Agenda - Planning Commission - 09/04/2003

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Riverview Office Suites - Site Plan August 29, 2003 Page 3 of 4 Parking Lot Landscaping There are tbrty-one (4 l) parking stalls indicated on the site plan. This results in the need for a minimum of four (4) additional overstory trees to be planted within or adjacent to the parking area. The p[anting area ~br these trees shall be a mimmum of 162 square feet The current plan does not provide for any landscaping specific to the parking area. Bufferyard Plantings This site is adjacent to residentially zoned properties and thus, there are additional screening requirements. A bu:~l%ward with a m/n/mum of width of fi~ (50) feet is required along the southern property line. This should be planted with a minimum Of eight trees (30% of the overall required plantings). The current plan shows that ten (10) trees will be installed in this buffeuard. Two of the ten trees are conifers. Staff recommends increasing the number of comferous trees planted in this area to provide year-round screening bep;veen the two propenies. This bufferyard area is in the same vic/n/ty as a detention pond and thus, trees suitable for both wet and dry. soils should be used in this area. A few recommendations would be American Larch, Balsam Fir, and White Spruce. The trees should be located around the perimeter of the detention pond. Architectural Standards: CiW Code restricts building height to 35 feet and exterior wall finishes to natural or prefabricated brick or stone'or pre-cast concrete panels or some other material approved by City Council. The submitted building elevations appear to meet both requirements. Waste Storage: City Code requires that all solid waste and refuse receptacles be stored within a completely screened structure or container. The submitted site plan appears to meet this requirement. Off~Street Parking - Spaces Required: City Code requires one parking space per 300 square feet of office floor space. The submitted site plan indicates 41 parking spaces (City. Code requires 34 spaces). Lighting: Sheet L1 contains the landscape and lig&ting plan which proposes four 150-watt, bhgh* pressure sodium wall pack lighting un/ts with down cast shields. Shop drawings ~br the wall pack. lighting units should be submitted tbr 'review to ensure that they meet the City's commercial lighting standards. Drainage and Grading: The grading and drainage plan proposes to direct the parking lot runoff and that of half rite building overland to two curb cuts which transmit the stormwater into a detention pond located along the southern property line. This pond has been designed to hold back-to-back 100-year storms without discharge. Aa emergency spillway has been provided from this pond into the roadside ditch system tn case of a larger storm event. 123