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The applicant is proposing a gas filling station combined with a convenience store, automatic car wash and Grease Monkey oil change facility. Section 17.72.130 of the Louisville Municipal Code (PCZD), places specific performance standards on automobile service stations. Generally those standards are less stringent than the Commercial Development Design Standards and Guidelines (CDDSG). Staff has not identified any conflicts with Section 17.72.130. The convenience store is proposed at 3,362 square feet, the car wash at 1,012 square feet, the Grease Monkey at 1,338 square feet, and the pump canopy covers 3,072 square feet. Primary access is proposed off the main Parcel L1 entry drive to the north of the site. It would align with the existing Rite Aid access. Additional access is provided from the Chili's parking lot. A joint access drive with Chili's was approved through the Final PUD for Firegrill, however, that proposal created a common parking aisle with parking on both sides. According to staff, this new alignment causes some concern in that a through drive aisle from the Amoco site will be directed into cars backing out of parking spaces at Chili's. The design should be further evaluated. Applicable building and parking setbacks from the CDDSG have been met. The minimum parking setback from McCaslin is 25 feet; a 38-foot setback has been provided. The car wash is sited right at the minimum setback of 10 feet from the internal north/south access drive. Staff suggests shifting the car wiash wash to the east and attaching it to the Grease Monkey to allow for a greater setback and more landscape softening from that internal drive. The two drive through uses (an oil change and car wash) are located on the west side of the site to minimize their visibility from McCaslin. Vehicle stacking has been provided for approximately seven cars for the car wash and nine cars for the Grease Monkey. Staff requests the applicant provide data from other local sites to demonstrate that this will meet peak stacking demand for those two uses. Parking is provided for 29 vehicles in actual defined parking spaces. Counting the pump station parking, 41 spaces are provided. Based on the retail square footage of the Split Second convenience store and the Grease Monkey, 21 parking spaces would be required. There is also a shared parking arrangement in place among all lots in Parcel L1. The Eagle lot could be a location for overflow parking from the Grease Monkey or for employee parking. Staff would suggest the applicant consider eliminating the seven parking spaces adjacent to McCaslin to allow for a higher percentage of on-.site landscaping. Landscape coverage just meets CDDSG minimum requirements at 30.3 percent. As none of the sidewalks on the site are eligible to be considered as pedestrian hardscape areas, we will need to verify that those are not included in the landscape coverage calculation. Generally, minimum plant material quantity requirements have been met. Staff would encourage greater evergreen tree screening of the car wash and Grease Monkey as viewed from the internal north/south spine road. Additional landscaping should also be provided adjacent to the convenience store, as required by the CDDSG. Specifically, the east side of the building should have a minimum six-foot landscaped area with shrubs and trees. Along the McCaslin frontage, we would encourage the applicant to use limited 4