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computer City, Case Ho. 2505 page 4 The administation of zoning standards does not guarantee the best design for every parcel in the city. The City has adopted standards that express what its expectations are, and when these are met, the applicants have met their responsibili~y. The City is then obliged to decide the issue. There are other concerns that have been raised concerning building materials, sight lines to the existing shopping center, building orientation, and others. There are other ways to design the project on the site, and we have spent a great deal of time with the applicant trying to accommodate their program on the site. We have also worked to modify the plans to satisfy the adjacent owners and tenants, but given the constraints of the site - shape, access, existing storm sewer easement we believe that the proposed plan is reasonable. Furthermore, the constraint that the applicants have imposed on themselves - a one-way angle parking solution - directly responds to this site's contribution to the traffic problem. There are three questions for the Planning commission: 1) Is it appropriate to apply the setback standards from the Business districts, as they have been applied on other free-standing parcels in the SC District? 2) Given the fact that there is an existing internal traffic congestion problem on this site (a shopping of over 300,000 square feet), is it reasonable to limit the development of this relatively small remnant parcel, which is under separate ownership? 3) More generally, does the project as proposed reasonably meet the city's adopted standards? 3. CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATION We recommend approval of the special Use Permit granting setbacks less than the SC standards with the following conditions: 1) That the parking lot be designed as submitted plans with one-way parking appropriately. shown and on the signed 2) That landscape and utility plans be approved by city staff. 3) That the required roadway easement for County Road B-2 be dedicated as determined by the County and City staff.