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• • • Shirley Kaye's October 11, 1999 page 4 Exterior: The proposed building addition would be brick to match the existing building, including the screened trash area. Lighting: Lighting should not shine up into the night sky, out over the lake, or create glare onto Lake Drive. Staff recommends that lighting should be completely shielded to ensure light is directed down, not sideways. Wall pack fixtures should not be acceptable. Additional information on lighting should be a condition of approval. Traffic, Circulation: The access is via a driveway on Lake Drive. The project must obtain County approval of design of the access to Lake Drive. It is possible that turn lanes will be required by the County. The applicant is responsible for obtaining all approvals from Anoka County regarding the access drive. The County's comments from April are attached. The circulation on the site is constrained. In several places, the drive aisle is very narrow (20 feet wide) and traffic lanes cross in one spot. This is not acceptable. This issue would be resolved if the eight 45- degree parking spaces behind the building were changed. Staff recommends one of two options. Option one, make them 90- degree spaces and move them closer to the building. Curb stops should be installed to provide safe pedestrian entry into the building. The traffic lane would then be two way. Option two would be to shift the orientation of the eight spaces so that they are at 45- degrees but vehicles enter them from the building side. This will create a one -way traffic lane moving west between these spaces and the building. Traffic then continues around the west side of the lot, and moves east along the lake side. This eliminates the crossing of traffic near the retaining wall. Parking Variance: The parking requirements listed in the Zoning Ordinance are as follows: restaurants/bars 10 stalls for each 1000 sf plus one for each employee of the maximum shift (The maximum shift at Shirley Kaye's will be 8 employees.) retail 1 stall per 200 sf parking total s.f. required dining/bar 7290 81 retail 1485 7 total 88 proposed by applicant 78