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Mounds View Planning Commission September 18, 1996 Special Meeting Page 4 designed parking lot, and two letters were received from the applicant on the seating capacity confirming that they are requesting 115 seats in the building. She also noted that the City has received a number of phone calls from residents in the neighborhood (she has received three, the Clerk-Administrator has also received at least two, and some of the Council members have also received phone calls) in opposition of this request. (It was mentioned at this time that a sign up sheet was being circulated and any persons in attendance were asked to sign in). Director Sheldon proceeded to explain the changes in the new plan, including the parking plan in detail. She mentioned that just this evening she received word from Mr. Bill Diem tof Stahl Construction that a modification in the parking design will be presented which moves the driveway over to allow for the maneuvering of emergency vehicles. Ms. Sheldon explained that in the report she had gone step by step through the criteria and felt that there were a couple of areas where the criteria was not met: the character of the development and whether it fits into the character of the neighborhood, noting that the proposed structure will be a story and a half with the wall heights being 13-16 feet and, if adding in the roof, will go from 26.5 to 29 feet in height. She added that typically a home in this neighborhood is one story (in the range of 15-16 in height) and the footprint is 2,054 square feet which is typically larger than the average home. The other issue involved the amount of buffering and it was noted that the Code does not specifically address this issue • and what is "adequate" buffering for this request. She added that staff has looked, as a