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Site Plan Review: Town Center Gardens May 30, 2003, Revised June 23, 2003, Revised July 18, 2003 Page 3 of 5 ~ The site plan indicates that all the townhouse umts meet or exceed the setbacks established in the 1~-2 district. Structure .Height:. The proposed units do not exceed the City's maximum building heist of 35 feet. Off-Street Parking Requirements: The proposed development' is required to provide a m/nimum of 364 off-street parking spaces (2 park/rig stalls per milt) within the development. The proposed townhouse units will all include a two-stall garage and a driveway that will be 25 feet in length. The proposed garage and driveway will provide enough area for more than two off- street parking stalls per umt. The' s'ite plan also shows 41 parking ·spaces for guests conmined ha parking nodes. All of the parking nodes are located within private roads. Maximum Driveway Width: The maximum driveway width permitted for each unit is 20-feet. The site plan meets th/s requirement. Architectural Standards: Exterior materials must consist of allowed exterior treatments. Allowable exterior treatments include br/ck, wood,· and vhayl siding. Please bring color elevations to the July 22, 2003 City Council meeting. Landscap(n~: According to the'revised plans dated July 14, 2003, there will be a total of 156 units. For each unit, there shoulc~be a minimum of two overstory trees, four ornamental trees, and twelve shrubs (resulting in a minimum of 312 overstory trees, 624 ornamental trees, and 1,872 shrubs). The landscaping plans submitted show the overall she plantings as well as the typical plantings around each building. The overall shrub plantings total 2,198, which exceeds the minimum planting requirements by 326 plants. However, one of the species, Stella D'Oro Daylily, is not considered a shrub, and thus, should not be counted toward the overall shrubbery plantings. The balance of shrubs without the Daylily, 1,928, still exceeds the minimum planting requirements. The revised plans show a total of 312 overstory trees (139 evergreen and 173 deciduous) being planted throughout the site. This meets the m/n/mum number of required overstory plantings. However, the plan indicates that a total of 191 ornamental trees will be planted, while the minimum requirement is 624 (two ornamental trees per each overstory tree)i It should be noted that the developer has added additional ornamental trees to the areas that were specified in the previous review. Furthermore, there is simply not enough growing space to' accommodate the required 624 ornamental trees. All shrubs indicated on the species palette are considered acceptable as outlined in the Ramsey Tree Book (with the exception of the Stella D' Oro Daylily, which, as mentioned above, is not -305-