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! I I I I I I I i I I I I I I I I I I RJM Office/Light Manufacturing Facility Page 2 of 3 July 6, 2001 Revised July 20, 2001 Architectural Standards: City Code restricts structure heights to 35 feet and exterior wail finishes must be brick, natural stone or pre-cast concrete, or fabricated panels of these materials. The principal building is proposing to be 25' 4" in height, which complies with City Code. The exterior building materials are proposed to consist of smooth and rockface concrete block. The building elevation plan is also proposing a portion of the building front'to consist of glass and a pre-finished standing seam metal canopy. The proposed glass is a deviation from City Code and City Staff is recommending that the City Council approval the glass building material. Waste Storage: The site plan indicates that the waste storage area will be located indoors. Off-Street Parking - Design: City Code requires all driveways, off-street parking areas, and maneuvering areas and display areas to be paved with concrete or bituminous pavement and finished with B-6/12 concrete curbing. The site plan is proposing to pave and finish with concrete curbing alI off- street parking and maneuvering areas. Off-Street Parking ~ Spaces Required: City Code requires one parking space for every 200 square feet of office space or 20 parking spaces in this case. City Code also requires one parking space for each employee on the maximum working shift for light industrial activities. The site plan indicates that there will be a maximum of 20 employees on one shift. The proposed 4t parking spaces meets City requirements. Off-Street Loading: City Code requires one loading berth of not less than 50 feet for buildings that have a floor area of 10,000 square feet and an additional loading berth for each additional 25,000 square feet of floor area. In this case the site plan is required to provide 2 loading berths, the site plan indicates that the facility will be served by 5 loading berths and one overhead door. The loading berth area will be 120 feet in width and 280 feet in length, Staff feels that this meets City requirements. Lighting: The City has received a lighting plan which appears to be in compliance with City standards. Landscaping: The proposed landscaping plan is in compliance with City standards and provides a good choice of plant materials for the subject property. City Code requires all unpaved areas to be established with turf, the site plan should be revised to indicate the appropriate ground covering for the proposed futUre addition and parking areas. Drainage and Grading: At the present time, the northeast comer of the site has a high knoll which peaks at elevation 888 feet and slopes at a 16% grade to the southwest. The southeastern half of the site is nearly fiat at an elevation of 866 feet. The proposed drainage and grading plan proposes to intercept storm runoff through catch basins, storm sewer and grassed swales. The storm water system discharges runoff into a large regional pond located immediately south of the site at two locations, the southeast and southwest corners of the site. This -111 '