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Site Plan Review: Senior Apartments July 30, 1998 Page 3 of 4 none. By those standards, 75 pm'king spaces should be sufficient for the Ramsey site and 81 are proposed. Staff is comfortable in recommending approval of the 81 parking stalls proposed. Utilities and Water Usage: The developmen, t will be served by municipal water and sanitary sewer. Architectural Standards: The building plans indicate that the structures will be sided with maintenance free siding, brick accents, wood railings on the decks, and asphalt shingles. City Code requires exterior finishes to consist of face brick, natural st'one, precast concrete units, factory fabricated panels of brick stone or concrete, or other material as approved by the Planning Commission and City Council. Building Height: City Code establishes a maximum building height of 35 feet. The City Code defines building height as a distance to be measured from the mean ground level to the uppermost point of the roof. The first floor elevation is 878 feet. The elevations show that the building is 39 feet tall from the first floor elevation to the top of the roof, or 3 feet above the maximum. The southwest elevation is approximately 4%3/4 feet. It is difficult to ascertain the mean ground level with the plans provided. However, it is obvious that a variance to the height restriction will be needed to construct according to the submitted plan. The next available meeting of the Board of Adjustment in which a variance to height can be addressed is in September. Minimum Floor Area: City Code establishes a minimum total floor area for single level units at 600 square feet. The proposed one and two bedroom units range from 698 to 1,020 square feet respectively and comply with Code. (Unit A is a 1-bdt/standard with 698 sq. ft.; Unit B 1 is a lbdr w/den with 900 sq. ft.; Unit B2 is a 2-bdr/standard with 942 sq. ft.; Unit C is a 2-bdr/large with 1,020 sq. ft.) Laundry Space: Code requires 200 square feet of laundry space for structures w/th more than four dwelling units. Each unit will have a small laundry closet, the total of these spaces exceeds the minimum requirement. Storage Space: Code requires 200 square feet of storage space in each unit. The smallest unit (Unit A: 1-bdr/standard) meets the requirements, the other unit types exceed requirements. Lighting: The developer must submit all exterior lighting specifications and diagrams of all exterior lighting fixtures. The application is deficient of these items. Existing Buildings: The site plan identifies three existing buildings on the site. These structures are in a blighted condition and the construction will obviously require the removal of two of these buildings. The development permit will require that all three buildings be demolished and removed.