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10/03/95 16:49 FAX 8EH ST. PAUL . 004/008 Mike Falk: Page 3 October 3. 1995 passes the drive through lane will have to swing wide to make the turn due to the tight turning radius. During times when no vehicles are queued in the drive through lane, other vehicles are likely to use it as an aisle instead of using the adjacent by-pass lane. This option results in the loss of 19 spaces and renders another 5 or 6 spaces inaccessible with queues offout vehicles in the northbound r.ve through lane. Sketch 3 shows the Outpost Java building along the west side of the parking lot, with the 've through lanes on either side, and the drive aisle relocated to the north. A raised median is shown separating the drive through lanes from me drive aisle. End islands are also shown at the west ~ndS of the parking rows, adjacent to the drive aisles. This arrangement provides approximately four staCking spaces in the:: southbound drive through lane, and up to six or seven io the northbound drive through lane. Due to the tight turning radius, the right turns into the southbound drive through lane will be somewhat difficult, especially if the driver moves to the right before starting the turn. The striped out median area between the two drive through lane provides some flexibility for drivers who misjudge this movement. This sketch results in the loss of 23 parking spaces and renders another 3 space~ inaccessible with a stack of four vehicles in the northbound lane. From a traffic circulation standpoint, sketch 1 has the least chance of negatively impacting the first parlcing lot entrance from the main drive aisJe running along the west side of the parking area. It also has the advantage of not requiring a tight right turn movement from the drive aisle west of the parking lot. Sketches 2 and 3 have less chance of negatively impacting the right in and right out driveway along County Road B. All sketches result in roughly the same total of parking spaces lost or rendered inaccessible during peak stackiug times. We believe that the three sketches would all work quite well, recognizing the advantages" and clisa.dvantages of each as described above. If the developer proposes a variation to any of these three layoutS, we would be happy to review it. Please call me (490-2071) or Glen Van Wonner (490-2071) with any questions. SinceJ:ely, Cindy Gray, AICP Transportation Planner