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uses ever cease for a period exceeding 6 consecutive months, they may not be re-established without a conditional use permit. The City aggressively supports their eventual removal as proposed by the applicant~ The total square footage of the existing and proposed structures is within the 35% lot coverage requirement. The site plan does not provide dimensions to show that all proposed construction will meet the setback requirements for the B-3 Highway Business District. Following City Code to the letter, the existing and proposed uses should be providing as many as 60 off-street parking spaces when all phases of the development are complete. The site plan has scaled off 19 off-street parking spaces. Additional spaces could be gained by scaling off parking spaces in the fenced area which is providing required parking for the auto repair and auto body businesses. The £mal determination on the number of off-su'eet parking spaces to be provided will be a matter for discussion by the Planning Commission. The site is currently served by two accesses onto Highway #10. It is the City Engineer's recommendation that these two accesses be merged into one as part of the City's goal to reduce the number of accesses onto the highway. By the time the Planning Commission meets on October 5, the applicant will have already installed concrete curbing along the front of the site and overlaid the existing pavement on the site. Phase I of the expansion will require paving the driveway to the auto repair shop expansion area on the west side of the strip center, the secured parking area in the northeast comer of the site and at minimum, a driveway to the secured parking area. Phase II wi_il require paving the balance of the traffic maneuvering area in front of the two suites to be added to the center. The applicant is seeking a 2 year time frame, versus the standard 1 year, to complete the required site improvements. The outer perimeters of these paved areas are to be finished with continuous concrete curbing. Some of the additional parking spaces required can be accounted for by scahng off the secured parking area in the northeast comer of the site as this area is providing required parking for the auto repair businesses. Because of theft and vandalism problems, the applicant is proposing to fence this area in. A combination of privacy fencing and chain 1/nk fencing wLll be used to prosdde screening from Hwy. #10 and visibility into the area to officers on patrol. The site is presently served by on-site septic and well. The site plan should be modified to indicate the location of these services to support that expansion will not impact these utilities. As with past policy, the development permit will be drafted to obligate the property owner to participate in a petition, if and when it is presented, for a feasibility study to extend municipal utilities to the property. The only landscaping proposed is along the south end of the proposed body shop delivery/estimate center and between the existing strip center and its Phase 12 expansion area. The types of plantings to be established have not been indicated on the site plan. If area permits, some unobsmactive plantings should also be established along the front of the site. The exterior facing on the strip center has recently been replaced with stucco. The expansions to the strip center will also be faced with stucco. The auto body accessory building is proposed to be faced with lap siding. This is in conformance with City Code. The applicant has also expended a great deal of time and expense removing accumulated debris from the property. Staff is requesting that a grading plan be provided to avoid 'bird baths' in the pavement. I I I I I I I I I I I I I ! I I I I I