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Town Center 3rd Addition- Site PlardCoborn's July 8, 2004, Revised July 23, 2004 Page 8 of 9 Site Development: The site plan includes a mix of large scale retail and convenience uses. Generally, the buildings, proposed for this block are located at the .street right-of-way, with the exception of the grocery store. Placement of the grocery store at the street right-of-way will result in the loading docks being situated in the middle of the public parking lot, which is unacceptable. In addition, the Design Guidelines encourage large scale users in the TC-2 district to locate adjacent to the railroad. Buildings are located at key intersections of Armstrong and Sunwood and Zeolite and Sunwood. The site development guidelines specifically state that no more than 25% of street frontage, which is equal to approximately 288 feet in this case, can 15'e utilized for surface parking lots. This preliminary site plan is a result of modifications made to the sketch plan to minimize gaps between buildings and surface parking adjacent to streets. The nature of the TC-2 sub-district will inevitably include gaps between buildings, surface parking adjacent to street right-of-way, and greater building setbacks. The proposal for this block encourages shared parking and the plan has been designed to place a minimum amount of surface parking adjacent to Sunwood. The final site plan should include information regarding whether or not the recommended 25% restriction can be met. The guidelines recommend one access per block on destination streets and the approved, sketch plan shows one access onto Sunwood. The second access to Sunwood should be e. liminated. /lrchitectural Standards: In accordance with stated goals of the Town Center design guidelines, detailed elevations regarding architecture for the building have been provided. The architectural features of the grocery store consist of the same exterior materials on all four sides of the building and include diversity in texture, color, shapes, projections, recesses, height, and transparency at street level. The selected materials include EIFS integrally treated with color, brick veneer, split face CMU, precast concrete panels, smooth face aggregate and pre-finished metal accents. The same materials will be used on the fuel island and car wash to aesthetically blend these accessory uses with the main store. The TC-2 District requires buildings to be 1-3 stories in height. In accordance with the design guidelines for larger scale buildings, the grocery store will be located adjacent to the railrsad corridor The guidelines recommend 35% of the total ground level street front facades be glass openings. The amount of glazing on the north wall facing Sunwood Drive is 21%, 7% on the east wall facing Zeolite, and 2% on the west wall facing Armstrong Blvd. N.W. The intent of the glazing requirement is to. enhance the walking experience along the sidewalk streetscapes by promgting building designs that provide the ability to window shop. In the TC-2 District, the large scale retail uses are encouraged to locate adjacent to the railroad and away from the sidewalks. Grocery, pharmacy and fuel amenities are destination shopping with a purpose and do not lend themselves to browsing or window shopping. For these reasons, City S~taff finds the reduced amount of glass openings on the structure acceptable. There is. also the option to demonstrate great design through other means. The total amount of brick or comparable alternatives is suggested at 50% of the non-glazed area; the grocery store shows 72% of the non-glazed area is brick or a comparable alternative.