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• Planning - a g Case No. 452 96 New Apostolic Church; 3025 County Road H September 4, 1996 Page 15 Parking There are several issues related to parking which require further discussion. Compact Spaces: The Zoning Code allows 10% of the required spaces to be compact size (16 x 8.5 feet.) The number of spaces required for this proposal is 31; three of the spaces may be compact size. The applicant has shown seven spaces, which is more than allowed. There is another problem with the compact spaces. The length of the side stripes is 16 feet which appears to meet the length requirement. The spaces are angled, however, which means that the car will extend further than sixteen feet on the far side when the front bumper or wheel of the car hits the curb on the near side of the parking space. Staff has measured some compact cars and they are approximately 14-15 feet long. If a 9 x 15 foot box is drawn in one of the compact parking spaces on the applicant's plan, to represent a car parked in the space, the back bumper will be within five feet of the curb line along the church building. The car will block the drive aisle behind it. Even if allowance is made for the car pulling forward until a tire hits and overhanging the curb, only 1-2 feet is gained and the car is still extending to within 7 feet of the curb line. The • drive aisle is still impassable. The only solution available, if the compact spaces remain is this location, is to "sawtooth" them into the buffer area along the north property line. A diagram showing the existing situation, and the"sawtooth" design is attached. Standard Spaces: The Zoning Code requires standards spaces to be 9 x 20 feet. The applicant has shown these spaces at 9 x 18 feet. Also the second bay of parking from the east edge of the site needs to be relocated eight feet to the west, so the drive aisle behind the first bay of parking is 23 feet wide, and the drive aisle between the second and third bays is 23 feet wide. Handicapped Spaces: The - : .• :'- = -4 4. : -: .. - be 8 feet wide, with an access aisle five feet wide. Two spaces may share a common access aisle. The applicant's plan shows one handicapped space and an aisle which meets these dimensions; the second handicapped space is 7.5 feet wide. The second space would have to be made wider by one-half foot. In summary, the parking proposal does not meet the Code requirements, and correcting the dimensions will reduce the buffer areas provided. Staff also questions whether four of the compact spaces could be made standard size, to comply with the Code, and still fit. •