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Mr. Thomas Paschke February 3, 2000 Page 2 On January 24, 2000, the City Council defined lot consistent with the following definitions trom the RCC. Lot: a parcel of land, abutting on a public street, being a lot designated in a recorded plat or a parcel occupied by a principal building on May 21, 1959, or being a parcel of record of sufficient size to provide the yards required by this code. RCC Chapter 1002.02 (emphasis added). Lot'line: a property boundary line of any lot held in single ownership, except that where any portion of a lot extends into the abutting public street or alley, the lot line shall be deemed to be the street or alley line. RCC Chapter l002.02 (emphasis added). Any public or private way set aside as a pennanent right of way for vehicular access forty feet (40') or more in width ifit existed on May 21, 1959, and any such public right of way sixty feet (60') in width after said date. RCC Chapter 1002.02 (emphasis added). It is our understanding that prior to May 21, 1959, the Snelling Avenue easement was 167 feet in width and 1,313.5 feet in length. The Minnesota Department of Transportation has further infonnation regarding the easement. We believe the easement and the actual highway and trontage roads are also depicted on the survey prepared by Sunde Land Surveying on December 21, 1999. The lot line along County Road B has to be repositioned trom that shown on the survey and the lot size recalculated to reflect the actual street line as opposed to the property line. The 167 foot easement of Snelling should be factored into this calculation. A recalculation of the lot coverage of HarMar Mall will likely reveal that its current configuration is more than 28 percent of lot ,coverage and thus exceeds the 25 percent iimit allowed under the RCC. We assume the property would therefore be a nonconfonning use. Pursuant to RCC Chapter 1011.02, "Any non-confonning use may be continued but may not be extended, expanded, intensified or changed unless to a confonning use." IfHarMar Mall, as currently configured, is not a confonning use, please advise whether any expansion or extension of the property would be considered and if so please advise when City Council action would be taken on a request by Bradley. (2) The proposed addition may not provide adequate parking as defined in the RCC. Shopping center districts must provide off street parking. RCC Chapter 1006.02 (F). The off street parking requirements are set forth in RCC Chapter 1005.01 (D). The calculation of parking requirements at the HarMar Mall is summarized in the Request For Planning Commission Action dated January 12,2000 at paragraph 3.5 on page 2. The staff estimate of parking requirements for