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1 spaces/250 square feet of Office S ace: office space Warehousin /Production: 1 space/shift worker rotal Section 1325.06 Subd 1.J 50,000 s uare feet of office s ace 250 ersons 200 250 450 There are currently 408 parking stalls on the property. To compensate for the inadequate parking in the past, Celestica has had a parking agreement with the properties to the south for off-site parking spaces. The subject property and the properties (1987 and 1887 Gateway Boulevard) to the south are under the same ownership (Arden Hills Industrial, LLC), which made a shared parking agreement relatively easy. However, due to the increasing need for parking on the adjacent properties, the number of available parking spaces for Celestica in the off-site parking area has been decreasing. The plans that were first submitted had some discrepancies in the number of existing and proposed parking spaces. Those discrepancies have been resolved in the revised plans. The revised plans state that there are currently 408 parking spaces on the property. With the proposed 74 space expansion, the number of parking spaces would increase to 482. The parking expansion would put the property into conformance with the parking requirements in the Zoning Code (1325.06 Subd 1.J). The current use is conforming to the Zoning Code; however, the parking deficiency has arisen because when the building was constructed it was thought that more space would be used for warehousing, which requires fewer parking spaces. The following regulations from the Zoning Code apply to parking lot expansions in the GB Zone: A. Regulation: Parking Lot Setback (1325.06 Subd l.D.5). The minimum side setback for a parking lot in the GB Zone is 20 feet. Proposal: The proposed parking will be 8.72 feet from the southern side property line. A variance is required to encroach 11.28 feet into the southern side setback. The parking lot to the south at 1987 Gateway Boulevard is about 55 feet from the property line. It is unlikely that the adjacent parking lot could be expanded without a variance due to the impervious coverage limit for the property. B. Regulation: Landscaped Area/Impervious Coverage (1320.13 Subd. 6.A.5.b). At least 35 percent of the property is required to be landscaped; therefore, impervious coverage is limited to 65 percent. Proposal: With the parking lot expansion, the total impervious coverage would increase to 65.5 percent, which exceeds the impervious coverage limit by .5 percentage points. Therefore, a variance is required to reduce the landscaped area \\Metro-inet.uslardenhi/lslPlanninglPlanning Cases\2007\07-0JO Celestica CUP Amendment (PENDING) \060607 - PC Report - Celestica CUP & Variance. doc Page 5 of 13 City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meetingfor June 6, 2007