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Page 12 of 17 The Applicant has shown a smaller building square footage for the grocery store to be reflective of retail area only on the Site Data Plan Sheet C-010. Included in the submission was an Operations Plan which shows a variety of uses within the grocery store (i.e. retail, office, and storage). Each use is subject to minimum parking requirements in the Zoning Code and is reflected in the table above. With the changes made to the site layout, the Aldi’s site has two (2) less parking spaces than the minimum requirement. However, under the shared parking through the Master PUD the proposed development exceeds the minimum requirement by 20 spaces. I. Pedestrian and Bicycle Circulation – Meets Requirements Section 1325.05 Subd. 8, P states new building construction shall include construction of a minimum of six (6) foot concrete sidewalk adjacent to or in all right-of-way. There are currently no sidewalks along Lexington Avenue or Grey Fox Road. The Applicant is proposing a six (6) foot concrete sidewalk along Grey Fox Road. This was modified from the Planning Commission review in order to meet ordinance requirements. The Planning Commission did included this item as a recommended condition for approval. The Applicant is not proposing a sidewalk along Lexington Avenue but notes that one is planned as part of the future Lexington Avenue Public Improvement Project. This would be consistent with the approval of the Lexington Station Phase 3 project. Staff has verified that the City and County will split the cost of new sidewalks 50/50. The City Council may consider as part of an approval motion adding a condition that states “The Developer shall construct a sidewalk from Lexington Avenue into the Subject Site. The Developer shall use best efforts to obtain approvals from Ramsey County to construct a sidewalk along Lexington Avenue should the County not proceed with their Lexington Avenue Improvements.” The Applicant is proposing a bicycle rack on the east side of the Aldi building. The proposed bike rack conforms to zoning requirements in Section 1325.05 Subd, 8, Q. J. Freestanding Signs – Flexibility Requested Properties in Sign District 5 are allowed one freestanding sign measuring up to 100 square feet in area and not exceeding 16 feet in height. The Applicant is proposing a shared monument sign in the SE corner of the site. On-premise signage is defined as “A sign whose message is related to the property or the activity and use occurring on the property on which the sign is located. On- premise signs include multi-tenant identification signs that may advertise tenants on different property provided such tenants are within the same approved PUD and parking is shared between properties.” The Applicant would like to utilize this requirement as part of the Master Planned Unit Development approval. During the Planning Commission meeting, the Applicant provided verbal confirmation that they would reduce the sign copy area to 100 square feet on the freestanding sign to meet Sign District 5 requirements. The proposed internally illuminated freestanding sign is 16 feet in height. However, an updated rendering was not submitted in advance of the City Council review. Based on the plans as submitted, the Applicant is requesting flexibility for a total sign copy area of 108 square feet allocated between the three tenants as illustrated in Attachment F.