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Site and Building The proposed project will consist of a roughly 625 sq ft building, which houses employees, storage and production. The new building will be located centrally on the parcel, as to preserve site circulation and parking. The new site will feature 37 parking stalls and drive-thru queuing for 9+ vehicles. The site will continue to serve as a shared parking facility for the proposed development, as well as the adjacent businesses to the east. The site currently has 37 parking stalls. Appropriate signage would be placed through the property to help traffic effectively navigate the space. To better facilitate site circulation and mitigate traffic conflicts, the lot will be split utilizing the two existing Lowell Ave. access points. Drive-thru traffic will enter through the northern access point, and either enter the drive-thru queue, or continue to a parking space. The southern access will serve parking exclusively. The surfaces, striping and landscaping work in harmony to provide visibility and clear visual cues to drivers and pedestrians as to utilization. The design acknowledges that pedestrian traffic is likely to enter the property from both the adjacent sidewalks along Lowell and U.S. Hwy 10, as well as via the neighboring parking properties, and the municipal parking lots located at King Ave and Main St. A small, backlit monument sign of similar size to the adjoining property to the east is requested. While this request does not fit within the Downtown District zoning guidelines, we feel that the Hwy 10 corridor of Downtown has slightly different needs than the businesses serving Main St. and Jackson Ave. Traveling the Hwy 10 corridor through Downtown you encounter large changeable copy signage (Chamber of Commerce, Granite Shores, and Spike’s), as well as backlit monument signs (Bank of Elk River, Perpetual Health Alliance, Charlie Brown’s, Nature’s Edge, and Dairy Queen). Our proposed sign design will be of the same materials and design as the building, with corresponding landscaping. We would meet all guidelines set forth by engineering for set-backs, sight-lines and lighting. With the exception of a menu board and ordering speaker, remaining signage would be on the building itself, as illustrated in attachments. There will be a small, fully enclosed, trash enclosure located in the southeast corner of the property. This space is currently parking. The screening for the enclosure would be colors and materials that are in harmony with the rest of the project construction materials. Professionally maintained landscaping will be placed based on the city’s standards, likely to consist of grass, crushed stone, mulch and small hearty evergreen type shrubs. Please reference attachments. This will allow for pleasing aesthetics, stormwater mitigation, as well as optimal visibility for vehicular and pedestrian traffic.