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Final Plat and Site Plan Review: Ramsey Town Center 2nd Addition April 23, 2004 Page 3 of 5 units themselves will have a variety of architectural features, including bay windows, second story porches, articulated walls, and different roof styles. Staff has reviewed the information provided 'and find them generally acceptable. The distinct architectural features will address Staff's original concern about seeing a "wall of units". These features break up the units as viewed from the street to bring about a pleasing visual aesthetic. Staff would like to point out that as the Town Center continues to develop in future phases, the City would like to see additional colors to be used for the exterior besides the neutral earth, tones that are so prevalent in other townhome developments within the City. As the Town Center Development Guidelines are not completed at this point, Staff is unable to review the design and architecture any further. While the proposed style and architecture shown for the units are acceptable for this development, it is critical that the Development Guidelines are completed and sent to the City for review and approval before additional residential units are approved. Townhouse Size: The units proposed have two to three bedrooms in each residence. The City would like to see units be a certain size based on the number of bedrooms as follows: '1 bedroom 700 square feet 2 bedroom 800 square feet 3 bedroom 960 square feet All of the units will significantly exceed the minimum standards. Off-Street Parking Requirements: The proposed development is providing double car garages with each unit. In addition, there will be parking allowed on the public streets fronting the majority of the row house townhome units, as well as driveways in the rear of the unit that will allow [br limited parking. For the remaining units, ali driveways will be 25 feet in length.and will allow for additional parking. On the eastern side of the site there will be approximately 20 parking nodes along the private streets for overflow parking. Maximum Driveway Width: The maximum driveway width permitted for each unit is 20-feet. The site plan meets this requirement. Landscaping:. The total area of the site is 389,349 square feet (impervious area is 274,536 square t~et and the pervious area is 114,813 square feet). When the canopy cover formula is applied, it results in the need tbr a minimum of 80,956 square feet of crown cover throughout the site (ratio of impervious area to total area multiplied by the pervious area). Also, the planting schedule shall consist of no less than 25% coniferous and no less than 25% deciduous trees. The landscaping plan dated March 25, 2004 indicates that a total of 387 trees will be installed (122 overstory and 265 ornamental trees) as well as 1,446 shrubs. The' total canopy cover of these trees and shrubs exceeds the requirements ~'or this' development. All species indicated in the species palette are acceptable or preferred as outlined in the Ramsey Tree Book. Additionally, all plants meet or exceed the minimum size requirements.