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Little Canada Planning Commission, Mayor and City Council Page Two For the most part, our recommendation regarding parking has been made several times in other staff reports and k contained in the draft zoning ordinance revision now before the City. For retail commercial use, a require- ment of one space per 200 square feet of floor area has been recommended. As such, the Phase II building would require 69.6 or 70 parking spaces. From this perspective, the applicant has allowed ample parking. The zoning ordinance also requires that the site plan indicate waste disposal, water supply, drainage, ingress and egress, landscaping and screening. a. Waste Disposal. The City Engineer should comment as to any problems regarding the provision of sewer service to the site. While it is assumed that trash stprage areas will be located in the rear of the building, nothing has been shown on the site plan. The City may wish to have the applicant address this issue further. b. Water Supply. This should be subject to review and comment by the City Engineer. c. Drainage. Same as above. d. Ingress ss and Egress. The applicant has provided one driveway into the site. While the app 'cant is concerned with the proximity of the driveway to the intersection of Little Canada Road and the railroad tracks, it is felt that more attention should be given to the site's circulation pattern. In discussing the proposed site plan with Wayne Leonard, Ramsey County (1)Highway Engineer, he indicated that the County's main concerns were: driveway width; (2) spacing of curb cuts - no less than 50 feet apart; and (3) nothing to block visibility within the County Road right -of -way. When asked about visibility at the railroad intersection, he indicated that they were mainly concerned with the visibility to the control divice at the intersection. While an additional driveway appears to be available on the site to the west ( Phase I), there is no guarantee that the circulation between the two sites will always be maintained. In this regard, it is recommended that the Phase II site have two of its own accesses to improve circulation. The second access drive could be located near the eastern edge of the site and is viewed as promoting better circulation.