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4.6 Matrix of Code Requirements: "B-1" Code Requirement Proposal Difference Floor Area Ratio 1.0 (100%) or 20,271 sq. .13 (13%) or 2,700 sq. Meets requirement ft. ft. est. Front Yard Building 30 feet 39 feet - estimated Meets setback required Setback Structure Side Yard Building 10 feet/30 feet (street side) 16 feet (north) & 33 feet No parking or drive adj. to Setback (south) - estimated Res. Rear Yard Building 20 feet 100 feet - estimated Requires screening/fencing Setback Front Yard Setback 15 feet Not available Parkine: Side Yard Setback Parkine: 10 feet/15 feet (street side) Not available 4 feet (by previous variance) Rear Yard Setback 20 feet Not available Estimate 5 feet Parkin!! Parkin!! 5/1000 g.f.a. w/4,000 s.f. 16 to 20 spaces Meet code requirement Building Height Three stories Two story NA 4.7 The applicants provided parking space counts. The City parking requirements state that a 2,700 square foot office building should have 14 to 16 parking spaces (applicant estimates 8000 s.f. of impervious parking surface). With the building included, approximately 9,400 s.f. or 46% of the Agness site is currently covered with impervious surface. This is a pre-existing condition, allowed there prior to the City's current design standards, adopted in the early 1990's. No expansion is proposed in this application. 4.8 The Traffic Engineer's Manual (ITE) estimates that a 2,700 s.f. office could have up to 8 to 10 full time employees and generate between 40 and 50 vehicle trips (employee, customer, and delivery). Highway 36 has a traffic count of approximately 80,000 trips per day, increasing to 100,000 trips per day. Lexington Avenue currently has a traffic count of approximately 16,500 vehicle trips per day in this area. (Traffic Source: Ramsey County Transportation Plan) This proposal would add less than 1% (approximately 0.3% or less) volume to the existing Lexington A venue traffic volume. The increasing volume of traffic has produced a level of noise that is difficult to screen or block, especially peak hour traffic volumes. On the third street, Sherren, there is no exit, although the building is served by easements for underground utility connections to Sherren Street. MnDOT has begun the planning for a new Highway 36 bridge over Lexington Avenue within 5 years. 4.9 The applicant has indicated that the hours of operation in a normal week are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the weekdays. In comparison to the musical academy/school, there will be no major recitals or gatherings and minimal evening or weekend activity. 4.10 Granting of the rezoning and Comprehensive Plan Amendment (and any variances needed) would bring the structure into conformance with the Comprehensive Land Use Plan and the Zoning Ordinance, assuming no setback issues are found in the as-built site survey. However, a rezoning opens the door for uses other than an office to reuse the property without formal consideration of their impacts on the adjacent residential community. The B-1 zoning district permits medical and dental services, business and professional offices, hospitals, sanitariums, rest homes, private clubs or lodges, beauty parlor, greenhouses, and lawn and garden centers, as allowable uses. Staff has determined that some of these uses would not be appropriate on this parcel given the surrounding residential community. Once the property is rezoned, permitted uses can occupy a site without further formal review or approval by the City Council. PF3329 RCA (092401).doc Page 3