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Mr. Tim Prinsen' February 17, 2000 Page 4 3. Lot Coverage Objectives The City has established a number of performance standards governing retail development in the SC District, including setbacks, buffering, building density and 24- hour activities, Building setbacks, buffering and restrictions on 24-hour businesses satisfy city objectives in minimizing conflicts with adjacent residential uses. The FAR density standards meet other objectives, such as matching site development with highway Of transit capacity and public utility capacity, Building coverage limits, on the other hand, don't meet any particular objectives that other standards don't address. Given the more restrictive setback and buffer requirements and performance standards applicable to 24-hour uses in the SC District only, the lot coverage standard is simply no longer needed. The simplest and most expedient way to resolve the non-conforming status caused by the 25% lot coverage standard would be to repeal it, The city's FAR standard and other SC District provisions are more than adequate to compensate for the elimination of the lot coverage provision, 4. Lot Coverage Applies Only in SC District As noted above, the lot coverage restriction is used only in the SC District. Without clear objectives identified for this standard, it is uncertain why lot coverage is appropriate in the SC District and not the other retail districts. The B I-B4 Districts also have a FAR of 1,0, which is a one to one floor area to lot area relationship. These standards reveal, as an example, that a 100,000 square feet building would be allowed in other city retail districts on a 100,000 square feet lot. Because of minimum structure setbacks, the 100,000 square feet of floor area would have to be contained partially on more than one floor. Without any building coverage limitations, there are no other artificial standards restricting the size or configuration of the structure itself. A building in the SC District on the same-sized parcel would be limited to 50,000 square feet (0.5 FAR). The building becomes further restricted to the maximum building footprint of 25,000 square feet, because of the lot coverage limit. These dual restrictions in the SC District appear counterproductive in achieving any economic development objectives, Repealing the lot coverage standard would not impact the FAR standards already in place, nor would a repeal affect any other zoning district in the city, 5. SC District was Established with Extraordinary Provisions The Roseville Code originally incorporated several provisions in the SC District, which exceed other retail area district standards. These include the FAR provision that is twice as restrictive as any other retail district; the only district with lot coverage limits;