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City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for November 9, 2016 Page 10 of 18 D. Planting Islands – Meets Requirements At least ten (10) percent of a parking and driving area must be occupied by planting islands that are at least 150 square feet in size and have at least one tree. The total area of the parking lot is 64,453 square feet. As proposed, the total is slightly under the zoning code requirement. Staff is recommending a condition of approval that the Applicant meet this requirement, as there is flexibility to do so on this site. Staff would suggest the south east corner of the parking lot (south east of the commercial building) be landscaped as a planting island. That location would satisfy the requirement; however any location the applicant chooses to add planting island landscaping would be sufficient. Zoning Code Proposed Percent (%) of Planting Islands 10% Min. 9.9% Square feet of Planting Islands 6,445 sf 6,334 sf E. Off Street Parking Spaces – Meets Requirement The number of parking stalls required by the City Code is determined based on the type of land use proposed for a site. Phase 1 of the project will include the parking spaces for the bank parcel. This includes eighteen (18) spaces, two of which are handicap accessible. In this case, the bank is classified as an office use and is required to provide one (1) parking space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area. The remaining spaces included in the Master PUD for the other two parcels will be constructed in a later phase. The requirement for the multi-tenant commercial building is based upon the retail use which is required to provide one (1) parking space for each 150 square feet of gross sales floor area. The sales floor space has not been outlined yet, but using the total square footage of the building, fifty (50) spaces would be required. Thus, the proposed parking exceeds that requirement. For daycare uses, the Zoning Code requires one (1) space per each teacher or employee, and one (1) space per every five (5) individuals receiving care. Because the daycare is proposed in a later phase, we have not received plans for exactly how many employees and participants the daycare will serve. Assuming the ratio of daycare employees to children is one (1) to six (6), there could be eighteen (18) employees caring for one-hundred-eight (108) children. This would require eighteen (18) parking spaces for the employees, and twenty-two (22) spaces required for the children, totaling the forty (40) spaces proposed. Building Square Feet Parking Ratio Required Parking Proposed Parking Bank 2,750 1 per 250 sq. ft. 11 18 Multi- tenant 7,500 1 per 150 sq. ft. 50 54 Daycare 11,500 1 for each teacher or employee plus 1 for each 5 children Future Phase 40