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Case Number: 958-76 "1arch 3. t 1976 Page Three - 5. As you all knowt thl~ portion of the shoppIng center SIte and the contIguous property to the west In1tIally developed for the Spartan Stores 1S separated from Olone Street and nunlap Street by a 40 foot screen1ng area and a fence. ThIS was done at the time of the deve1op- ment of the expans10n of the shopp1ng center and the Spartan Stores so as to prOVIde a transit10n to the s1ngle famIly areas to the north and to prevent persons parkIng on those streets and g01ng to the shopping center. ThIS cond1t1on would appear to affect1vely lnhibit anyone from parklng 1n those residentIal streets for purposes of shopp1ng at the garden center. 6. The overall development plan of the proposed center appears to be attract1vely done The only area of concern m1ght be that of adequate park1ng space. lhe proposed development des1gn lneludes 10 parking spaces contlguous to the garden center. itself. There are an add1tional 9 spaces on the west slde of the shopplng cente!" immedlately south of the proposed garden center. The eXlsting garder center building of 3t750 square feet plus the proposed 1.400 s':;'lare foot green- house would total 5,150 square feet. This would theoretTcally require 28 parking spaces in accordance WIth the retail bUlld1ng oarking requirements of the Ordinance ~~lch 1S 5.5 parking spaces for the f~rst 25,000 square fpet and 7 park1ng spaces for the remaining square footage up to 200tOOO square feet. 7. The shopp1ng center to the south has 73.430 gross square feet. The center has a theoretlcal parking need for 476.~ parklog spaces. Total park1ng spaces provlded are 369t however. observation of the shopping center over these many years would 1ndicate that there 1S adequate parking space for thlS part1cular center. In view of the seasonal nature of the garden center. 1tself. we qu~st1on ':.ether the addition of the 1.400 square foot greenhouse wlll have any slgnIflcant effect on the parking needs in the shoppi ng center. 1 tse 1 f. rhe Rosevi11 e Ordi nance provides for the use of JOlnt parklng fac11ltles wlth st1pulatlon that such park1ng be w1tllln 300 feet of J01nt uses. The dlstance from the garden centrr to the main park1ng area serVlng the shopping center i~ approximateiy 240 feet. 8. There also exists a Joint parklng easement agreement betl'leen the Rosevlll ShoPlnng Center and the "Spartan PropertY' to the west. Th1s easelT'ent applIes to the southerly 168 feet which 1S the depth (north-south) of the maln parklng lot on the south s1de of the shoPPlng center. Though this agreement provides for parklng efficiencYt it has relatively little lmpact on need .n the sense that parklng requirements for the remodeled Spartan Store are as great or greater than the shopping center itself. The fact 15 that people shOPPIng 1n the area. park wherever they hke whether they are shoP.>lng at the center or at one of the three uses 10 the old Spartan Store (Appleb~ums~ Rosevllle Thedtre~ or the Craft Shop). A nuMber of the eXlstlng uses 1n the shopp1ng center and the garden center. ltself) are not tYP1cal retall square footage and require less parklng than the formula would 1ndlcate. such uses Include the doctor's 0, Ices., the COlTlllUnlty Credlt offIces. the photography shop. the lllsurance offIce, the carpet shop(a low lntenslty user)., and the cleaners. ,- ~.