The five -foot variance would keep with the spirit and intent of the zoning ordinance in the establishment of green areas from the road surface to the off- street parking area as the public right -of -way extends twenty -five (25) feet from the surface of the street to the applicants' property line due to center of the public- right -of -way swinging to the south. 2. Green areas will be established between the street surface and the off - street parking area to meet all other zoning requirements (25 ft. Ryan Drive & 15 ft Ryan Lane). 3. It is highly unlikely that the City would implement road improvements and or changes to swing the public right -of -way more than ten (10) feet to the south. Other Zoning Code Compliance Issues 1. The off- street parking areas and associated drives must paved with asphalt, bituminous or concrete and striped with white or yellow paint lines not less than four (4) inches wide. 2. The off- street parking area must have curbing (may use concrete curb stops) around the entire parking lot. 3. Removal of unlicensed vehicles from the front and side yards within ten (10) business days. 4. Remaining customer and /or employee licensed vehicles must be parked in a designated parking space. 5. Removal of one curb cut access on the east side of the property and boulevard landscaped. 6. All curb cut accesses must be no more than twenty -four feet in width to meet zoning code guidelines. 7. Property owners are responsible for compliance with Minnesota State Statute requirements regarding the establishment and compliance of handicap parking guidelines. Page 6