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Memo to Planning Commission Page 3 January 24, 1995 1111 A. Parking and Circulation 1. Concrete curb and gutter should be used throughout the entire parking area. 2. The right-in-only off of Joplin will need to have a design and proper location as approved by the City Engineer. 3. The parking lot in the vicinity of where the right-in comes in off of Joplin could use some additional traffic control (i.e., landscaped island). 4. The original plans showed a drive-up window on the west side of the convenience center that raised several concerns by staff. The revised plans appear to address several of those concerns by providing separation between the drive aisle and drive-up lane, additional stacking space and improving the exiting from the drive-up lane into the drive aisle. This particular design may need some additional slight modification, however, it appears to function much better than originally presented. III 5. All traffic control islands within the parking lot shall be curbed and landscaped. This will break up the large paved area with some aesthetic design elements. 6. Site visibility triangles will have to be kept clear of signs and landscaping to allow safe vehicular movement to occur on site. 7. One of the new additions to the plan is a car wash behind the convenience store. The location of this use may present some traffic conflicts; as vehicles exit the car wash they will immediately be in the drive aisle. B. Landscaping 1. The landscaping area behind the convenience center and along Business Park Drive shall include earth berming and landscaping to screen the service area behind the building. 2. The landscaping plan does not include any overstory or ornamental trees within the landscaped area along U.S. Highway 10. It would be recommended that some of these IIItrees be included to provide balance throughout the site. s:planning:pc:cu94-40