The new developer proposes building six condominiums on the parking lot of the adjacent Wolf Camera store and adding 1,825 square feet of retail space to the existing Wolf Camera building. A garage of 34 parking spaces would also be built for retail and residential use.

"Parking has always been difficult here," Pait said while finishing her breakfast. "When the construction starts, parking will be even worse. As we get older, it becomes more difficult for us to park far away and walk to the coffeehouse."

The Wandrys are not the only ones concerned about parking congestion. Business owners and other customers protested the project at the July 14 planning commission meeting. But the planning commission approved the project 4-1, saying it's a good development plan. Commissioner Chuck Corr dissented.

Right now Bobbi's shares 57 parking spaces with the Yamagami Nursery and American Leisure Company. Customers of the three businesses can also use the 33 parking spaces at the neighboring Wolf Camera.

Yamagami Trust owns the property where the three businesses are located. Gregg Bunker owns the property where Wolf Camera is located. Yamagami Trust and Bunker have reached an easement agreement allowing the businesses to use Bunker's parking lot.

But Bobbi's and Yamagami are so popular that customers sometimes have to park on Wildflower Way.

To offset the potential impact on parking, Bunker offered to redesign Yamagami Nursery's parking lot and pay for 20 more parking spaces in the lot, which may cost up to $25,000. The city is requiring Bunker to create the 20-space parking lot as a condition for building the condominiums. However, the Yamagami Trust has not agreed yet.

The planning staff and private transportation consultants hired by Bunker have conducted several studies and concluded that the 54 parking spaces will be sufficient in meeting the parking demands. Commissioners Marty Miller, Taghi Saadati and Gilbert Wong also drove to the site to assess the parking situation.

But Yamagami Nursery and Bobbi's say the parking lots are not enough.

"We serve about 1,600 customers on a good spring Saturday and we have to share the parking with Bobbi's," said Ron Kanemoto, manager of Yamagami Nursery. "And our customers don't ride motorcycles to the nursery. They drive their pickups, SUVs and trucks. The standard compact spaces Mr. Bunker will build are too small for our customers' cars."

At the commission meeting, Bunker promised to accommodate the parking needs of the adjacent retailers and promoted the benefits his project would bring to the property.

"The condominiums will provide a gateway transition between the retail uses and the single-family houses on Wildflower Way," Bunker said. "It will also enhance the overall property value by 20 to 30 percent."

But Yamagami Trust and the businesses on its property still haven't reached an agreement with Bunker.

John Golden, attorney for Yamagami Trust, said, "While Mr. Bunker said the easement agreement should offer only 11 spots on his space, the Yamagami Trust should have the rights to use all Mr. Bunker's parking space."

Assistant City Attorney Eileen Murray said the definition of easement is vague and suggested Yamagami Trust and Bunker work out their differences.

The owners of Yamagami Nursery and Bobbi's are disappointed at the approval of the project. They are also worried that they will lose business because of the potential parking shortage during and after construction.

"This is a good place to eat but people won't spend 40 minutes finding a parking place just to eat here," said Sally Carpenter, owner of Bobbi's, which has been in Cupertino for 32 years. "Mr. Bunker has the right to build here, but he shouldn't do so at the expense of current businesses."

"In the past three years, eight restaurants have gone out of business in Cupertino. I don't want to be the ninth one," she said.