She stated she cannot give stormwater approval without seeing the new plan. Chairman Mayes asked if the City's sewer plant could handle the new development. Chuck Billias, City Manager, said the City could handle it. I make a motion to approve the site plan pending the approval of the permit of the St. Johns Water Management and staff approval. He stated if the site plan is approved, it would bring the total parking for the 57,736 square foot retail use to 163 spaces, making the parking legally conforming.
Staff recommends approval.
William Brosier expressed concern with the loss of the south parking lot and only adding 38 parking spaces. Mike Allen, Allen Engineering, said this proposal is for 163 parking spaces which meets the city's requirement of 145 parking spaces. Charles Zopfi questioned the number of handicap parking spaces and the location of the spaces. Mike Allen stated six are required per the handicap code, the spaces are located in the flattest area, and at this location, customers would not have to walk behind cars. He stated the proposed parking lot would be asphalt parking with concrete sidewalks and estimates a 2-month completion time.