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MEMO: 7/12/82 TO: Steve North, Assistant City Manager . V, Honchell , Public works Director RE: First Bank System Variance at 1691 Lexington Ave On Friday, July 9, 1982, T met with Iry Margolis and his attorney at the site of the proposed 1st Bank System variance at 1691 Lexington Avenue* The reason for the meeting was to determine exactly where the night -of -way was along Lexington Avenue and the impact of the proposed dedication of right-of-way as a condition to approval of the variance. It was found that the existing 33' right-of-way on the west side of Lexington was approximately 21 from the back of the curb along the roadway. The shopping center has the area from the back of the curb all the way to the building asphalted and uses the property primarily for parking. There does exist a pylon sign which is approximately 2.8' from the existing right -of -way line and extends 41 towards the building., The most westerly edge of it is, therefore, 6.81 from the existing right--.1of- way line. There also exists 2 light pales located near the entry ways to the shopping center which are approximately 51 from the existing right -of -way line., The parking is laid out by a striping on the asphalt and begins at the westerly edge of the pylon sign with the oars parking in an east --west direction and the aisles running north-south, Each of the parking spaces are approximately 181 long and there was one such row of 11 spaces which faces Lexington and then 2 other face -to --face rows in tyre middle of the lot. The aisle ways serving these mews of parking, however are considerably diff erent from each other. The aisle nearest Lexington Ave. is .5' wide while the aisle adjacent to the building is 4 5 ' wide for approximately half its length and 35,51 wide for the remainder, It is this extremely wide aisle adjacent to the building which appears to provide a reasonable solution to the problem, By shifting the en- tire parking lot towards the building so that that aisle is 22.51 wide as is the existing aisle, the entire parking lot could be preserved, This would also provide more than adequate room for the proposed bike trail which is to be built from Co. Rd. D to Larpenteur. . This shifting of the parking lot would in fact be 71 more than that requested as a condition by the Planning Commission where 16.51 of dedication was re- commended, Mr. Margolis recommended that 61 of dedication be given and construct the pathway adjacent to the curb and on the street side of the light poles. Due to the proximity of the large volumes of traffic the grade change next to the curb that would have to occur and the fact that