Agenda - Planning Commission - 06/25/2003 - Special Meeting

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Site Plan Review: Town Center Gardens May 30, 2003, Revised June 23; 2003 Page 3 of 5 Structure Height: The proposed units do not exceed the City's maximum building height of 35 feet. Off-Street Parldng Requirements: The proposed development is required to provide a minimum of 364 off-street parking spaces (2 parking stalls per unit) within the development. The proposed townhouse units will all include a two-stall garage and a driveway that will be 25 feet in length. The proposed garage and driveway will provide enough area for more than two off- street parking stalls per unit. The site plan also shows 41 parking spaces for guests contained in.parking nodes. All of the parking nodes are located within private roads. Maximum Driveway Width: The maximum driveway width permitted for each unit is 20-feet. The site plan meets this requirement. Architectural Standards: Exterior materials must consist of allowed exterior treatments. Allowable exterior treatments include brick, wood, and vinyl siding. Please bring color elevations to the June 25, 2003 Planning Commission meeting. Landscaping:. According to the revised plans dated June 13, 2003, there will be a total of 156 units. For each unit, there should be a minimum of two overstory trees, four ornamental trees, and twelve shrubs (resulting in o,~minimum of 312 overstory trees, 624 ornamental trees, and 1,872 shrubs). The landscaping plans submitted show the overall site plantings as well as the typical plantings around each building. The overall shrub plantings total 2,008, which exceeds the minimum planting requirements by 136 plants. However, one of the species, Stella D'Oro Daylily, is not considered a shrub, and thus, should not be counted toward the overall shr9~ bbery plantings. This results in a shortage of 246 shrubs. Another shrub species should be substituted for the Stella D' Oro Daylily. The revised plans show a total of 312 overstory trees (139 evergeen and 173 deciduous) being planted throughout the site. This meets the minimum number of required overstory plantings. However, the plan indicates that a total of 177 ornamental trees will be planted, while the minimum requirement is 624 (two ornamental trees per each overstory tree). As Staff and the Developer have discussed, the current landscape ordinance is in the process of being revised to reflect more realistic planting guidelines. The City's Environmental Protection Task Force is proposing that the City create standards based more on quality plantings than quantity and is using a 20-year canopy cover as the goal that landscaping plans should adhere to. It should be noted that the revised plan does include 114 more ornamentals than the original set of plans. However, there may still be some opportunity to include more ornamental trees. Along 27