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Comment: Parking and drive areas associated with the garage need to be screened from residential properties, according to the landscaping and screening standards described in Zoning Ordinance Section 903.050. Off - Street Parking Requirements. Staff would recommend a line of shrub plantings along the new boundary south of the new parking area. The final design of a Public District parcel will have to address the requirements of the district in question, as well as other general provisions provided in the Zoning Ordinance. The following is an analysis of these requirements: 1. Circulation and access. The applicants have addressed the issue of access to the garage building on the subdivided parcel in the conceptual site plan they included with their subdivision application. The plan indicates that a landscaped area will run along the length of the subdivided parcel's new property line; it begins at the southeast corner of the parcel, extends northwest through Norm's parking lot, and ends to the north of the existing garage. This landscape area will function to direct traffic from Noel Drive to the garage, and to the remainder of the Watershed property. The site plan also addresses access and parking for the subdivided parcel. Driveway access is shown to connect with the access point on Noel Drive currently used by the Norm's Tire property. The connection with this access point will result in RWMWD having two curb cut access points instead of one. Because RWMWD will have more than 350 feet of frontage including the newly combined parcel, they are allowed to have at least two curb cuts. The concept plan appears to address parking and access according to the requirements of the Little Canada zoning requirements. Because the plan is conceptual, the applicants will need to demonstrate that all other Zoning Ordinance parking design standards have been addressed at the time of permitting and construction. 2. Paving and curbing setbacks. The conceptual site plan indicates a continuous curb barrier around the extent of the proposed parking area. The curb barrier is situated so as to maintain a five foot landscaped area between parking pavement and the property lines. However the southeast corner of the subdivided parcel appears to fall short of the five foot curb setback requirement, which may be remedies by reorienting the entry drive minimally to allow for compliance with the setback requirement. 3. Garage setback. The site survey dated August 8, 2012 demonstrates a 10 foot setback between the west wall of the existing garage and the new side lot line, meeting Zoning Ordinance accessory building setback requirements. 8