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will be no automobile repair facility on the site. The proposed building was designed to accommodate future expansion of approximately 1550 square feet to expand the station store to add a compatible retail tenant space. This space could potentially be a restaurant also. The building will be slab on grade masonry construction with brick and rock face block exterior and an asphalt shingle hip roof. A retention pond would be constructed in the eastern portion of the site to handle storm water runoff. A 6 foot cedar screen fence is proposed along the east and south sides of the property to screen the property from the adjacent residential uses. Access to the site was to be via accesses on Lexington Avenue and two on Roselawn Avenue. The site plan indicated that 32 parking spaces will be provided in addition to the spaces at the pump island. The code requires 4 spaces plus one space per 150 square feet of floor space devoted to retail sales. In this case, this would require 34 spaces with an additional 8-16 being required for the future expansion, depending on what the use of that space would be. The parking along the north edge of the site, adjacent to Roselawn Avenue, has a 10 foot setback. City Code requires a 15 foot setback. A 5 foot variance would have been required as the site was originally designed. All other setbacks are met. The site plan shows a location of a pylon sign which appears to meet City setback requirements. The design and size of this sign, as well as any wall signage, will be reviewed at the time a sign permit application is reviewed to insure that it meets City sign ordinance requirements. The landscape plan emphasizes perimeter landscaping. Fifteen (15) Black Hills Spruce are included along the east property line. Seven (7) maple trees, together with 35 juniper are shown along the south property line. Additional low shrubs are shown along Lexington Avenue and around the pylon sign in the northwest comer of the site, adjacent to the pylon sign. Since the March 13, 1996 Planning Commission meeting, the applicants have been revising their site and building plans in an effort to address concerns raised at that meeting and address issues related to the requested Comprehensive Plan amendment. The plan revisions include: 1. To address the requested amendment to the City's Comprehensive Plan for the .40 acres currently designated for low density residential use, the site plan has been revised to provide a 75 foot wide by 230 foot long green spacelbuffer area along the eastern property line. The applicant, Mr. Kath, has indicated a willingness to place deed restrictions on the property that would preserve this area as a landscape buffer zone with no building, paving, or other uses allowed. It is the applicant's position that this configuration would provide a better buffer or transition between business uses and the residential neighbors to the east. 2. One of the two Roselawn driveway accesses has been eliminated. 3. The landscaped green space, along the south property line, has been increased to 15 feet in width. 4. Perimeter landscaping has been revised, including intensified plantings of Black Hills Spruce along the south property line adjacent to the neighboring apartment building. 5. The potential restaurant or future retail expansion area has been deleted from the plan. 2