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City Council Meeting Minutes November 17, 2020 Page 5 of 9 Staff finds the application meets all criteria for a Special Review Use including the proposed hours of operation, it also meets the intent of the South Boulder Road Small Area Plan, contributes to the economic prosperity of the area, and is appropriately designed and improves site conditions. The applicant is asking for three waivers with the proposal. The first is for a reduced setback on South Boulder Road. Staff supports the request to meet the goals of the Small Area Plan and activate the space along the street and it facilitates parking. The second waiver is for reduced landscaping from 30% to 28%, staff supports this waiver as it is such a small, constrained lot. The design is high quality and is landscaped well. The third is a parking waiver for a smaller island. Staff supports this as it does allow for one additional parking space. The retailers in this development have a shared parking agreement however staff still reviews the application to determine if there is enough shared parking to add this use. Staff's review shows there is enough parking given the mixes of uses and the time demands and does not have concerns the site is underparked. The proposal complies with the remainder of the CDDSG standards and PUD requirements. Staff finds the application meets all the criteria for approval of a special review use. The easement vacation would vacate an existing water and sewer easement and establish a new water and sewer easement which allows reconstruction of an existing public water line in disrepair. This request meets all requirements of the code. Staff recommends approval of Ordinance 1803, Series 2020 and Resolution 90, Series 2020 Kelly Siu, representing the applicant, reviewed the architecture of the building, the site plan, and explained the reasons for the waiver requests. Joshua Martinsons, the applicant, gave an overview of the vision of the project to be a family friendly food hall that will be a benefit to this location and the City. Public Comments — None Councilmember Lipton noted that parking for this entire area is complicated and might have to be redone at some point. He asked when that would be required. Ritchie stated this proposal would not trigger that change on the adjacent property. She did agree this will be an issue when or if the adjacent property redevelops. As proposed, it is sufficiently parked with the shared parking agreement. Public Comments - None.