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• ROSEVILLE PLAPTNING OFFICE HOURS 7/24/91 a The discrepancies involve the additional right-of-way needed for Fairview to bring it up to 99' in total width. A portion of the right-of-way in front of the Pacific building is 66' wide and a portion is 86' wide. Confusion over the dimensions to the centerline of Fairview may have caused the errors. In addition, the new sidewalk was shown on private property outside the new right-of-way, and setbacks were measured from the sidewalk, not the right-of-way, adding another 5' to the discrepancy. The concept for the site improvements show some good ideas, however. There is a large boulevard with landscape screening in front of the new overhead doors facing Fairview, but we need to see a similar treatment for the existing doors, to the extent possible. A variance to the setbacks for the parking area in front of these doors may be reasonable, considering the tight existing dimension they are working with, and the need to maneuver semi-trailer trucks into the docking areas. There ap��ears to be adequate room on site to accommodate the needed parking, but the specific use areas in the building were not listed and the entire site was not drawn out, so we cannot determine for certain how the parking will work. • 6• Bill Loomis (942-9262) John Faraci Mr. Loomis and Mr. Faraci are involved in the reconstruction for the Catco (Clutch and Transmission)pbuildinglon Long Lake Road south of County Road C-2. Work was being done some weeks ago without a permit and City inspectors stopped the work. The contractors had forms in place for new concrete curbing and asked if they could at least finish the pour. The inspector, looking to the properties on both sides of the Catco building, thought the setback would be adequate and gave the okay. When the plans were being formally reviewed later for the permit, it was discovered that the building is in the I-2 district and needs a 40 � setback for parking. The new curb and parking lot are within 25� of the lot line, and needs a variance. The project now sits with curb in place but only a gravel base for the new paved area. Mr. Loomis then submitted drawings to formally apply for the variance, but the drawings were incomplete, without drainage information or dimer.sions to allow us to verify the distances to the lot lines. We asked them to supply the addit�.onal information on their drawing, which they brought to us to discuss. This latest drawing had more information but the lot line dimensions appeared to be in error. They also did not have information from the owner on the need for the additional parking that would justify a � variance, or even the location of the �xisting parking on site. We asked them to get the additional information, correct the drawing, and have the owner sign the application.