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77 7 approve with conditions , or deny the special exception use request for used vehicle sales . Pursuant to section 971 . 05 of the land development regulations ( LDRs ) , the Board is to consider the appropriateness of the requested use for the subject site and surrounding area. The Board may attach reasonable conditions and safeguards necessary to mitigate impacts and to ensure compatibility of the use with the surrounding area . ANALYSIS : 1 . Size of Development Site : Overall Site : 0 . 78 acres or 33 , 950 sq . ft . ? . Zoning Classification : CG , General Commercial 3 , Land Use Designation : CI, Commercial/Industrial 4 . Building Floor Area : Existing : 2 , 868 sq . ft. ( All formally vehicle repair use) Proposed : 2 . 788 sq . ft . (2 , 268 sq . ft. vehicle repair; 520 sq . ft . used vehicle sales office) Net Change : - 80 sq . ft . 5 . Open Space : Required : 25 % Provided : 31 . 97% 6 , New Impervious Surface Area : 424 sq . ft. Note : Although the southeast corner of the site will be paved for new parking area, existing asphalt in other areas of the site will be removed to create new green areas . The result is a net increase in new impervious surface area of only 424 sq . ft . 7. Off-Street Parking : Required : 8 Provided : 17 Note : The 17 proposed parking spaces will be located near the south side of the building and toward the rear of the site. Separate used vehicle display spaces ( 15 ) are proposed along the site ' s U . S . 1 frontage . 8 . Stormwater Management : A retention area is proposed in the northeast portion of the site to handle stormwater run-off. Public Works has approved the stormwater management plan as meeting applicable minor site plan requirements . 9 . Utilities : The site will be served by public water and sewer service . Utility Services and the Department of Health have approved the site plan proposal . 10 . Landscape Plan : The site plan depicts the site as being brought up to current chapter 926 landscape standards , and proposes removal of asphalt and creation of landscape strips alone the site ' s US 1 and 16th Street frontages . 11 . Traffic : The site currently has almost continuous access along most of its US 1 and 16th Street frontages . The site plan proposes narrowing the site ' s connection points to one 16th Street connection that is 38 ' wide and located at the site' s southeast comer ( away from the 16th Street/US 1 intersection) . Also , the site ' s US 1 access is being altered by eliminating an existing 57 ' wide U . S . 1 curb cut and narrowing a second existing U. S . 1 curb cut that is shared with the commercial site to the north. The applicant has documented that there is a joint access easement for the proposed shared access driveway . October 2 , 2001 75