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Planiung Commission Resoiution No. 48549b Novemher 6, I996 1'age 2 Wk3EREAS, the char�ge in the square footages result from the removal of the Hardee's and Bridgeman's �Zestaurants (4,800 sq.ft. in dining and 2,740 sq.ft. i� kitchen) and ihe addition of two larger dinner house style restaurants, and the addition of 4,000 square feet of retail space and 1,040 square feet of storage space in the main retail building; and, 'WHEREAS, the Mounds View Plannzng Commission has reviewed the request of Mounds �Iiew Squace Assoc. LLP to allow a variance in the parking catios applicable to the Mounds View 5quare Shopping Center, as follows: Retail Space Dizu�er House Styie Restaurants Storage, Etc 4.5 spaces per 1000 square feet 1 space per RO square feet of dinin� or kitchen area no parking requirement for areas in storage, maintenance, restrooms or the enciosed mali area W�IEREAS, the Planning Commission does hereby make th� following findings of fact regarding the requirements for granting of variances as set foreh in Section 1125,02 �ubd. 2 of ihe Mounds View Zaning Code: a. Exceptionai or extraordinary cucumstances apply io the property which do not appIy generaIiy to other properties in the sau�e zone or vicinity and result frorn lot size of shape, topography or other circumstances over which the owners of the property since the effective date hereof have had no control. That the speciai conditions or circumstances do not result fram the actions of the applicant. Mounds View Square is the largest shopping center in Mounds View, and it is in this shopping center that the ef�ect of a higher-than-typical parlcing ratio, established by the City, has its �reatest effect. The shopping center has been operaiing successfialty at a much lower ratio (4.67 spaces per 1000 gross square feet) than is required for retail space in the City's parking regulations (IO spaces per 1000 square feet). A parking demand study completed in 1989 by Benshoof and Associates reported that the Urban Land Institute pe�formed in-depth research on a combined total of approximately 170 shopping centers. (This study is a part of the file on the rezoning for Hardee's Restaurant.) This research showed that a parking ratio of 4.0 spaces per 1000 square feet is adequate for all bu� the husiest 19 hours of the year. The applicani kras not caused the multiplier effeet of a higher-than-typical parking ratio on the size of his shopping center. The deveiopment of dinner house style restaurants is noi anficipated by the parking re�ulations which require one parking space for every 40 square feet of dining area and one parking space for every �0 square feet oFkitchen. Typical ratios for dinner house restaurants are one space for every 80 square feet of gross square footage, ta recogniz� the slower turnover of cvstomers. ;