An interior remodel of the Safeway at Ainsworth and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd is planned and permitting is underway. As a requirement of the permit, upgrades to the landscaping around the store and in the parking lot are required. While intending to upgrade the plantings, replace missing trees, and install a low wall along Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Safeway is applying for a variance to avoid increasing the planted areas and reducing parking. To maintain the existing number of spaces, Safeway wants the landscaping requirement reduced from 4,455 sq. ft to 1,800.

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