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Item 05A Page 1 of 10 MOUNDS VIEW of Mounds View Staff R Item No: 05A Meeting Date: Feb 5, 2020 Type of Business: VR20-001 To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: Jon Sevald, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Resolution 1114-20, Approval of a Variance to reduce the side yard setback for a parking lot at 5500 Quincy Street (Pinewood Elementary School) Introduction ISD 621 will be making improvements to Pinewood Elementary School, including a small building addition, and reconfiguration of its parking lots, necessitating a Variance to reduce the side yard setback for the south parking lot. Discussion The building addition will be in the Northeast corner, consisting of two classrooms and resource space (3,114 sq ft). A Development Review is required if the addition exceeds 10,000 sq ft, or 10%. Because of the addition's small size, a Development Review is not required, but a Variance is for the south parking lot. Currently, bus parking is in the west parking lot, as is parent pick-up/drop off. As proposed, the south parking lot will be expanded to accommodate bus parking. Parent pick-up/drop off will be on Quincy Street. The west parking lot will be removed, except for ADA parking stalls. To accommodate busses, the south parking lot will expand south and east. A ballfield will be removed, and a storm water infiltration basin added. Analysis Parking Spaces Required Existing Proposed Passenger 70' 107 77 ADA 42 4 4 Bus - undefined 8 City Code, Section 1121.13, Subd (Schedule of Off -Street Parking Requirements; School, elementary and junior high): At least one (1) parking space for each classroom plus one (1) additional space for each fifty (50) student capacity." Pinewood Elementary has 38 classrooms (requires 38 parking spaces), and a student capacity of 1,600 (+ 32 parking spaces = 70 total parking spaces). ADA Compliance Brief: Accessible Parking Spaces. If a parking lot totals 76 —100 spaces, then 4 must be ADA accessible. One of the 4 accessible spaces must be van -accessible. Accessible parking must be located on the shortest accessible route of travel to an accessible facility entrance.