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Memo to the Planning Commission/CU 96-6 <br />April 23, 1996 <br /> <br />Site Plan Review <br /> <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />As part of the conditional use permit, staff has completed a site plan review <br />for the proposed plans that have been submitted and would offer the <br />following comments: <br /> <br />ParkingfTr~f~qc Circulation <br /> <br />In order to define primary drive aisles and provide for some <br />landscaping opportunities within the parking area, it is recommended <br />that some landscape/traffic control islands be installed within the <br />parking area. (See attached plan) <br /> <br />Based on the number of parking stalls on site, two additional handicap <br />stalls may be required. <br /> <br />The eastern-most entrance onto 4th Avenue would be best located to <br />align with Holt Avenue immediately to the south. This will avoid any <br />minimal offsets and improve traffic circulation. This may require <br />relocating a street hght and street sign. <br /> <br />The new entrance onto Gates Avenue is wide enough to accommodate <br />one lane entering the site and two exiting. This certainly will improve <br />the ability for vehicles leaving the site; therefore, st~ff would <br />recommend extending the widened section a little bit further west to <br />improve the stacking distance for both the left and right hand turn <br />move leaving the church onto Gates Avenue. <br /> <br />The angled parking along 4th Avenue includes a couple of stalls at <br />each end of the row that should probably be removed and striped for <br />no parking. Removing these stalls will improve visibility as vehicles <br />are traveling in and out of the angled parking area, as well as along <br />the other drive aisles and on adjacent public streets. <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Concrete curb and gutter is proposed throughout a majority of the <br />parking lot. The one exception to this is the eastern edge of the new <br />parking facility which is planned to be expanded at some future date. <br />Therefore, this section will be constructed with a bituminous curb that <br />can be easily removed along with the expansion plans. Otherwise, all <br />parking areas which would not change with any future expansion <br />plans will be completed with curb and gutter. <br /> <br />Additional improvements are also proposed along 4th Avenue where at <br />this time, the church utilizes a portion of pubhc right-of-way for <br />parking and there is no clear definition, (i.e. curb, landscaping) <br /> <br />s:\plannin g\pc\cu96-6.doc <br /> <br /> <br />