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The benefits of clustering the separate uses around shared parking lots are: Vehicular movement can be simplified within the site by reducing cross traffic on the Apollo Drive extension due to a reduced number of access points. • Provide for greater opportunity for sidewalks and pedestrian access between buildings. • Allow for greater massing of green areas as opposed to linear medians between streets and individual parking lots. • Provide a possible opportunity for reduced number of parking stalls on the basis of business interchange as suggested by the Environmental Review Board. Impervious Surface. Section 9 Subd. 3.d.2 of the Zoning Ordinance requires a minimum of 35 percent of the total project area be reserved as green space. The green space requirement will be reviewed in closer detail as part of a PDO Development Plan application. Subdivision. The submitted Concept Plan includes proposed division of the site to allow for individual ownership of the structures. Several of the proposed lots do not meet the minimum lot size, lot width or frontage to a public street requirements of the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances. These issues can be accommodated as part of the PDO flexibility in that all of the proposed lots will be tied together through restrictive covenants regarding open space maintenance, cross parking agreements and access. The applicant will be required to provide a preliminary/final plat as part of a PDO Development Plan application, subject to review and approval of the City Council. As a new subdivision, park dedication requirements will also be determined at the time of building construction per Subdivision Ordinance provisions. Extension of Apollo Drive. Apollo Drive is proposed to be extended through the subject site from Lake Drive on the west property line to an intersection with 77th Street on the north property line. The proposed alignment of the extension is generally consistent with the City's Transportation Plan. However, the intersection with 77th Street is approximately 60 feet east of a property line of the subject site. This alignment in essence creates an unbuild able area on the subject site. There are three options to address this concern: 1. The Apollo Drive /77th Street intersection be shifted east to create an additional buildable parcel on the subject site along 77th street. This option would require some realignment of Apollo Drive, but would not significantly impact the proposed location of structures. 3