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Louisville City Council Meeting November 6, 2001 Page 9 reduce the amount of available parking by 33 spaces, 3.35 spaces per thousand, which is well below the requirements of the Commercial Guidelines. Wood reviewed that the architectural design of the kiosk-building is not in compliance with the guidelines, and lacking with respect to painted metal canopies. A bright white is proposed, which is discouraged in the CDDSG. Wood reviewed the landscape design and reported that there is virtually no increase in the coverage proposed for this station. With respect to the sign design, the CDDSG does not provide for "roof signs" or signs above the first level. He noted a sign of this type would be an exception to the CDDSG requirements. Wood summarized that the Planning Commission's concern was that the proposal was not complaint to the CDDSG or SRU requirements. Davidson called for the Applicant presentation. David Moore, Galloway Romero & Associates, 5350 DTC Parkway, Greenwood Village, CO, stated that their application is quite lengthy. He explained that the reason for this is to establish that they are experts in this field. He stated that they have created similar proposals for many other facilities in 39 states. He felt that Safeway is very unlikely to do anything that would affect their grocery business. He distributed information displaying the average weekly sales for grocery stores versus the average weekly sales for grocery/gas combination stores. He explained that despite the improvements to the Safeway store, their sales have declined 5 percent. Moore cited the success of Costco's gasoline sales as an example of a successful grocery/gasoline combination. He agreed that there are compromises to address whenever this type of proposal is considered for an existing site. He suggested that Safeway is over parked and that this proposal is being considered for the least-used part of the site. He gave a brief presentation on the predicted traffic patterns, explaining that the pedestrian traffic is completely separated from the fueling station traffic, and repeating that the proposed location is in the least used portion of the parking lot. He disagreed with staff comments that they have not addressed parking and pedestrian safety concerns. He stated that consumers are pleased to be able to purchase groceries and fuel at the same location. Moore explained that the fueling station is owned and operated by Safeway, it is not contracted out. He expressed concern for the negative comments contained throughout the City staff report. He cited the staff's statement that the architectural design does not match any materials of the store front as untrue. He explained that they conducted parking studies, which indicate that, except for Saturdays, there would be sufficient parking even after removing spaces to accommodate the fueling station. He questioned why Safeway's request for relief from the parking requirements was not included in the staff comments. He reviewed the landscaping plan and suggested that the screening would be adequate for the facility. He noted that 5 trees and 149 shrubs were added to the landscaping plan to buffer the facility along the street. 9