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Planning Commission • Planning Case No. 460-96: 2975 Highway 10 October 9, 1996 Page 6 residences. The types of repairs will not create excessive noise. The applicant expects business hours will be 8:00 to 6:00 Monday through Saturday. They will be closed on Sundays. Access 1. Vehicular access points shall create a minimum of conflict with through traffic movement, shall comply with Chapter 1121 of this Title and shall be subject to the approval of the Director of Public Works/City Engineer. At present, there is a wide swath of asphalt where the parking lot on the site meets Spring Lake Road, with no defined driveway entrance. There is a driveway from the parking lot onto Highway 10. The Zoning Code limits the width of curb cuts to 30 feet for properties in the B-3 district. Staff recommends that the driveway onto Highway 10 be eliminated, and a defined driveway entrance from Spring Lake Road, no more than 30 feet in width,. be created. As is noted earlier, we are also recommending that curbing be installed along the edge of the parking lot. When this curbing is done, it could also be used to define the driveway entrance and the excess asphalt removed. The grass border around the site should be extended along Spring Lake Road on either side of the defined driveway entrance. Parking requirements for this use are at least 4 off-street parking spaces plus 2 off-street parking spaces for each service stall. This site would require eight spaces. More than adequate room is available for these eight spaces. Provisions Not Applicable to This Proposal h. Whenever fuel pumps are to be installed,pump islands shall be installed. Criteria for Approval of Conditional Use Permits (Section 1125.01 Subd. 3) (1) The use will not create an excessive burden on existing parks,schools,streets and other public facilities and utilities which serve or are proposed to serve the area. The site has been used for a commercial business in the past and is served by an existing arterial highway and collector street, such that traffic can access the site without going through the adjacent residential neighborhood. The site is served by utilities. Because the proposal is for a business, no burden on parks or schools is anticipated. (2) The use will be sufficiently compatible or separated by distance or screening from adjacent residentially zoned or used land so that existing homes will not be depreciated in value and . there will be not deterrence to development of vacant land.