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Memo to the Planning Commission/CU 97-6 Page 2 March 25, 1997 III parking on site. Generally speaking, the north and middle part of the site seem to lack adequate parking opportunities, thereby forcing a majority of the parking to occur towards the south end of the project. In June, 1995, the developer requested a conditional use permit for Kennedy Transmission to occupy 3,500 square feet of a 5,500 square foot building at the south end of the automall. In a sense, this request moved in the direction of helping the parking on site by reducing the intensity of the original planned use of retail to an auto-related use. Enterprise Leasing Company's request is to occupy the remaining 2,000 square feet for their leasing company. Analysis Enterprise Leasing Company's request will involve occupying approximately 2,000 square feet which will be used primarily for office space. However, one modification will be made to the building to install one overhead door which will be used as a wash bay. The outside parking area is proposed to have anywhere from 15 to 20 cars parked outside waiting to be leased. The applicant has indicated they are intending on using the southerly end of the site to park their cars. According to the approved site plan there are III currently 18 stalls available. There are also 7 stalls directly in front of the space to be occupied by Enterprise Leasing Company. However, some of these stalls will be removed along with the installation of an overhead door for the wash bay facility. Parking Once again, Enterprise Leasing Company's request is to occupy anywhere from 15 to 20 parking stalls for the leasing of vehicles. My understanding is this does not include the 2 to 5 employees expected to be working out of this office. Upon a recent inspection of the site, it was obvious the parking demands from Tires Plus, JR Tech and Abra Auto Body are forcing several cars towards the south end of the site. In fact, some of the cars have recently been parking on a landscaped area next to Highway 169. Staff is still concerned with the distribution of the parking opportunities on this site. It appears as though the Enterprise Leasing Company's request is somewhat removed from the balance of the project and could stand on its own. However, rather than approving the 15 to 20 cars as requested, the Commission may want to allow a lesser number of cars initially to see how the site will function, and if there are no problems, allow the number of cars parked on site to be increased as requested by the applicant. III \\elkriver\sys\shrdoc\planning\pc\cu97-6.doc