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City of Mounds View Staff Report August 8, 1997 Page 2 applicant may use the playground facility in City Hall Park as an alternative to meet the requirement for an outdoor play area. It is our understanding that the tot lot will be in an unfinished state for the remainder of this year, until the site work for the overall community center is done in the spring. (The area proposed for a tot lot needs to be regraded to get positive drainage from the building to Bronson Drive.) Children's Home Society is planning to use the playground in City Hall Park as an alternative during this period of time. There is a condition to this effect in the resolution, including a requirement that Children's Home Society provide liability insurance which would hold the City harmless for their use of City Hall Park. Planning Commission suggested a condition that the Director of Public Works determine if it is feasible for a crosswalk to be painted across Edgewood between the Community Center and City Hall Park, and signage be installed to facilitate the children crossing from the Community Center to the playground in the park. A condition to that effect has been included in the resolution. ■ Parking and Access: The Mounds View Zoning Code requires one space for each child, plus 1 additional space for each classroom. An analysis of parking requirements has been included on the site plan. This analysis shows 20 spaces for the day care center. The number is consistent with the parking ratio required. (98 children/7 children per space= 14; 1 space per classroom= 6 spaces; total required=20 spaces) We are assuming that the applicant is counting the infant, toddler and transition spaces as classrooms. Planning Commission suggested that signage be installed in the short term parking area and to direct parents to the drop-off area so facilitate smooth traffic flow and prevent the drop-off parking spaces from being used for long term parking. A condition to this effect is included. Planning Commission also suggested that attention be given to the parking bays located just south of the Community Center between Edgewood and the main entrance, and that these spaces not end up being used exclusively for staff parking for the day care center. A condition to this effect is also included. • Access to Arterial or Collector Street: The criteria for evaluating conditional use permits for day care centers include that the street providing access be either an arterial or collector street. It is our understanding that the purpose of this criterion is to make sure that a day care center is not located in the middle of a single family residential neighborhood on a low-volume street, where it would cause commotion. The Zoning Code does not specify what source shall be used to determine if a street providing access to a day care center is a collector or arterial street. Given the activity levels associated . with City Hall and the former Bel Rae Ballroom, the activity levels expected at the Mounds View Community Center, and the anticipated connection of Edgewood Drive to a four-way, signalized intersection with Highway 10, it is stars view that Edgewood Drive in this location is functioning as a collector street and therefore provides adequate access