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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: OS/22/00 ITEM NO: ~:~~ent Approval: Manager Approved: Agenda Section: ~ HEARING Item Description: Lake Ridge parking lot expansion - approval of excavation permit and planting/fence design - 2727 Victoria Street N (PF 3221) Request Summary: Lake Ridge Nursing Home originally (8/11/97) requested approval of an excavation permit to create new parking space along the north side of their building. Excavation would exceed 10 to 12,000 cubic yards, requiring a hearing. A revised site plan for the August 25, 1997 hearing was submitted but later withdrawn to allow time to redesign the site. Lake Ridge has now submitted a revised plan for the parking lot. 1.0 REQUESTED ACTION 1.1 Lake Ridge Nursing Home is requesting approval of an excavation permit to allow the excavation of approximately 13,000 cubic yards of material and approval of a planting and fence design for the expansion of an off-street parking area on the north side of its property. This would provide a total of 123 spaces. 2.0 BACKGROUND 2.1 Lake Ridge is in need of additional off-street parking and has been working with the City for several years on ways to address the parking shortage on the site. W oodhill Drive was posted as no parking several years ago to address the concerns of the neighborhood. In addition, Lakeview Avenue is currently experiencing Lake Ridge employee car parking. Lake Ridge also had a cooperative arrangement with MediaOne' s predecessors (Meredith Cable) for several years for off-street parking on Meredith's property; however, MediaOne has recently requested Lake Ridge to make alternative arrangements since MediaOne needs the off-street parking spaces for its employees. 2.2 Representatives from Lake Ridge have met with staff to discuss the proposal for a parking lot expansion on the north side of the Lake Ridge property which will add approximately 60 spaces. A City Council hearing and action (as per Section 705) is required because the property is located in a commercial developed area (B 1 Limited Business District) and more than 10,000 cubic yards of material is proposed to be removed from the site 2.3 A building permit application for the parking lot expansion and other site improvements was submitted on May 9, 2000. The applicant provided information including a landscaping plan, a lighting plan, storm water runoff calculations, and an explanation of how the slope would be vegetated. In the past, residents were concerned about the removal of trees on the Lake Ridge property, Lake Ridge PF3221 - RCA(052200) - Page 1 of 3