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Main Street Village page 8 this project is that if the existing LOS outside of the proposed project is A or B, the traffic generated by a proposed subdivision will not degrade the level of service more than one grade. The traffic study submitted by the developer shows that the existing LOS for the Otter Lake Road/Main Street intersection is A and phase one of Main Street Village will decrease it to C. This must be addressed. A number of road improvements will be needed to accommodate additional development (phase two) of the development. These include additional traffic lanes, turn lanes, and a median. Anoka County prepared a preliminary design for needed improvements as part of the project that improved Main Street and constructed the signals at the intersection. In order to address the LOS of the intersection, the conditions of approval for Main Street Village include the requirement that the approval of any additional development of the site will include the Otter Lake Road improvements. 7) Lino Lakes has a joint powers agreement with Anoka County that limits the number of accesses that will be allowed on Otter Lake Road (Co. Rd. 84) between Main Street. and Cedar Street. We can have a total of six driveways and three roads. There are five driveways now and two roads. The City must use the allocation wisely. The new southern access on this development site is planned to allow for access to the City's water tower. This will allow the water tower driveway to be on the project's southern access road when it gets built. Then we can eliminate the existing driveway on Otter Lake Road and have one for a future location. An easement to allow City access to the private road is needed and is a condition of approval. Parking: The site plans show the lot layouts and parking. The zoning ordinance does allow for a reduction in the number of required parking stalls in a shared parking situation if the applicant demonstrates throng} a peak parking analysis that the peak demand is less than the normally required number of stalls. A submitted peak parking analysis supports the reduced number of parking stalls. The gas station/car wash lot is not considered in the shared parking analysis, as this lot stands alone for parking, but it has sufficient parking to meet the City requirement. Buildings: The proposal includes four buildings on four separate lots. All the buildings are attractive with brick, rock face block, stucco, EIFS, and metal peaks. A variety of colors and design elements are proposed. The original submittal included "Architectural Design Criteria." We have been working with the developer's team to ensure that the design criteria comply with the City's architectural requirements for commercial buildings. This is included in the approval of the project. *Lot 1, Block 1, Retail: The proposed 6500 sf retail building includes rock face block and precolored 4" block along with EIFS. The tallest parapet on this building is 22' high. The building was revised since the first submittal to include glass windows on the north elevation rather than a solid brick wall. This is a great improvement to the visual attractiveness of the project site. The building colors and materials establish a visual base - middle -top as required_ • • •