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and so on have been submitted and are included with this staff report as Attachment D; because details of these plans will need to be changed to reflect the updated site plan and to meet the pertinent permitting requirements, the City Council should treat these plans as illustrative of the proposed development as a whole and not as the truly final plans from which permits would be issued. 5.O REVIEW OF REVISIONS Sased upon comments received at the May 11, 2009 City Council meeting, the applicant has made the following revisions to the approved GENExAL coNCEPT plans in an attempt to address the concerns of the City Council and to satisfy the required conditions of approval; an excerpt of the minutes from this meeting are included with this staff report as Attachment C and final plans are included as Attachment D: 5.1 The landscaped islands at the east and west ends of the center row of parking spaces were approximately doubled in size to accommodate additional plantings, including overstory trees to provide additional shade. These expanded islands also have the effect of eliminating a parking space, leaving an overall total of 48 parking spaces. The standard City Code parking requirement for office and retail uses is 5 spaces per 1,000 square feet of "leasable" building area (i.e., gross floor area minus hallways, restrooms, and other common areas). The proposed building is approximately 11,900 square feet in gross floor area and the current floor plan includes about 2,425 square feet of hallways, restrooms, and storage areas leaving a leasable area of approximately 9,475 square feet. Applying the standard parking ratio to the leasable area, 47.4 (i.e., 48) parking spaces would be required. 5.2 Secause the building has been shifted north compared to the original proposal in order to eliminate safety concerns related to the traffic visibility triangle, some of the landscaping intended to screen the north side of the parking area from nearby residences is proposed to be located in the Sandhurst Drive right-of-way. Roseville's Public Works Director has no objection to locating such landscaping in the proposed location, so long as the plantings will not interfere with motorists' ability to see one another at the intersection or the northern entrance to the site. Staff will work with the applicant to ensure that the landscaping within the right-of-way does not interfere with traffic circulation. 5.3 Some concern has been expressed pertaining to the potential for the proposed building to � create conflicts between motorists exiting the site onto Lexington Avenue and users of � the trail in the Lexington Avenue right-of-way. One potential solution was to construct a � speed bump near the eastern entrance to the site, west of the pathway, but the applicant's � insurer apparently would not allow such a feature. To address these safety concerns, then, � the applicant has updated the site plan to increase the proposed setback from the eastern � property line from 4 feet to 6 feet and to include signage and pavement markings � instructing motorists to stop for trail users. 1 6.O RECOMMENDATION � 6.1 Sased on the comments and findings outlined in Sections 4 and 5 of this report, Planning � Division staff recommends xEZONiNG the parcels at 1126 Sandhurst Drive and 2167 � Lexington Avenue to PUD from R-1 and S-3, respectively. A draft rezoning ordinance is included with this staff report as Attachment F. PF09-003 RCA 062909.doc Page 3 of 4