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Planning & Zoning Board February 12, 2003 Page 22 DRAFT MINUTES traffic flow throughout the site. In addition, the applicant has agreed to install a striped pedestrian crossing from the designated disabled parking stalls to the sidewalk. Lot Size and Setbacks. Staff summarized the lot and building performance standards for properties within the R -1, Single Family Residential District and the Shoreland Management Overlay District. Staff noted the proposed building addition meets all applicable lot and building performance standards. Impervious Surface Coverage. Section 1102.07, Subd. 1(C)(4) of the Shoreland District standards states impervious surface coverage of the lot area may not exceed thirty percent (30 %). Architecture/Building Materials. As shown on the submitted building elevations, the proposed building addition is to be finished with painted lap siding, glass windows and an asphalt shingle roof, all to match the existing building. Specific building colors have not been indicated. As a condition of site and building plan approval, building colors should be specified. Off - street Parking. The standards for calculating the off - street parking requirements for the proposed uses are outlined in Section 3, Subdivision 5 of the Ordinance. In addition, the Ordinance requires that churches provide parking for additional facilities provided within the building. For example, one (1) parking space is required for each classroom plus one (1) space for each three hundred (300) student capacity plus one (1) space for each employee. Day care facilities (nursery) serving fourteen (14) or fewer persons are required to provide two (2) spaces per unit. Alternatively, the City Council may determine parking requirements on an individual basis taking into account such factors as the size of the building, type of use, number of employees, expected volume and turnover of customer traffic and expected frequency and number of delivery and service vehicles. Ninety (90) parking spaces are currently provided on site. All parking is configured at 90° with stall width measuring 9 feet and stall depth measuring 19 feet. All off -street parking spaces meet the minimum dimensional requirements of Section 3, Subd. 5 of the Ordinance. The parking incorporates four (4) designated disabled parking spaces in accordance with the guidelines established by the Minnesota State Council on Disability. All such spaces must be appropriately signed, including designation of one space as "van accessible ". Landscaping. Section 3, Subd. 4(S) of the Ordinance requires adequate screening from abutting residential uses and landscaping with an emphasis on the boundary or perimeter, the immediate perimeter of the structure and the perimeter of parking and loading areas. The site plan indicates sod surrounding the proposed building addition and planting of three (3) trees, one maple and one evergreen tree east of the proposed building addition DRAFT MINUTES • • •