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Planning Commission • Case No.471-97: O'Neil Property March 28, 1997 Page 8 parking ratio of 3.75 seats per space or 706 spaces with 2648 seats in the theater complex. If it is not possible to fit more than 700 parking spaces on the property, the number of seats could be reduced to 2625 to maintain the 3.75 ratio. With respect to the office uses, staff would recommend that additional parking not be required since office uses and theaters have offsetting hours. The project presents the possibility of some parking relief for Donatelle's Restaurant, if the restaurant and movie peaks are different. It appears from the Wells parking study that the pak hours will be different, if one assumes that 5:30 - 7:30 is the peak dinner time. Discussions are underway between Mr. Donatelle and Anthony Properties on a shared parking arrangement. • Buffer Area Along County Road H2. One of the critical design elements in this project is the provision of a buffer area along the south side of the property abutting County Road H2. The proposal is for a 50 foot wide strip to be reserved. The applicant is willing to leave the existing oak woodland is place, to add trees to the woodland, or to clear the woodland and install berming and more manicured landscaping, as the community desires. Guidance is needed from the Planning Commission and adjacent residents on • what approach should be used. Further discussion is needed on how to handle the buffer area if construction of the office buildings lags behind the theater building. Staff would suggest that the area be left natural and fenced, as directed by the City Forester, until the office buildings are built. This approach would result in a 90 foot buffer. • Wetland Buffer The proposal shows some encroachment into the 100-foot wetland buffer area established by the _'. . ,_ . - . .. •, Mounds View. A procedure is in place for issuing "wetland alteration permits" to allow such encroachments, if certain criteria are met. The area of encroachment caused by the theater building is approximately 9,750 square feet. The total buffer area on the north, west and south side of the wetland is approximately 158,000 square feet in area; the encroachment represents 6%. The applicant is also proposing to build two water quality ponds in the buffer area, which is a typical practice since they need to be close to the wetland to filter runoff. They usually revegetate so they continue to provide a"natural" buffer for the wetland. Guidance is needed from the Planning Commission of whether this amount of encroachment is a concern. • Additions to Infrastructure Improvements to County Road H2: The question has been raised whether this project should be • required to reconstruct County Road H2 between Highway 10 and Long Lake Road. The project will add traffic to this roadway. The supplementary traffic report will provide better data on this