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Planning Commission Resolution No. 486-96 • <br /> November 6, 1996 <br /> Page 2 <br /> WHEREAS, the changes in square footages result from the removal of the Hardee's and <br /> Bridgeman's Restaurants (4,800 sq.ft. in dining and 2,700 sq.ft. in kitchen) and the addition of <br /> two larger dinner house style restaurants, and the addition of 4,000 square feet of retail space and <br /> 1,000 square feet of storage space in the main retail building; and, <br /> WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has recommended that a variance be granted in the <br /> parking ratios applicable to this property such that the parking required for the expanded <br /> shopping center would be 492 spaces; and, <br /> WHEREAS, the Mounds View Zoning Code allows for a conditional use permit to be <br /> granted for joint use of parking where there are offsetting daytime and nighttime uses; and, <br /> WHEREAS, the Planning Commission does hereby make the following findings of fact <br /> regarding the requirements for granting of a conditional use permit for joint use of parking as set <br /> forth in Section 1121.15 of the Mounds View Zoning Code: <br /> (a) The building or use for which application is being made to utilize the off-street parking <br /> facilities provided by another building or use shall be located within three hundred feet <br /> (300')of such parking facilities and not separated by a public way. <br /> All of the uses proposed as part of this joint parking arrangement are also part of a <br /> coordinated shopping center. Because of the distribution of retail space and the parking, it <br /> is feasible for customers to find parking within 300 feet of their destination. A condition <br /> has been included in this recommendation of approval that would require employees to <br /> park in spaces behind the main retail building, to assure that the maximum parking is <br /> available for customers. <br /> (b) The applicant shall show that there is not substantial conflict in the principal operating hours <br /> of the two(2)buildings or uses for which joint use of off-street parking facilities is <br /> proposed. <br /> The Zoning Code acknowledges that restaurants are primarily nighttime uses, and retail <br /> businesses are primarily daytime uses. It should also be noted that, because of its size and <br /> the variety of tenants, customers at Mounds View Square would be expected to combine <br /> trips and use several different businesses. An allowance for some overlap in parking <br /> requirements is logical in a shopping center of this size. <br /> • <br />