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Mounds View Planning Commission November 6, 1996 • Regular Meeting Page 4 Director Sheldon explained to the Commission that Resolution No. 485-96 is for the new ratios to be used for the proposal, and added that it was Staffs conclusion that the variance was justified and approval was recommended. She noted that if the Planning Commission can grant a variance; it would not go on to Council unless the applicant appealed the Commission's decision. Director Sheldon addressed the other issue which had to do with joint use of parking. At the last meeting, staff had reported that the number of parking spaces on the site, after the building additions, would be 457 and that the number which would be required using the new ratios would be 454. The Commission indicated at that time that the applicant should . provide the additional three spaces by restriping some of the standard size stalls to be compact size. Director Sheldon then indicated to the Commission that Staff made an error in its previous report to the Planning Commission. Instead of 454 spaces being needed, using the new ratios, 492 spaces were needed, or 38 spaces more than the number on the site. She advised the Commission that it was not possible to achieve either a three space reduction or a 38 space reduction using restriping from standard size stalls to compact size stalls. (It would require 51 standard spaces to be restriped to compact size to create three additional spaces, which was more than 10% of the parking on the site. The Parking Code limits compact spaces to 10% of the parking provided.) It was staffs recommendation that the Commission consider a conditional use permit for joint use of parking facilities to address the situation, and reported that it would require a 8% reduction in the parking required for daytime and nighttime uses to reduce the parking required on the site to the