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Barrington Square, CUP Page 2 November 23, 1993 • serve approximately 60 students and nine staff members . The school is associated with Elk River School District 728, however, school busses will not serve this facility. LAND USE COMPATIBILITY The basic question that the Planning Commission should ask in reviewing the PUD Agreement is whether institutional uses are compatible with the surrounding land use. Barrington Square, although developed as a PUD, is compatible with the C3 zoning district. This is evident by the proximity to Highway 169 and the nature of the surrounding development. The C3 zoning district allows institutional uses as a conditional use, therefore, it seems logical that institutional uses would be compatible in the Barrington Square PUD. Barrington Square does abut residential property to the east however, City Code allows institutional uses in other zoning districts which are adjacent to residential neighborhoods . PARKING The main issue with this request is parking. According to the Elk River City Code, parking regulations for high schools is one space for five students plus one per classroom. However, due to the nature of this type of school (older students and no school bus service) staff feels a more intense parking requirement of one space per 2 .5 students and one per classroom is warranted. Because of varied class schedules, the maximum number of students at any one time should be used in determining the parking calculation. The Barrington Square development consists of three buildings and 100 parking stalls . The two buildings, other than the proposed school, consist mainly of office type uses and require 40 total parking stalls . The proposed site (old City Hall) consists of a 6, 000 square foot building and 4 classrooms . There are 24 parking stalls in the front of the building and 6 parking stalls in the rear of the building for staff members . An additional 12 parking stalls could be utilized immediately adjacent to the front parking lot. Although these 12 parking stalls are located on a separate lot, the parking ordinance (Section 900 . 24, paragraph 7) allows joint parking through a conditional use permit. The maximum number of students and teachers at any given time period is during the day shift with 69 individuals . If a parking ratio of 1 parking space for each 2 .5 individuals and 1 space per classroom is used, the total number of required parking stalls would be 32 . There are 42 parking stalls on site including the 12 on the adjacent lot, therefore, parking demands can be met. Staff does recommend that a joint parking S agreement between all three parcels should be recorded, if this proposal is approved.