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Fine Associates, Case No. 2478 Page 2 The city would certainly like to see the sale of Lot 5 and the development of another successful business on this parcel. The proposed parking lot is for 20 cars and will help Olive Garden and its employees function better. The restaurant meets the city's standards for the number of parking spaces, but has seen a demand above that ratio. The solution is not permanent, since the temporary lot would be removed once Lot 5 is sold and developed. The businesses on the north and east side of the Snelling Avenue Frontage Road have a cross parking agreement so that any customer can park in any space for Kahn's, Fuddrucker's, Cattle Company, and the new use that will occupy the vacant carpet store building. No such common parking arrangement is in place on the south side for Olive Garden, Roseville Bank, Investor's, and Slumberland. There appears to be ample parking in the area, especially to the east on the Roseville Bank parcel. without a formal agreement, however, patrons to these businesses can only park in the lot designated for each location. There are reports of complaints and disagreements over parking between the Olive Garden and the Rosevi1le Bank, and of Olive Garden customers' cars being towed from the Bank lot. The lot is proposed to be constructed of Class 5 gravel. The Public Works Department has expressed some concern over the drainage of silt and sand from the gravel lot into the city's storm sewer system. No detailed engineering drawings concerning drainage or settling of storm water have been submitted with the application. 3 . CONCLUSION The City has great latitude in the kinds of activities that can be allowed with an Interim Use Permit. The Planning commission can recommend approval of the Interim Use Permit requests for both the real estate sign and the parking lot, or for one or the other, for neither, or for either with additional conditions attached. While we would like to see the parking situation at Olive Garden improved, it is not the City's responsibility to fix it. As with other kinds of approvals, the specific actions recommended for this Interim Use Permit can be used as a precedent for other uses similarly situated in the City.