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Commissioner Roberts inquired if the number of parking spaces required in the entire business pazk is determined solely by building square footage or if consideration is given to the fact that commercial automotive repair businesses require a lazger number of people coming in and out. Mr. Iserson replied that for certain uses, staff has determined pazking requirements based on the number of employees, and in most cases, the computation based on employees resulted in fewer parking spaces than if it were based on square footage. He stated that in general, automotive repair businesses are commercial and open to the public and that the Code requires only one parking space for every 500 squaze feet for this use. However, because of the congestion on many streets in Stanley Business Park, staff has increased that requirement to one pazking space for every 350 square feet. Commissioner Roberts asked what is meant be "permitted by right." Mr. Iserson replied that a permitted use needs no special approval or permit for a business person to operate.. In Stanley Business Park, some businesses which require conditional use permits elsewhere are permitted uses and require only design review if new buildings aze proposed. Commissioner Sullivan inquired if Mr. Ghorbani has indicated that he would install a monument sign and if there are City design guidelines for this type of signage. Mr. Iserson replied that Mr. Ghorbani has not submitted any application for a monument sign. He added that the City has a sign ordinance that governs monument signs and requires the applicant to go through a sign design review process. Commissioner Sullivan noted that automotive repair shops use a lot of chemicals and solvents. He asked if discharge permits for these chemicals aze required for this business and, if so, which agency controls them. Mr. Higdon answered that each business has its own manhole and that its discharge goes directly to the sanitary sewer line operated by the City. If certain chemicals or dischazges are detected down the stream, tests aze conducted in the manhole to determine if any illegal discharges are present in the sewer system. Any chemical detected is identified, and the business is then sent a notice. Mr. Higdon added that testing is done only when there is reason to suspect that chemicals are present or when the problem arises. Mr. Iserson stated that the applicant is required to submit a plan to the Fire Department regazding the storage and disposal of potentially hazardous materials. The Fire Department then conducts inspections to ensure that these materials aze safely stored and not discharged into the sewer. There is no other regulatory agency that requires special dischazge permit. Commissioner Sullivan inquired what criteria are used to determine whether notification should be done fora 300-foot or a 1,000-foot radius. He stated that for an application like this, the entire business park should be notified so that business owners in the park would have advance notice and the opportunity to have some input on the application. Mr. Iserson replied that the City Council has indicated which mailing radius to use for different proposals. Projects requiring Council action through an ordinance such as a PUD, General Plan amendment, and rezoning require at least a 1,000-foot radius from the property line; while the basic State law of a 300-foot radius applies for other projects such as a design review, conditional use permit, Planning Commission Minutes Page 4 June 10, 1998