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Little Canada Planning Commission, Mayor and City Council 29 May 1981 Page Two The proposed use is subject to the parking requirements of one space per 40 square feet of gross floor area of dining area and one space per 80 square feet of kitchen area, Applying these standards to the Flameburger's 704 square feet of dining area and 924 square feet of kitchen, the site requires 30 parking spaces. 32 spaces have been provided with additional space available at the rear of the property. Two driveways are proposed to service the restaurant, a two -way drive from Rice Street and a one -way entrance from Demont Avenue. The Zoning Ordinance allows one driveway for every 125 feet of street frontage. The subject lot has only 134.5 feet of street frontage in total. The enforcement of this restriction would leave a portion of the lot unuseable. It is felt that this is a possible variance situation. However, if the second driveway from Demont Avenue were allowed it would affect the development flexibiltiy of the vacant lot that is immediately adjacent to the west of the Demont Avenue driveway. Therefore, if a variance is to be granted, it should be with the condition that the second driveway be available for joint use by the adjacent lot when development occurs. - The 24 foot width of the leg of the lot containing the second driveway allows a driveway surface of_only_14 feet due to the five.foot. setback requirement. This allows enough room for a one -way drive, however, additional width is necessary at the interior corner to accommodate the turning movement of large delivery trucks. The corner should be widened to ensure a 50 foot out -. side turning radius and a driveway width of 24 feet at the corner. .There_ . is adequate space to the north of the corner to allow for this enlarge - -. ment. Parking spaces numbers 31 and 32.should also be eliminated and the grassed area shifted in to the west to allow maneuvering room for trucks leaving . the site from the loading area in the rear of the building. The site would still meet the Ordinance parking requirements. Parking spaces number 8 and 14; which are situated next to the curb in;`? front of the structure, should be widened to 10 feet to facilitate ingressing and egressing from these spaces. - , • The trash disposal area, as it is shown on the site plan, appears to have a curb located on the boundary line, but this may also be some other. type' ' of enclosure. The ordinance requires that the perimeter curbing,be no less' than five feet from the lot boundary. An enclosure requires no setback::' - The site is adjacent to a residentially zoned property to the east. Ordi- narily, the commercial use would be responsible for providing screening between the two uses. However, the property to the east was rezoned to a residential zone with the condition that the residential lots would be . responsible for the screening.- Therefore, no additional screening is required of the Flameburger proposal.=