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Planning Commission D.'T/UNAPPROVED Fflary 24, 2000 Minute No. 2000-04 (Excerpt) Page 2 of 16 Associate City Planner Weisbrod said there would be ample parking at the new location with a total of 584 spaces dedicated to various kinds of parking. This included 20 spaces for customers, 125 spaces for employee parking for an estimated 80 to 90 employees, 414 spaces dedicated to tandem parking for the display or storage of new automobiles in stock, and 25 spaces for patio display. Tandem parking would be utilized throughout the storage and display parking area which means that cars can be parked much closer together than cars are parked in a public parking lot. The generous dedication of space to parking reflects the fact that there is no parking allowed on Marina Boulevard and Teagarden at this location. He said the number of parking spaces exceeded the parking requirement for a new car dealership of this type. He said the total 251,350 square feet of the project required only 251 spaces. Associate City Planner Weisbrod said the new building would have a white stucco-type exterior with gray panels and blue accent trim. He said staff was requesting that the proposed white color, which was a rather stark white, be replaced with a more subdued white color and that the other colors be adjusted to match. He said there were score lines in the building added to break up the flat wall of the building. He said that signage featured the typical oval Ford sign, with two signs on the facade and one large monument sign. There was directional signage on the site, to direct customers. He said staff was recommending that the applicant come back to the Site Development Subcommission with a master sign plan. He said there were two driveways for right-turn entry and exit for customers on Marina Boulevard and another right-turn entry and right-and-left-turn exit on Teagarden that provided public access to the service bays and truck access to an ample area approximately thirty feet in width that would be used to unload new and used cars. He said a traffic study prepared on behalf of the project indicated that the car dealership would not result in a significant increase of vehicular traffic around the site. He noted that the Safeway preserve plant generated more traffic than would be associated with the proposed dealership. Associate City Planner Weisbrod said that existing landscaping along the perimeter of the street, which has a nice appearance from both Marina Boulevard and Teagarden, would be retained. He said this landscaping included a number of mature sycamore trees at the frontage of the property. He said that sixteen feet of frontage along Marina Boulevard would be dedicated for future street widening. He said this street-widening would match the street-widening that had occurred in front of the Marina Faire Shopping Center. He said the street widening would not occur unless Peterson Tractor developed at some time in the future and the City's Engineering and Traffic Department made the decision that street-widening was needed. He said that landscaping in the sixteen-foot dedication area would be retained for the time being. He said new landscaping would be added to the patio display areas, the entryway, and along the wall at the rear of the property. G:\M1NUTES.PC/2000/2-24-2000 2/29/2000 3q8