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Memo to the Planning Commission/CU 96-25 Page 2 January 28, 1997 wash facility. The store will have a total of 5,205 square feet. Holiday is • proposing to operate the facility as a 24 hour gas/convenience store with 6 dispensing stations (12 positions for vehicles) for gasoline service. The Holiday Station Store development is the first application received by the City for development of the recently platted Heying Addition. The proposed site to be developed is the current location of the 6,400 sq. ft. school administration building. With the Holiday development, the existing building along with the associated parking lot will be removed. Preliminary Plat/Concept Plan As mentioned above, the City Council recently approved the proposed Heying Addition consisting of 4 commercial lots extending north of School Street along Freeport Avenue, north to the city's water tower. Along with the approved plat there was a concept plan referenced as part of the Council approval illustrating identified access points which will need to be maintained with the future development of the remaining lots in the plat. The concept plan also illustrated necessary storm drainage pond areas, future building locations, and proposed parking areas. • Traffic Circulation The primary access to the proposed Holiday Station Store will occur off of Freeport Avenue. This access point off of Freeport Avenue will be designed to accommodate one lane of traffic entering the site and two lanes exiting onto Freeport Avenue. This entrance was designed in this manner to accommodate not only the traffic from the proposed Holiday Station Store but also the possible development of a 6,500 sq. ft. commercial use on the next lot to the north. The Holiday site plan includes 26 parking stalls on site which meets the city's parking requirements. The car wash facility that is proposed for the north side of the Holiday Station Store would be accessed from the driveway which loops around the east side of the building. The 16 foot driveway will provide access to the car wash as well as the necessary stacking space for vehicles waiting to use the car wash. The driveway as designed at 16 feet is not wide enough for two-way traffic; therefore, it will have to be appropriately signed, identifying the one-way flow that will occur. Improvements to the Site Immediately to the North Although there are no immediate plans to develop the proposed site to the • north, the Holiday plans will have to be modified to clearly reflect the s:\planning\pc\cu25pc.doc