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Memo to Mayor and City CounciYCU 97-29 <br />February 17, 1998 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />The specifics of the interior remodeling have not been presented to staff. <br />However, based on conversations with Larry Leitschuh of Scherer Brothers <br />(owners of the mall), stadium style seating is expected, along with special <br />seating options such as oversized seats. The total number of screens is still <br />expected to be 18. The new owners are still in the process of finalizing the <br />details; however, would like to receive Council action so they can proceed as <br />quickly as possible. <br /> <br />Parking <br /> <br />Four years ago when Guetshoff Theaters came before the Planning <br />Commission and City Council to expand the theater complex from five to ten <br />screens, a complete parking analysis was done of the shopping center. With <br />the additional parking stalls developed, the Elk River Shopping Center met <br />all of the city parking requirements. The city ordinance requires movie <br />theaters to have one parking stall for every four seats. Based on the ten <br />screens, seating capacity of 1700 was planned for and parking requirements <br />calculated based on these numbers. The additional eight screens may bring <br />on an additional 1500 seats requiring 375 additional parking stalls. <br />Therefore, 3200 seats would require 800 parking stalls for just the movie <br />theater. The following is a general breakdown of space available at the mall <br />and required parking: <br /> <br /> Space <br />· County Market - 38,645 s.f. <br />· Retail Bays - 27,051 s.f. <br />· Theater- 3200 seats <br />· Gym/Health Club - 12,000 s.f. <br /> <br />Total Required <br /># Provided <br /># Needed <br /> <br />Required Parking <br /> 155 spaces <br /> 108 spaces <br /> 800 spaces <br /> 40 spaces <br /> 1103 spaces <br /> 870 ~paces <br /> 233 spaces <br /> <br />By converting the space in the mall from retail purposes to that of a theater, <br />there is a reduction in the number of parking stalls required. With the <br />County Market space presently vacant, parking at the shopping center <br />should not pose a problem in the interim. However, as the mall begins to fill <br />its vacant space, the management of parking amongst the tenants will <br />become more critical. The key with filling the space within the mall will be <br />to introduce the appropriate mix of tenants with different parking demands, <br />allowing the limited number of parking stalls to satisfy the entire shopping <br />center. <br /> <br />According to the new owner of the theaters, they expect a reduction of about <br />10% for parking needs when the theater is completed. The specifics of why <br /> <br />\\elkriver\sys\shrdoc\council\cu97-29.doc <br /> <br /> <br />