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c. Not less than forty(40)square feet of outside play space per child be provided and that such 411 space be suitably fenced and/or screened in accordance with conditions as specified by the City Council. The applicant is proposing a fenced tot lot which would measure 25 feet by 126 feet, or 3175 square feet. There is sufficient room to expand this area to a minimum of 3800 square feet to meet the ratio for play space per child required by the Zoning Code. A condition to this effect has been included. In addition, a condition has been included to address the temporary use of the playground in City Hall Park for the first year of operation until site grading for the community center is completed. d. Adequate off-street parking and access is provided in compliance with Chapter 1121 of this Title. - The Mounds View Zoning Code includes a parking requirement for day schools at one space for each child, plus 1 additional space for each classroom. An analysis of parking requirements has been included on the site plan for the Mounds View Community Center, where the Children's Home Society day care center will be located. This analysis shows 20 spaces for the day care center. The number is consistent with the parking ratio required. (98 children/7 children per space= 14; 1 space per classroom=6 spaces;total required=20 spaces). The infant, toddler and"trans" spaces have been counted as classrooms. e. Adequate off-street loading and service entrances are provided in compliance with Chapter 4110 1122 of this Title. Chapter 1122 includes a schedule of off-street loading requirements based on the type of use proposed. Day care centers are not included as a use requiring loading berths, and therefore no requirement applies to this proposal. £ The site and related parking and service entrances shall be served by an arterial or collector street of sufficient capacity to accommodate the traffic which will be generated Edgewood Drive is classified as a local street in the Mounds View Comprehensive Plan. The classification needs to be revised, and the Planning Commission recommends as a condition of approval that a Comprehensive Plan amendment be initiated to change the classification for Edgewood Drive from a local street to a collector street. Given the activity levels associated with City Hall and the former Bel Rae Ballroom, the activity levels expected at the Mounds View Community Center, and the anticipated connection of Edgewood Drive to a four-way, signalized intersection with Highway 10, it is Planning Commission's finding that Edgewood Drive in this location is functioning as a collector street and therefore provides adequate access to the proposed day care center without any significant disruption to surrounding residential neighborhoods. g. All signing and informational or visual communication devices shall be in compliance with the Mounds View Sign Code. 4110