Agenda - Planning Commission - 07/06/1999

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Review Letter: New Life Church Page 3 of 4 June 30, 1999 The landscaping plan is deficient of planting specifications (the caliper of the transplanted and new plantings, and the specifications for installation). A complete, revised plan should be submitted to City staff prior to City Council consideration. Staff recommends incorporating additional new plantings on the site. We recommend adding a minimum of 5 deciduous trees (preferably white or bur oaks of 1-1¼ inch caliper) along the west property line to help protect the coniferous trees from strong winds. Also, staff recommends adding 30 shrubs and plants to the landscaping plan. Lastly, a substitute maple species (such as Red Maple) for the Amur Maple is strongly encouraged, because the Amur Maple tends to frost, crack and subsequently decline in this area. Waste Storage: The plan does not indicate the location of any exterior trash enclosures. If there is to be outside trash receptacle storage, the site plan should be revised to indicate its location. Outside trash enclosures must be screened from all sides. Generally, the enclosures will be constructed of materials matching the building, or privacy fencing, and will have a vertical wooden gate with a latch. Off-Street Parking - Spaces Required: City Code requires one parking stall for every three seats or each five feet of pew. The plans do not indicate the number of seats or pews, and the applicant indicated to staff that there will not be fixed seating at this time. The plan purposes to provide 80 spaces initially and shows proof of 57 future additional stalls to the north of the building. Eighty stalls would support 240 seats or 400 feet of pew space. Staff finds 80 stalls will be sufficient at this time. Off-Street Parking ~ Design: In accordance with City Code, all driveways, off-street parking and maneuvering areas are proposed to be surfaced with bituminous paving. The parking surface will be finished with B 6/12 concrete curbing, except at the northeast end of the parking lot where 97 feet have been left without curb in anticipation of future parking lot expansion. City staff recommends this area be finished with bituminous curb until the expansion occurs. Drainage and Grading: All site drainage is directed north and east of the center of the property and then flows overland from west to east. It is proposed that two swales will convey the runoff from the paved areas to a natural depression located in the north central part of the property. A berm is proposed to be created to pond water in the depressed area up to an elevation of 880. Water accumulating above this elevation will flow over an emergency spillway and into another natural depression which continues off the property to the south. It is staff's recommendation to modify the drainage plan. The drainage should be directed to the concrete curb and gutter along the perimeter of the parking lot to improve pedestrians access. The elew. :ion of the structure may need to be raised one foot to accommodate this change.