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The 16-acre project site is accessed from Stoneridge Drive via Auto Mall Way, which is shared with CarMax Auto Superstore. The entry drive contains two lanes to enter the project site and three lanes for exiting. The access drive continues further north and ends at a T-intersection where incoming visitors make a right turn into the Chrysler site. One additional access point is proposed from Auto Mall Way into the subject parcel once the future dealership is developed. Chrysler is currently utilizing a temporary gravel parking lot to the east of its current dealership for employee/inventory parking as shown in Figure 1. Once the proposed parking lot is constructed, the applicant will remove the temporary gravel lot and move inventory parking to the subject parcel. Until Dealership #2 is developed, the proposed parking lot would only be accessed from the Chrysler parcel. The parking lot would be used strictly for vehicle inventory and display and would not be accessed by the public unless on foot. The parking lot would be visible from Stoneridge Drive until the landscaping to the south of the lot matures and the future dealership is developed. The dimensions of the proposed parking stalls within the display and service areas are 8 feet 6 inches wide by 16 feet deep, and 20-foot drive aisles would be provided. Tandem parking is proposed for some of the spaces, consistent with City approvals granted to other dealerships in order to maximize the amount of inventory parking. The proposed lot meets Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department requirements. Landscaping A conceptual landscaping plan has been submitted illustrating the proposed parking lot landscaping. New landscaping would be installed along the new parking lot frontage behind the sidewalk as well as along the southern parking lot perimeter planter and within parking end-cap landscape planters. Proposed tree species for the parking lot landscaping include: flowering pear and coast live oak (all are proposed to be 24-inch box size). Staff has included a condition of approval to increase the size of the proposed trees to 36-inch box to address screening concerns discussed at the Workshop. A variety of shrubs and ground cover is proposed in the planters and bio-retention areas. The proposed landscaping plan has been designed to be consistent with landscaping associated with the existing Chrysler dealership. Landscaping along the street frontages of El Charro Road, Stoneridge Drive, and Auto Mall Way was installed with the development of the Chrysler parcel. Exhibit D shows the approved landscape plan for these street frontages. The landscape plan included shrub plantings of dwarf xylosma only in a small area along Stoneridge Drive as shown in Figure 3. The landscape plan for the remainder of the perimeter included only low-lying ground cover on the interior side of the sidewalk. The applicant has agreed to continue the planting of these shrubs around the remainder of the perimeter where no shrubs were previously required. The applicant has also agreed to enhance the landscaping along the corners of El Charro Road and Stoneridge Drive as well as Stoneridge Drive and Auto Mall Way. A condition of approval would require this additional, enhanced landscaping. In addition, the project narrative indicates that the applicant has hired a new landscape maintenance firm which has inventoried the existing landscaping along the perimeter of the street frontages of El Charro Road, Stoneridge Drive, and Auto Mall Way and has begun to replace all dead and dying plants. The applicant has also agreed to review the existing irrigation system and watering schedule and adjust it accordingly to make sure that all future plants are adequately watered and maintained. PUD-123, 2694 Stoneridge Drive Planning Commission Page 5of10