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White Bear Lake School District Elementary School Page 5 the building. The building design has vertical and horizontal projections with four-sided architecture. The applicant has submitted a material sample board. Staff approval of a material sample board is required prior to issuance of a building material to ensure materials and colors will be cohesive throughout the building. Trash Enclosures A service area is indicated at the northwest corner of the building. The service area is designed to allow trucks to back into it. Signage Signage has not been developed by the school at this point. Signage will be reviewed and approved by the staff at a later date, but is subject to ordinance requirements. Streets The access to the school will be created by construction of an intersection at 152nd Street and Highway 61. The new intersection will include turn lanes and a traffic signal. The intersection improvement will be required to be complete prior a certificate of occupancy is issued for the school. The applicant is working with the City, MnDOT and Washington County on the design of the intersection and issuance of permits. Parking and driveways The City ordinances require one space per classroom plus one parking space for each 100 students. Special event space, like gymnasiums are calculated separately at one parking space per three seats, based on capacity design per building code requirements. The required amount parking for the site is 237 spaces. The applicant is proposing 199 parking spaces. The applicant is required to show proof of parking on the site to be built in the future if needed as deemed necessary by the City. It is in staff opinion that 199 spaces to be built is sufficient at this time. There is also a lot of space in the driveway loop for temporary parallel parking if needed. The main parking area is at the northeast side of the building with a well -designed driveway/drop-off area surrounding the parking to access the main entrance of the building. There is a secondary parking area south the building that includes the bus drop-off area. The pubic and bus traffic circulation will work well on the site. Sidewalks/Trails A bituminous trail is being provided surrounding the site and it connects to the neighborhood to the north and the Hardwood Creek Trail to the east. Sidewalks interior to the site are being provided by the school, connecting the building and parking lots to the trail system.