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e of property residential so the applicant did not have to use another half-block for parking. He said the parking could be accommodated on one-half of that half-block without any form of zone change. The issue remained whether there was a public need for a zone change and whether the change would be compatible with the General Plan. Ms. Smith questioned Mr. Gleaves as to how many residences still existed on the property. Mr. Gleaves responded there were five residences remaining, one of which had been condemned; the four remaining buildings had been inspected and considered to be fire traps and should not be inhabited. Mr. Haws understood the parking'was needed for expansion of the business. He said Council was being asked to rezone more property than was needed, and wondered whether that could be used for any commercial purpose. He also wondered whether there was land avail- able for parking. Mr. Saul replied yes, the land could be used for any commercial purpose. He said the packet received by Council included a map showing the property available, noting it was the northeast corner of 10th and Garfield. Mr. Hamel questioned whether the business would be expanded within the building itself. Mr. Gleaves replied the building expansion would take place to the east of the existing building. There e would not be space available for parking with the expansion to the east. He said to comply with City Code, the business would need a total of 28 spaces with a warehouse addition. Mr. Obie wondered whether it would be possible to get a conditional use permit for parking in an RA zone, and whether there was a transi- tory use in an RA zone. Mr. Saul replied no to both questions. Mr. Willams wondered whether any work had been done to establish whether the 28 parking spaces were needed for conducting the business and whether any thought had been given to applying for a variance. Mr. Gleaves said ther~ was no real connected need for 28 parking spaces for this business, as the front-end sales would be conducted as they were at present. However, there would be only six parking spaces left, and the business would still be faced with the City Code regulations. Ken Nagao, architect, said the determination for 28 parking spaces came from a ratio between commercial space, office space, and storage area. He said 18 parking spaces were needed without the expansion, and the business was presently using a field across the street. He said the property had storage and retail sales on the eastern portion of the building, and that portion could be converted to parking to allow vacation of parking across the street, this being the reason for the requested zone change. In using the western portion of the e block for parking, prime commercial space would be used. He said the plans were to put the parking at the rear of the lot and land- scape the front, noting this as the reason for requesting C-2 zoning with site review. $13 6/27/77--5