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Page 6 of 11 to add curb and gutter around the perimeter of the entire parking lot. Only a portion of the existing parking lot currently has curb and gutter. Surface runoff will drain to a new storm inlet installed by the County as part of the roadway project at the west perimeter of the parking lot. Land Use Parking Requirement Restaurant Seating Capacity Required # of Parking Spaces Existing # of Parking Spaces Proposed # of Parking Spaces Restaurant 1 for every 2 seats 106 seats 53 67 74 The City’s parking regulations include a provision that snow storage areas shall be provided so that the number of parking spaces is not reduced below the minimum required. The City may initiate proceedings to require that snow be hauled off site if parking and circulation problems related to inadequate snow-removal occur. The civil plans provided by the Applicants do not identify areas for snow storage on the Subject Property. The City Council, as part of the application review, may request additional information from the Applicants to ensure adequate snow storage areas will be preserved as part of the parking lot improvements or if there are plans to haul snow off-site. B. Parking Setbacks – Legal Nonconforming and Meets Requirements The NB district requires a 20 foot setback for parking areas from public streets and ROW. In addition, off-street parking areas containing four (4) or more parking spaces shall be no closer than five (5) feet from any side or rear lot line. The site plans submitted confirm the existing parking lot is legal nonconforming with a 0 foot setback abutting the right-of-way along Old Snelling Avenue and a 4.67 foot setback from the north property line. For the Site Plan Review there are no changes proposed to existing setbacks on the west and north sides of the property. The new parking lot area is setback 22.5 feet from right-of-way along County Road E and 10.5 feet from the east property line. The proposed new parking lot area complies with setback requirements. Additionally, city code states the area (i.e. setback area) along the street shall be landscaped. Since there are no proposed changes to the existing location of the parking lot adjacent to the roadway, the Applicants were only able to add landscaping islands adjacent to the driveways which will include plantings. C. Trees along Street Frontage – Legal Nonconforming and Flexibility Requested A minimum of one (1) tree shall be provided along the ROW for every 50 feet of public street frontage. The Subject Property has 435 linear feet of road frontage which equates to nine (9) trees. Today, there are four (4) existing trees along the roadway. For the Site Plan Review, the Applicants are proposing to add one (1) additional tree along the roadway in the southeast corner of the site. Their narrative requests review of this requirement as part of the legal nonconformity of the site given a significant amount of the frontage does not provide an area for the addition of trees. The westerly portion of the parking lot will remain unchanged in location so there is no green space in this area. The Applicants will be proposing future freestanding signs adjacent to the both driveway accesses and overhead utility lines also noted to complicate the potential for tree planting areas. It is further stated in their narrative that