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JUN 04 '93 11:07 ERW INC. P.4 • Steve Rohlf June 4, 1993 Page 3 Zoning Requirements for Parking Overall, the site plan provides more parking than required by the Zoning Ordinance. There would be 5 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of floor area for the major tenants (Cub Foods, Wal-Mart and Menard's), which exceeds the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance of 3 spaces per 1,000 square feet of floor area. Parking for the other buildings matches the Zoning requirements of 2.2 square feet of parking area per 1,000 square feet of building. Arrangement of Building, Parking and Open Space The arrangement of buildings and parking lots is generally orderly and efficient except for the area west of Menard's and Wal-Mart. There is not enough building and driveway setback along the south side of the site nor behind Wal-Mart. The open spaces along the west side of the site near • Menard's are not well used. The buildings do not relate well to the neighborhood to the west nor to the schools to the south. Eastern Side One of the major concerns from the outset of this review process has been the appearance of the finished product, both from Highway 169 and, especially, from Jackson Road and the neighborhood to the west. Along Highway 169, most of the buildings, except for Midas Muffler and Tires Plus, have only minimal setback from the parking lot to the right-of-way. Although the green edge of the highway right-of-way is quite wide there, this leaves little space for landscaping. Western Side The design of the western edge is inadequate. In some locations, there is excess, wasted land and in other locations the setbacks are inadequate. The setbacks for the Wal-Mart building and the bank parking lot are inadequate. The bank parking setback is 10 feet and should be increased to at least fifteen feet. • The landscaping and grading plan do not take advantage of the setbacks to create an adequate buffer. Therefore, we recommend that the landscaping and grading plan along the entire western edge of the site be totally revised.