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Mounds View Planning Commission September 3, 2008 Regular Meeting Page 3 ________________________________________________________________________ facilities and the addition of an arcade. The main issue with these planning requests is parking and would there be enough. She stated the developer submitted a parking study for the site and this information was included in the Planning Commissioners’ packet. She stated the 2000 PUD Agreement required 808 parking stalls and currently the Mermaid only has 760 parking stalls. She stated staff felt the new retail would have somewhat different hours of business compared to the Mermaid so the proposed shared parking should not be an issue. Chair Stevenson stated the parking requirements are an issue but it should not determine if the PUD would be approved and would be reviewed in the development process. Planning Associate Heller indicated the parking study and discussed the sharing of parking between the uses, but there would still be a loss of 106 parking stalls. She added parking requirements are based solely on the square footage of the buildings and doesn’t take into account the overlapping of uses or different business needs and hours on the site. Commissioner Miller stated she was concerned about traffic off of County Highway 10. Planning Associate Heller felt the current accesses to the Mermaid would be adequate. She indicated the County Highway 10 and County Road H intersection is anticipated to be rebuilt within the next year or two. Commissioner Cramblit asked if it was part of the TCAAP restructure. Planning Associate Heller stated she believed so and had heard that it could happen as early as 2009. Community Development Director Roberts stated he anticipates the parking issue would work itself out because it is in the best interest of the business owners to make it work. If suddenly there isn’t enough parking it would over flow into adjoining businesses. He felt the retail center would not need more than 40 to 50 parking spaces at one time and the zoning code can not address all of the different business and parking scenarios. Chair Stevenson indicated parking needs may depend on which types of businesses come into the retail area. He added he was impressed with the parking study that was performed and the results. Commissioner Meehlhause stated the Mermaid’s parking lots always seem like they are not being used as much as they could be. He also expressed concern about where the park and ride would be relocated. Dan Hall, owner of the Mermaid, stated the park and ride can go anywhere on the site. Currently, it has 40 to 50 cars and uses a portion of the proposed development area. He stated there is also the cross parking agreement with Abbey Carpet. He stated he has researched many other area establishments similar to the Mermaid and their parking amounts is considerably less than what they have.