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• Lot Coverage Elk River High School property is also shared with Lincoln Elementary and Parker Elementary, however Jackson Avenue separates the parcel. Consequently, the High School site is approximately 24.6 acres west of Jackson Avenue. East of Jackson Avenue, the Lincoln and Parker Elementary Schools site is 27.8 acres. It should be noted the Ice Arena, located northwest of the High School, is a separate parcel. Property zoned R1-C is required to have maximum lot coverage of 25 percent. The property consists of 1,071,177 square feet (24.59 acres), while the building footprint will be approximately 273,309, resulting in total lot coverage of 25.5%. It was agreed with planning staff the Vandenberge Junior High property area could be incorporated into the coverage calculation, given that additional parking for the High School will be located on the Vandenberge property. Vandenberge Junior High encompasses a building footprint of 157,580 square feet, located on a parcel of 26.75 acres. Combined, the two schools account for a 19.3 percent coverage ratio. Parking Zoning Code Section 900.24 (Parking and Loading Regulations) requires 1 parking stall for each classroom plus 1 parking stall for each three students,based on design capacity. Based on a • design capacity of 1,500 students, and 73 classrooms, the required number of stalls is 573 (500+ 73). The new addition will require the removal of portables along School Street,thus placing the portables on the north end of the property. Consequently, all 225 parking stalls behind the school will be replaced at the new parking expansion, west of the existing student parking lot. The Ice Arena lot has approximately 98 stalls reserved for High School staff. Currently, the parking lot west of the High School can accommodate about 225 vehicles. However, recently a Conditional Use Permit was applied for, and approved, for additional parking expansion between the existing west lot and Vandenberge Junior High. Thus, parking requirements will not be fully addressed with this application. Landscape Plan Per Section 900.30 of the Zoning Ordinance, minimum landscaping shall be 1 tree per 40-linear feet of the property. After reviewing with planning staff, landscaping requirements are to be based on the School Street frontage, approximately 1,300 feet. Also, landscaping may be distributed throughout the property. Therefore, we propose landscaping in the following areas: > Boulevard along School Street > East side of building to screen parking and shops area from Jackson Avenue > Entry landscape screening on the west side of the building •