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City of Mounds View Staff Report 475-97:Zep Manufacturing March 21, 1997 Page 3 • on the applicant's proposal to us prior to the Council meeting on March 24. Feedback received thus far from Rice Creek indicates that the applicant will meet all of the district's requirements and that the applicant's stormwater detention and wetland mitigation efforts will be acceptable. Staff has included a condition that requires the applicant to obtain approval for a permit from RCWD prior to the issuance of any grading or building permit. Because the applicant will be grading in the 100-foot buffer surrounding the wetland to install the ponding system, a City wetland alteration permit is needed. In addition, the permit also becomes necessary because a small portion of the parking lot is in the buffer area as well. The fact that the parking lot encroaches into the wetland triggers the need for Council to review the alteration permit. The impact of this encroachment is minimal. The pavement serves to direct the flow of run-off away from the wetland and into the detention ponds while the detention ponds will serve to improve the quality of the water that enters the wetland. Parking ZEP Manufacturing requested and received from the Planning Commission a variance in the parking ratios required for the office and warehouse space in this development. The parking ratios as required in the City Code are much higher than is typical. Using the current ratios, the amount of parking that would have been required for this site would have been: Warehouse: 19,325 sq.ft. divided by 500 + 8 spaces=38.65 + 8 = 47 spaces Office: 5,950 sq.ft. divided by 175 +3 spaces=39.67+3 = 37 spaces Total: 84 spaces The Planning Commission approved alternative ratios that reduced the amount of parking required on the site as follows: Warehouse: 1 space per 1,000 square feet warehouse floor area = 19 spaces Office: 1 space per 250 square feet of office area = 24 spaces Total: 43 spaces The applicant, on the site plan dated March 20, 1997, shows parking in this amount. The applicant has also demonstrated sufficient area is available to build an additional 40 parking spaces. The resolution of approval allows the City to require that this parking be built if there is a change in use which triggers a higher parking demand, or if day-to-day operations results in parking problems. •