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DISCUSSION The Planning Commission staff report (Attachment 3) provides additional background information and a detailed discussion of the proposed project, including site layout and access, landscaping, lighting, grading, drainage, stormwater runoff, and dealership operations. Key elements of the analysis are summarized below. Site Layout &Access The applicant currently owns the entire 16-acre site, comprising three separate parcels, and operates the Chrysler dealership immediately to the north of the subject parcel. There are no immediate plans to develop the remainder of the subject parcel beyond the proposed parking lot improvements. The applicant has provided a plan that encompasses the entire 16-acre site to ensure that the on-site circulation system, including fire truck access, areas for unloading of vehicles, and other related items, are designed comprehensively in a way that is acceptable to the City. The 16-acre project site is accessed from Stoneridge Drive via Auto Mall Way, which is shared with CarMax Auto Superstore. Auto Mall Way contains two lanes to enter the project site and three lanes for exiting. Auto Mall Way 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 2. 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. 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. 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. The applicant has agreed to plant shrubs around the perimeter where no shrubs were previously required. A condition of approval would require this additional, enhanced landscaping along the corners of El Charro Road and Stoneridge Drive as well as Stoneridge Drive and Auto Mall Way. Lighting The proposed lighting for the proposed parking lot has been designed to be consistent with the lighting currently on the Chrysler site. Pole-mounted lighting at a height of 25 Page 6 of 8