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U-Do it Self Service Car Wash - Site Plan July 1,200_3 Revised July 17, 2003 Page 2 of 4 \ Setbacks: The building location exceeds the 35-foot front and rear yard and 10/202foot side yard setback requirementS; City Code requires a 20~foot ween space area adjacent to all public roads, which the .proposed development appears to meet, except for a 10-foot ~een space on the area between the two drives onto 142naAve. Since other curb work will be requested on this site, the City will require that this curb be reconflgUred to come into compliance with the peen space standard. The' R-1 District is located across Xkimo St. from the site. City Code requires a 35-foot setback for structures, off-street parking, driveways, and outside sales and display areas, which the proposed project appears to meet. -: Screening: The surrounding properties to the south and west are zoned PUD Commercial and PUD, respectively, and do not require screening. The property located to the north is also zoned B-1. The properties located to the east, however, are residential. City Code requires.a landscaped buffer of at least 20 feet in width between different use districts separated by a street. The submitted site plan appears to meet the dimensional requirement, but additional screening materials will be required. Screening options include vegetation, decorative fencing, and/or a berm; the selected screening option must be at least 5 feet tall. Staff is recommending vegetation in ti-tis situation. Please consider including cordfers (~ven their potential for year-round screening), possibly in some type of cluster arrangement. The Ramsey Tree Book should be referenced when determining which species to install. Landscaping: The site' plan includes both the e,'dsting trees on the site as well as the trees that wiil be installed. The plan shows that there are currently fourteen (14) trees existing on the site, of which, four (namely the spruces) could be consid.ered significant. The remaining ten trees are a m/x 0f young Ash, Maple, and Elms. No trees will be removed during the development of this site. The site has roughly 600 lineal feet of public road frontage, wb_ich results in the need for a minimum of eighteen (18) trees along the three public roads (five along Xk~mo St., 8 along 142ad Ave, and 5 along St. Francis Blvd). The four ex/sting spruces along-X]dmo St. can be used to partially satisfy th/s requirement, However, at least one additional tree needs to'be ~planted along the ~astern boundary (the plan shows two Globe Arborvitae but these are shrubs, not overstory trees). Along 142"d Ave, the plan shows four trees. However, it is unclear if these are existing trees or if they are to be installed (letter C represents both existLng Maples and ones that will be installed and there is no corresponding species associated with the letter F in the species palette). Th/s discrepancy needs to be clarirqed. Moreover, an additional four trees should be installed to fulfill the required public street frontage plantings. If spacing becomes a limiting factor, it is recommended to install a few of these along the Xldmo St side to further screen the business from the residential zoning district across the street. The Rm-nsey Tree Book should be referenced when determining which species to install. Along St. Francis Blvd, the site plan shows three (3) Globe Arborvitae will be installed. Again, this species is a shrub and thus does not satisfy the requirement of one overstory tree per 35 lineal feet of public street frontage. A minimum of five (5) overstory trees will need to be planted along th.is street frontage. The Ramsey Tree Book should be referenced when determining wi/ch species to install. -437-