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Memo to the Planning Commission/CU 97-15 June 24, 1997 Page 2 • located to the rear of the showroom, was used by an auto body repair business. In the time since 1986, Country Chrysler was replaced by Lee's Riverside Auto, which has relocated further east on Highway 10. The current owner of the site is using the old showroom for Atlas Pet Supply. The original tenant of the body shop has been replaced by the current tenant, World Class Auto Body; the applicant moved into the building in May 1994. The parking lot on the north side of Atlas Pet Supply is being used by Owner's Direct as a car sales lot. No new construction, other than interior alterations to the existing building, is proposed. The applicant is proposing to utilize a portion of the building in which Atlas Pet Supply will be located. Atlas will use the front portion of the building and World Class Auto Body will use the rear portion. The rear of the building has 4 overhead doors which will allow the applicant to pull cars into the shop. They have indicated that they are only going to do body work in the new building; all painting will be done in their existing facility. Parking The applicant is proposing 8 parking spaces including one handicapped • space. The spaces will be located along the north side of the driveway which provides access to the existing body shop. There will also be a parking area located on the north side of the existing shop that will be used to park vehicles that are being worked on. The applicant is proposing to enclosed this area with a chain link fence with slats. There will be no new parking provided near the front building. Access to the business will be through the paved area that surrounds the front building. It is important that a driveway be maintained and left open through to the rear building. Because of the parking along the north side Atlas Pet Supply and the car sales lot located on the north side of the same building, most people coming to the body shop will access the shop along the south side of the property, which is the area with the least congestion. Access along the front and north side of the building adjacent to Highway 10 can be confusing and is not well defined. A planted landscape strip between the car sales lot used by Owners Direct and the front access drive would help to differentiate between the two areas. Site improvements will be minor and includes ensuring that the conditions of the original site plan issued in 1986 are complied with. Included is a • condition that the trash container be screened. Currently the dumpster is not enclosed. The proposed dumpster location at the southeast corner of the rear