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e e e ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - JULY 5, 2000 5 follows: front yard setback is 50'; rear yard is 20'; side yards are 20' (adding up to a total of 40'). Also, all structures are to be a minimum of 100 feet from an abutting residential zoning district. The amount oflandscaped area must be a minimum of25%. In calculating the amount of road area, building area and parking lot area and subtracting the total from the entire property area, there is still approximately 62% of landscaped area (including the new addition and parking areas). This surpasses the minimum required area. The floor area ratio for the I-2 District is 0.8. As stated above, there is approximately 9,000 square feet of floor area. If divided by the entire property area of 628,000, the FAR is 0.014, which is below the maximum permitted. Screening is required when any business or industrial use is adj acent to any property zoned residential, along the boundary of the residential lot. Although the majority of the TCAAP property is zoned residential and abuts this property, it has not been developed at this time and residential properties do not exist. Therefore, it is unnecessary to provide screening at this time. This would, however, be a consideration in the future. The existing building has a brick veneer and wood panel exterior. The addition will be brick and stucco, replacing existing wood panels with stucco. The proposed materials for the expansion will match the existing structure. The appearance ofthe structure matches the structures in the surrounding area. All newly surfaced areas must be improved with a bituminous concrete or asphalt concrete surface, graded and drained to dispose of all surface water accumulation. There will be additional hard surface with the additional parking area, motorcycle testing area and expansion to the existing building. It appears by the plans that adjoining properties would not be negatively impacted by the grading changes that may occur as a result of the construction. Rice Creek Watershed District will require final site drainage plan approval of this proposal because there will be an impervious addition on a site that is greater than 2.5 acres in size. . Following Council action, the applicant will have to make application with the watershed district. There is direct access to this lot from County Road 1. There are a number of roads within the property that allow for circulation on site as well as for driver testing. Access to the existing structure occurs off of one of the private drives within the property. The existing motorcycle test area to the east of the structure will be reconstructed as an employee parking lot, allowing for 34 spaces. A new parking lot is being constructed to the north of the structure, accommodating 42 spaces. To the west of the building is the new motorcycle test area. The total number of spaces available on site is 76 with the proposed addition and changes. The number of off-street parking spaces required by this business is one for each employee on a major shift plus one for each vehicle used in conducting the business. There are 18 spaces existing (although it employs 30), increasing to 42 with the addition and reconfiguration of the site. Currently, employees and visitors park on the private street. Although the requirements being used are not specific to this type of business, there appear to be an adequate number of parking spaces on site for the employees and visitors.