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in interpretation of this because the City has a more restrictive fire sprinkler regulation for buildings of 8000 square feet. In the past, there have been no other commercial buildings with a basement. Regarding other options, the only one is to reduce the building to below 8000 square feet. Ms. Michelotti said that would be an enforcement problem and there would have to be regular inspections to make sure the space is not being used for storage. Ms. Ayala asked whether parking was adequate for an office or service use on the second floor? Mr. Smith said an in-lieu parking agreement had been executed because eleven necessary parking spaces were not provided. Mr. Swift explained that downtown properties are allowed the option of paying an in-lieu fee rather than providing on-site parking. Mr. Churka chose to provide some of the parking, but not all. The balance is covered under an in-lieu parking agreement. That requires that Mr. Churka pay a fee for each space he does not provide on site when the City builds a municipal parking lot to serve this area. The uses of the building at the time the parking lot is built would determine the number of spaces Mr. Churka would be obligated to pay for. The fee per space is based on the cost of building the parking lot at whatever time in the future that occurs. There is no fixed dollar amount. Ms. Ayala expressed concern about parking if the second story were used for service uses. She did not feel there is room for customer parking for the restaurant. Mr. Swift said any second story user would have to use currently available on- street parking plus whatever on-site parking is available. There was a break at 9:08 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 9:15 p.m. Mayor Tarver declared the public heating open. Ed Churka, 780 Main Street, responded to the question of parking. He said he is busiest on the weekends and he felt there would be parking for the upstairs businesses. He agreed it would be crowded, but it is not as busy on Saturday and Sunday. He said he is not a restaurant in the evenings. He only serves coffee in the evenings and is closed Sunday and Monday in the evenings. He said he has mostly dealt with plan checkers over the years of construction. The reason there were so many plans was to deal with Code changes from the 1991 Code to the 1994 Code, which was adopted in 1996. The elevator was designed in 1991 and was built based on the 1991 Code. He believes the 1994 Code requires a bigger elevator, but the elevator pit was constructed first and that determined the size of the elevator. The pit was 68 inches, which is too small to fit the elevator requirements for the 1994 Code. The drawings submitted at that time show the Pleasanton City Council 10 04/04/00 Minutes