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- Plaeuiing Commission Resolution No. 486-96 Noverriber 6, 1996 Page 2 WI�EREAS, the changes in square footages result from the removal o�the H�r€��'� �a� Bridgeman's Restaurants (4,800 sq.ft. in dining and 2,700 sq.�ft. in kitchen} and ihe addi�io� c�� two larger dinner house siyle restaurants, and the addition of 4,000 square feet of retail space and 1,000 square feet of storage space in the main reta.il building; and, WI��.tEAS, the Pianning Commission has recammended thai a variance be ��a�t�d �n th� parking ratios appiicable to this pcoperty such that the parking required for the exparid�� shopping center wouId be 492 spaces; and, ��+THEREAS, the Ii�iounds View Zoning Code allows for a conditional use pern�at �c� �a� granted for joint use of parking where fihere are offsetting daytime and ni�httim� uses; a�d, WHEREAS, .the Planning Commission does hereby make the following findings oi ��t regarding the requirements for granting of a conditional use permit for joint use of pa�ka�a� �� forth in Section 1121.15 of the Mounds View Zoning Code: (a) The building oe use for which application is being made to utilize the off-stre�t p�l�gn� facilities provided by ano�her building or use shall be located within three hun€�r�� f�� (30d') of such parking facilities and not separated by a public way. All o�the uses proposed as part oftf�is joint parking arrangement are also pa.r� oFa coordinated shopping center. Because of the distribution af reiail space and th� �a.x�a��, ii is %asible for customers to find parking withi❑ 300 feet of their destination. A condition has been included in this recommendation of approval �hat would require err�plc�y��s� �o park in spaces behind the main retail building, to assure that the maximum parking is availabte for customers. (b) The applicant shall show that there is not substantial conflict in the principal oper�k�zxg hours of the lwo (2} buildings or uses far which joint use of off-street parking faciIities is proposed. The Zoning Code acknowledges that restaurants are primarily nighttime uses, and retaii businesses are primarily daytime uses. It should also b� noted that, because of its sa�� and the variety of tenants, customers at Mounds View Square would be expected to �oxx�.bin� trips and use several different busin�sses. A� allowance for some overlap in pa.�kiz�g cequirements is logical in a shopping center of this sgze.