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Review: Upon completion of the review of the revised site plan, the following areas were identified where modifications were made to the original site plan: • building coverage; • location of any on -site loading, storage or service areas; • location, height and type of any screening to be utilized to visually block storage, service, loading and/or parking areas; • area of landscaping to be provided; and the • location and number of parking spaces to be provided. Although modified from the original site plan, all of the above identified changes are in compliance with the requirements of the original bid packet, and the related bid specifications. Building coverage of the proposal is below the required 20 % building to site ratio, with a total coverage of 19 %. However, this is based on the area of the property offered for sale (42,049 Sq. Ft.). The effective area of the property which can be utilized is only 39,029.3 Sq. Ft. due to the area on the southern portion of the site which must be dedicated to future ROW widening for state roadway improvements. Utilizing the net site area (39,029.3 Sq. Ft.) for the calculation of the building to site ratio the site plan would be in compliance with a coverage of 20.4 %. Irrespective of the site area used for calculation, the main building size has not been modified from the original proposal, only the gas canopy has. A reduction in the area of the gas canopy is not a major modification to the original proposed site plan. The revised site plan does not include the "service /storage" area presented in the original site plan. The bidder has indicated that the area will not be required for the operation of the business, and has decided to utilize this land area for parking. The trash enclosure area which was specified in the original site plan remains and is located and screened appropriately. In regard to the location, height and type of screening to be utilized to visually block storage, service, loading and/or parking areas, the only modification which was identified was the removal of the parking screening hedges on the northern border of the site. Staff would recommend that the bidder consider replacing this landscape screening within the ROW along the northern border of the site. This will provide additional screening for the parking to be located at the north end of the site. The overall area of landscaping to be provided is still well above the required 5 % with a total landscape coverage of 12.3 % of the site area. The revised site plan identifies a total number of 35 parking spaces. Based upon the building size, and the proposed uses there would be a parking demand of 27 spaces. The revised site plan is well within the zoning requirements for parking. Recommendation: Staff recommendation is for the approval of the revised site plan. cc: Don Fozo, City of South Bend Building Commissioner