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Mounds View Planning Commission November 6, 1996 Regular Meeting Page.3 required under the City's existing Code and what parking is in place on the site. She explained that there is a specific request from the applicant for a variance in the parking ratios that apply to the property and a request for joint use of parking under a conditional use permit. She continued by explaining that joint use of parking recognizes that some uses are night time uses and some are day time uses and they off-set each other. She added that the number of parking spaces on the site at present is 477, and if the new restaurants and retail space were added, some parking spaces would be eliminated so that the number of the spaces on site would be 454. Commissioner Miller inquired if 111, 775 square feet is a typo (on Page 2, 1st paragraph, of the staff report) and she was informed that it should read 111,535. Director Sheldon explained that it was Staff's understanding from the Planning Commission at their last meeting that they are willing to look at the existing parking in place as being adequate for the existing space and explained that the applicant did get a previous variance to allow for the 477 spaces to be used for the existing square footage. She continued by asking what ratios are to be applied against the new footage. She explained that the proposal is for 4-1/2 spaces per 1,000 square feet and that our current code requires 10 spaces but added that our code is much higher than other jurisdictions. She continued by explaining that the ratio proposed for fast food restaurants is at our regular requirement (1 space for every 40 square foot of dining and 1 space for every 80 square feet of kitchen) but the dinner house restaurants are proposed at 1 space for every 80 square feet of dining and 1 space for every 80 square feet of kitchen, which she explained • is a more typical ratio for larger restaurants where you have less customer turn-over.