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accessory use to the landscaping services business and the applicant is withdrawing his request for a wholesale nursery. Backaround The applicant involved in this project has been under enforcement since December 5, 2005. Enforcement action was taken due to the operation of a business without an approved land use permit and maintaining an illegal sign advertising the business. Approximately ten (10) employees of the applicant park their vehicles during normal business hours Monday through Friday (7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) and travel off-site to work for the landscaping services portion of the business. Another six (6) employees will work at the project site for the wholesale rock yard, which will operate Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Community Development Department has been working with the applicant to obtain the necessary permit to operate their business at the current location. This item, which would ordinarily be processed at the staff level, is being referred to the Planning Commission because of neighborhood opposition. Storm Drainage There are no public storm drainage services available to the project site. The applicant is proposing an on-site retention basin for the project. Development Title Section 9-1135.2 states that any additional storm water drainage created by new improvements shall be retained on-site. The drainage pattern and corresponding storm drain improvements shall be shown on the Site Plan. Drainage calculations prepared by a registered civil engineer or architect shall be included. Access The access driveway off of Fox Road shall have a width of no less than twenty-five (25) feet for two-way aisles and sixteen (16) feet for one-way aisles, except that in no case shall driveways designated as fire department access be less than twenty (20) feet wide (Development Title Section 9-1015.5). Parking and Surfacing Development Title Table 9-1015.3[b] states that the Nursery Sales-Landscaping Services use type requires 0.67 parking space per employee. As a result, a minimum of 13 parking spaces will be required, including one van accessible space. The applicant is proposing twenty-six (26) parking spaces, including one van accessible space, which meets the parking requirements. However, the applicant is proposing a twenty (20) foot wide, two-way driveway with nine (9) feet by thirteen (13) feet parking spaces. The Improvement Plan will be required to show a twenty-five (25) foot wide driveway and separately, nine (9) feet by twenty (20) feet parking spaces. All permanent parking lots (which include parking spaces, driveways, and maneuvering areas) in all zoning districts shall be surfaced and permanently maintained with asphalt concrete or Portland cement concrete to provide a durable dust free surface. Ingress and egress areas that connect to a paved road or highway shall also be surfaced and permanently maintained with asphalt concrete of Portland cement (Development Title Section 9-1015.5[e]). 2