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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 22, 2000 Page 6 1 Mr. Bergstrom stated the second public hearing related to the parking which, in the 2 Industrial zone, is based on"head counts" in the building. He noted that can fluctuate 3 quite a bit depending on the tenants but if the parking requirements are based on square 4 footage, it would be more consistent. Mr. Bergstrom advised that the applicant was 5 asked if he could acquire.property from the railroad but after negotiations it is not yet 6 known if he can acquire it. Therefore, since he does not own the property., it could not be 7 included in the parking calculations. Mr. Bergstrom stated a lengthy discussion was held 8 with the Planning Commission including the light industrial parking requirements of 9 other cities but it is difficult to determine what the appropriate parking requirement 10 should be. He stated they reached a conclusion that even after research that".right 11 number"may not be known so they recommended approval of the rezoning subject to a 12 condition to change the square footage from 1,000 to 800 and recommendations of the 13 City staff and City attorney. 14 Mr. Bergstrom stated the third consideration was a rezoning of Apache Animal Medicine, 15 which is currently not zoned,to Commercial and the Industrial Custom Products parcel 16 rezoned to Commercial to be,consistent with the newly created parcel. The Planning 17 Commission recommends;approval of the rezonings based on positive findings of fact. 18 Hodson questioned the parking element and if that is something which could be dealt with via a variance. *Mr. Bergstrom stated the application submitted was to amend the Zoning Ordinance which is what the Planning Commission acted on. He stated the 21 Planning Commission shares the concern about a"global"consideration. 22 City Manager Morrison noted the resolution indicates going to 1,000 square feet but the 23 meeting minutes indicate 800 square feet. Mr. Bergstrom corrected that the minutes are 24 correct and the recommendation is for.800 square feet. 25 City Attorney Soth explained that a variance consideration is not appropriate since to 26 grant one, a hardship must.be,found which includes the ability to make reasonable use 27 without the variance. He noted;.this property has been put to a reasonable use for many S rya,_: 28 years so that finding could not be met. He stated the applicant is making a case that 350 29 square feet creates a parking requirement that is unusually high, although it is the same as 30 New Brighton. In this case, the building has about 72,500 square feet of floor area 31 requiring over 260 parking spaces and the question is whether this type of property needs 32 260 spaces. Using 1,000 square feet, it would require 72 parking spaces and the Planning 33 Commission determined that something in between those numbers (800 square feet) is a 34 better number. 35 Mr. Bergstrom stated the current ownersl'ease and use of the railroad property so there is 36 ample area for parking if the railroad proerty can continue to be used. However, that