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Variance No. 2007-01 March 26, 2007 Page 5 a commercial permit parking program as commercial land uses typically generate parking intrusion problems in adjacent residential neighborhoods that have in part, led to the Residential Permit Parking Program. Under the residential permit parking program, ineligible properties such as commercial establishments within a qualifying block typically do not have the permit parking restriction placed along their frontage. Council establishes residential permit parking districts by resolution in accordance with an existing ordinance and following a request from a resident for permit parking. A qualifying request occurs when staff verifies that 75 percent or more of the available on-street parking is occupied (and driveways are also utilized) on a block-by-block basis. If the block qualifies, City staff initiates the establishment of a new permit parking district and then provides a permit parking petition for each qualifying block. Permit parking is implemented on each block that demonstrates through a city-verified petition that at least 66 percent of the affected residential property owners on the block support permit parking. The speakers at the last Planning Commission public hearing were from areas immediately east of the project, which are not within an established permit parking district. Public Works will investigate the resident's requests for permit parking and recommend permit parking if their block meets the above conditions. The second issue pertained to the outdoor storage and sales at the facility and the applicants desire to modify proposed conditions. Condition Nos. 9 and 10 of the variance restricts outdoor storage, sales and equipment rental/leasing to select areas of the site. The applicant agrees with the proposed conditions as they pertain to product sales and storage, but would like to modify the conditions to allow equipment leasing and rental within the secured parking area adjacent to the guard shack and closer to the entrance of their facility. Staff has conditioned the project so that leasing and rental of equipment can only take place within the buildings or at the south side of Building "AU and west side of Building "BU if exterior. Staff does not recommend the applicant's modifications as the purpose of this condition is to keep equipment rental, product storage, and product sales out of designated customer parking areas. The conditions of approval will free up an additional five parking spaces for customer use and will make it very easy for code enforcement to enforce any violation of these conditions if these activities occur in any customer parking areas. 31A-6