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Page 2 of 3 2. Parking up to and over internal lot lines on these sites as currently configured achieves the City’s broader goal of meeting the parking needs of our businesses while having no impact on aesthetics or the health, safety, and welfare of the community. 3. Honoring and allowing for zero lot line parking setbacks in this setting, given historical approvals, is necessary for the success of the area until such time as one or more of the buildings is removed or until lot lines are shifted. 4. The request to relocate parking easements to more efficiently use limited space between multiple businesses is a reasonable request. 5. The current landowners are not responsible for the current building or parking space locations. 6. The area in question is largely unseen from surrounding properties, and proposed changes will not alter the essential character of the locality. 7. The variance is being sought to ensure all businesses have access to convenient parking, and that land in this area is efficiently utilized. 8. Given the lack of space in this area, it is not practical to require elimination of existing parking spaces within side yard setbacks as that would be antithetical to the City’s goal of fostering a thriving commercial and industrial base. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that approval of the special use permit shall be subject to the following conditions: 1. Approval of the site plan authorizing a change to parking easements and configuration shall only become effective upon the applicant providing an engineered turning movement analysis that shows adequate area exists to facilitate on-site emergency vehicle turning movements. 2. Staff is authorized to work with the applicants on a final configuration of parking spaces that protects both the overall number of spaces on the site AND emergency vehicle access should changes be needed as a result of the turning movement analysis. 3. The variance allowing for zero-lot line parking setbacks from internal side lot lines between the subject properties shall become void at such time as one or more of the buildings is removed or when lot lines are shifted as such changes would likely alter the facts supporting the variance. 4. If the applicant’s would like to pursue a formal vacation of the 4th Street right of way, an application from all parties adjacent to the ROW must be submitted along with legal descriptions and exhibits for all necessary replacement easements (private ingress/egress easements, public utility easements, etc). 5. The applicant shall complete needed site clean up to address outdoor storage nonconformities (i.e. the stacks of empty pallets and junk stored east of the building shall be removed).