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Off-Street Parking Spaces Required Meets Requirements Parking requirements are determined by the types of land uses proposed for a site. For retail uses, the number of parking spaces required is based on the gross sales floor space. The proposed building would include 10,749 square feet of retail sales floor space. Based on this, 72 parking spaces would need to be provided. There are an additional 4,025 square feet of space that would be used for processing donations, which is classified as warehousing. For this type of use, one parking space is required for every 1,000 square feet of floor area. In this case, 4 spaces would be needed for a total requirement of 76 spaces between the two uses. The applicant has proposed constructing an additional 65 parking spaces on the site. To better accommodate truck movement on the site, staff is recommending that parking be restricted from four spaces located in proximity to the loading area. This recommendation is included as a proposed condition of approval. If the Planning Commission were to approve this condition, the total number of parking spaces would be reduced to 61. A total of 267 parking spaces are provided on the E Street Flats portion of the property. The City Code requires 242 parking spaces based on the current uses of the existing building. The applicant has proposed using the additional 25 parking spaces as overflow parking for the Goodwill store if needed. Joint parking facilities are permitted on the same lot for two or more uses when the number of spaces provided is equal to or greater than the sum of the separate requirements for each use and it can be demonstrated that there will not be substantial conflict in the principal operating hours of the uses to be served. Since the site is comprised of a single property, a shared parking agreement would not be required. 2.Chapter 12 Sign Code A. Wall Signage Meets Requirements 1201 County Road E is located in Sign District 5. The permitted amount of wall signage in this district is 80 square feet. In those cases where there are multiple tenants on a site, the permitted wall sign area may be installed by each individual business establishment. The applicant has proposed a total of 80 square feet of wall signage for the retail building, which would be divided between two, 40 square foot signs. The signs would be located on the parapets on the south and west sides of the building. No additional signage has been included in the proposal. 3.Traffic Study A traffic study for the proposed retail store was completed by SRF Consulting Group. The study evaluated existing traffic operations in the area, identified the traffic impacts of the development to the adjacent roadway network, and reviewed internal site operations with respect to access and circulation. Attachment E includes the full traffic study. The following is a summary of the main findings of the study. City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for January 8, 2014 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2013\PC 13-017 - PUD Amendment_1201 County Road E - Goodwill\Memos_13-017 Page 11 of 16