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Little Canada Planning Commission 11 June 1986 Page Three Hardware sales (the proposed activity) is not a permitted or conditional use in the I -P District, but is a permitted use in the 8 -3 District, thus qualifying under this section. The proposed retail portion may be no more than 2,000 square feet in area. However, this is not detailed in the provided plans. The building plans should be amended to illustrate the retail area. Site Plan Conformity The building consists of 12,000 square feet of warehouse and 8,000 square feet of office and retail space. Parking requirements for these uses are as follows: Office and Retail Areas: 3 spaces plus one space per 200 square feet, total requirement, 39 spaces. Warehouse Area: 1 space per 1,000 square feet plus one space per each employee, total requirement, 11 spaces plus one per warehouse employee. This results in a parking requirement of 50 spaces plus an additional number equal to the number of warehouse employees. Fifty -two spaces are shown on the plan. The estimated number of employees should be confirmed with the applicants. With regard to loading area, a significant amount of loading area is provided, easily meeting the requirements. One additional comment regards location of the parking area. All parking and drive aisle areas may be located no closer than 5 feet from any property lines. This should be corredred on a final site plan. In addition to the above comments, the following notes are made in reference to general parking area performance standards. • The parking and drive area must be paved. • The parking and drive area is to be surrounded by a perimeter curb separating it from property lines, landscape areas and building areas, where applicable. • Driveway curb cuts are to be no wider than 24 feet, without approval of the City Engineer. With regard to setbacks, all provided yards meet or exceed the ordinance requirements. Those requirements are 40 feet for front yards, side yards abutting a street, and any yard abutting residentially zoned property, 20 feet for other rear yards, and 15 feet for other side yards. Other requirements of the I -P District include lot coverage and landscaping coverage. For these items, the maximum coverage of either item is restricted to a certain per- centage of the lot. Due to the large portion of the lot not being developed at this time, it is felt that a line denoting limits of construction be established and the coverages compared against the total developed area, rather than the entire lot. Such a line is suggested by our office on the provided site plan, Exhibit C. The .1• v v 17