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Messiah PC Report March 15, 2000 Page 2 Development Review Discussion: Dimensional Reguirenzents: Lot Area Front Setback (Knollwood Dr.) Front Setback (County Rd. H2) Sideyard Setbacks Parking lot Setback (east) Parking lot Setback (west) Parking lot Setback (north) Parking lot Setback (south) Parking stalls (1:4): Parking: Rec�uired 1 acre 3 5 feet 35 feet 3 0 feet 3 0 feet 5 feet 5 feet 30 feet 75 stalls Existing or Proposed 6,1 acres 3 5 feet 63 feet 200+ feet 40 feet 30 feet 3 3 feet 30 feet 176 stalls Met? Met Met Met Met Met Met Met Met Met Currently, there are 165 parking stalls available, excluding the overElow parking available across the street. After the first phase of construction, 188 stalls will be available. The construction of the second phase will reduce the available parking to 176 stalls. The church, under existing conditions, significantly exceeds the City's parking requirements, based on a maximum seating capacity of 300. Construction of the second phase will increase the parking requirements for the site; yet even so, it is anticipated that the site will continue to be over-parked. Seven handicap accessible stalls are shown on the plans, which would comply with Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) standards and requirements. First phase construction will remove all of the e�sting parking areas with the exception of the parking area immediately south of the building in the area designated for second phase building construction. One of the two accesses to Knollwood Drive from this remaining parking area will be closed, and no connecting access will be made to the expanded parking areas. This remaining parking area would be removed upon construction of the second stage of the building expansion. (The plans sent to the Planning Commission do not indicate that this parking area will be retained; staffwill present a plan which indicates as much at your meeting.) Wetland Bu ffer: While the building expansion itself will not fall within the 100-foot wetland buffer setback, the parking lot expansion and proposed stormwater holding pond do encroach into the buf%r area. As a result, Messiah will need to apply for and be granted a wetland buffer permit. Because Rice Creek Watershed District as well as the City's own engineers are involved in the review of the proposed on-site drainage and stormwater management, approval of the buffer permit could be considered a required formality. Landscapin� The applicant proposes to remove more than one hundred significant trees from the property, dramatically altering the wooded character of the site, It is imperative that a landscape plan be submitted which shows in specific detail the proposed planting schedule, including species,