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Planning Commission • Planning Case No.464-96: 2375 Highway 10 October 9, 1996 Page 6 The existing signage includes the following: • existing monument sign 10'x 10' on 26'high supports; area= 100 sq.ft. • existing wall sign 23" x 26.5'; area= 50.8 sq.ft. • used car sign, ground mounted 8' 6-1/2" x 5'=42.7 sq.ft. • miscellaneous small directional signs The total signage on the site is 193.5 square feet. All of the signage has approved permits. The B-3 district allows for 100 square feet per business occupant, and one general pedestal sign not exceeding 340 square feet. Only one pedestal sign is allowed per property. The current signage is within the allowances in the Code. The applicant is proposing a second monument sign at the northernmost driveway onto the site to match the existing sign(100 square feet). The total signage area would comply with the Code but the use of two pedestal signs would not comply. There may be justification for a variance given the length of the street frontage along Highway 10 and the size of the site. Parking Subd 8 g. The following parking requirements shall be met: . (1) All customer and employee parking spaces shall be permanently and clearly marked. (2) For every three(3)employees,a minimum of two(2)employee parking spaces shall be provided. (3) A minimum of two(2)off-street parking spaces for each service stall are required. The foregoing required parking spaces shall be shown and designated on the site plan. The existing site now has 168 spaces, of which 14 are for customers and 154 are for employee or cars in inventory. The proposed plan shows a total of 183 spaces, with 20 for customers,3- • • • , . in inventory. The Saturn dealership has 28 employees currently, with 12 more projected, for a total of 40. The sales office contains approximately 3808 square feet. The parking requirement noted above was added to the Zoning Code in 1996. Based on the requirement, the proposed development needs 20 spaces for service and 27 spaces for employees. Using the parking requirements in the Chapter 1121 of the Zoning Code, 22 spaces are needed for customers.' The applicant's proposal meets the City's parking requirements, except that two additional customer spaces are needed, three handicapped spaces need to be 'The parking ratios in Chapter 1121 state 1 space per 100 sq.ft. of retail space and 1 space per 500 sq.ft.of storage of warehouse space. Staff arrived at the requirement of 22 spaces for customers based on • applying the retail ratio to half of the space in the sales building(1904 sq.ft.),and applying the warehouse ratio to the other half since the product being sold requires significant area for display.