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. . Minutes - Plan Commission Page 4 May 23, 1990 customers driving into the center. This may be especially true during the peak dinner hour during which the applicant states that 20 to 25 employees may be working. It is not known what portion of this number would be delivery drivers. One factor which helps ameliorate the situation is the fact that Pizza Hut does not guarantee delivery times as does its major competitor. In order to reduce or eliminate the potential problem of hurried delivery drivers endangering other drivers to the Center, Planning Staff suggests that delivery personnel park in the rear of the Center, enter and exit from the store's rear door and enter/exit the site from Mount Olive. In this way, the community welfare can be better protected, traffic conflicts and customer parking demands can be kept to a minimum and the combined carry-out/delivery use can be compatible with the surrounding area. The recommendation regarding litter control was a standard one. Mr. Marsh asked how many delivery drivers would be needed during the day. Mr. Hentzen replied that 1-2 drivers would be needed for the lunch hour and 10-15 drivers would be needed during the peak hours of 6 p.m.-a p.m. Mr. Marsh asked if using the rear of the store for the delivery operations would present a problem for the applicant. Mr. Hentzen replied that it would; the store would have to provide two managers for each shift to handle the security and the cash handling. An additional cash register would have to be provided for the second, rear exit. Use of the rear door presented an additional security risk for the store. Mr. Hentzen stated that Pizza Hut had no problem directing its delivery personnel to use the Mount Olive entrance/exit when making and returning from deliveries. He suggested this as an alternative to the recommended condition. Ms. Ratner asked if there would be adequate access for the fire department at the rear of the Center if employees were parked there and potentially also double-parked. Mr. Goldman replied that there was plenty of room for emergency access at the rear of the Center if no one double parked; however the number of spaces provided at the rear of the Center amounted to less than two per store. This congestion could become a problem at the rear of the store for emergency as well as regular accesss if delivery drivers double parked in the rear of the Center to save time. Ms. Kreishman asked why Pizza Hut chose to lease in the middle of the Center with such an intensive delivery use. Mr. Hentzen stated that this location was the best available to Pizza Hut at the time of their lease contract. Mr. Foxworth and Mr. Safe inquired as to the number of spaces allotted to the store and specifically the number allotted to the delivery drivers. Mr. Hentzen stated that four spaces were allotted to the store under its lease agreement with up to three spaces designated for parking delivery vehicles. He stressed that if the spaces allotted to the delivery drivers were full, the store would be losing money because the drivers were not out doing their job. Mr. Safe stated his opinion that