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Mart" will temporarily occupy approximately 16 places. We believe this to be a good site selection for several reasons. First it is distant from the front of the other stores and out of the main stream of tr:iffic, both pedestrian and vehicular. It also gives the "Flower Mart" better visibility to the public without obstructing the visibility of the other neighboring businesses. Being in this portion of the . lot also keeps it away from most of the tr:iffic in the lot. TRAFFIC: .. . . . .. .. With regard for vehicle traffic, the "Flower Mart" is placed in the selected location in order to keep anytr:iffic disruption to a minimum. The patio areas at the front, side and back serve to protect the . "Flower Mart" from vehicles and lets the drivers see around the garden center. The patio fence is ab()ut 4 fthigh. This design has.been used at our "Flower Marts" for several years and we have yet .to have had a problem with vehicle movement. We feel thatthis is a safeway to deal wjthvehicles. PARKING: We have designed the "Flower Mart" aSa single wide unit and placed it as we did within the area . . shown because we feel that this is the most Ilrofessional design and uses the available sIlace to its maximum potential; Linder's has operated "Flower Marts" successfully for eighteen years in . communities surrounding the Twin Cities. Itlias been our experience that the traffic and parking in the lots shared by the "Flower Mart" is not affected considetablydue to the sharing of custOmers wit.h oUr property owner. We bring in many custom. ers but th..ey are easily hand.led by the size of the lots we occuIlY. We do not want to create a congestive atmosphere for our customers. . . . The "Flower Mart'" generates business activit)' which varies during the business day with the most activity occurring in late afternoon and evening. There is also business activity occutringon the . weekends with the most on Saturdays. Having done this type of operation fot eighteen years it . would be safe to say that the average amount in the "Flower Mart" at anyone time is about five to six customers. The maximum amount of customers may be up to ten. There are certainly times. when special sales occur that higher levels of activity mayoccur, but we have never seen so much that a problem has occurred in relation to the amount of cars or pedestrian traffic. THE "FLOWER MART": The. "Flower Mart" itself is 84 ft long, 21 ft wide, and. 12 ft high. There are pa!io/displa)'areas in the front,side and rear of the "Flower Mart". The entire size shown on the drawing included; The "Flower Mart" itself is a high quality. greenhouse structure which sits on the pavement and is held down with an internal. system which uses water for ballast.. It is aconimercially made unit which is manufactured by a Minnesota company (Poly- Tex, located in Castle Rock, MN). It is a very good looking structure which we have used for many years. .. .. . SIGNAGE: We will compl)'.withthecurrent sign requirements ofthe City oJ'Elk River. ' . UTILITIES: . . . '. .' Our only utility requirements 'are reasonable access to water for the plants and no volt electricity which runs the cash register and other small items in the "FlowerMart".