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)S]& REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: 6-29-93 ITEM NO.: C -fp Department Approval: Manager Reviewed: Agenda section: €j ~d- Hearing Item Description: Target/Craig Rothfolk request for a special use permit for outside sales at 1515 W. County Road B. Backaround: 1. city code requires the issuance of a special use permit for outside sales of merchandise (Section 8.190.3). This provides the opportunity for the City to consider any impact such sales may have on a site such as a parking, traffic circulation and how the merchandise will be displayed. 2. Target is proposing to sell certain seasonal merchandise outside the store. In the fall, this would consist of crates of pumpkins located on the sidewalk near the entrance doors. In the spring, the store would set up a free standing canopy hut in the parking lot to sell bedding plants, shrubs, and some bagged products. The hut would be erected mid-April and remain up through the end of May. 3. The existing Target store is 121,380 sq. ft. in size. The site provides 689 parking spaces creating a parking ratio of 5.63 spaces per 100 sq. ft. City codes requires 5.0 spaces per 1000 sq. ft. (Section 8.080.4). The spring sales hut area will be approximately 3000 sq. ft. and will sit on about 20 existing parking spaces. Adding this area to the main store building size and subtracting 20 parking spaces from the site still leaves a parking ratio of 5.4 spaces per 1000 sq. ft., still in excess of code requirements. The hut will be located in front of the store across the drive aisle from Commerce Street. Traffic patterns will not be altered or interrupted. 4. The Planning commission unanimously recommended approval of the special use permit for outside sales for Target subject to the following conditions: 1. That the outside sales area will not alter or affect the site's traffic circulation plan or create a safety problem. 2. That pedestrian movement on the site and access to the