Agenda - Planning Commission - 08/05/2004

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Town Center 3rd Addition - S itc PlmFNorthwest Retail B[dg. July 22, 2004 Page 6 of 7 Sire Development: The site plan includes a mix of large floor (grocery store, convenience (fuel amenity, pharmacy) and specialty uses. The retail building is located at and parallel to the street right-of:way. Parking for this thcility is behind the structure and located away.from the street. Architectural 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 northwest retail building are multi-sided and include diversity in texture, color, shapes, projections, recesses, height, and transparency at street level. The selected materials include EIFS integrally treated with color, split face CMU block, precast concrete, brick veneer, pre-finished metal accents and awnings. The TC-2 District requires buildings to be 1-3 stories ~n height. The retail building is one-story. The guidelines recorm-nend 35% of the total ground level street front fa,cadre be glass openings. Calculations of exterior material finishes must be provided in order to determine conformance with the design guidelines. The building contains access doors on the south elevation only, facing the parking lot. The guidelines recon2~nend access doors facing public streets, which in this case would be Sunwood Drive: .Access doors on Sunwood Drive would carry through the intent to promote the use of sidewalks. Additionally, there is public parking on Sunwood Drive and it would seem appropriate to be able to access the shops from Sunwood Drive rather than walking around the building to the doors on the south side. While it is understood that dual entrances to a retail facility become a security and staffing concern for the tenant, perhaps there are some design options lbr a common entry way into the building from Sunwood Drive. The 'design guidelines encourage the use of brick. At least 50% of the non-glazed wall area should be brick or a comparable alternative. As stated above, the exterior material calculations must be provided in order to determine conformance with the guidelines: Planning Commission Review: The original site plan application reviewed by the Plann/ng Commission on July 12 was for the Coborn's Grocery Store and the northeast corner retail building. At that meeting, it was requested that the site plan approval include the addition of the northwest corner retail building. It was determined that because all of the buildings on Lot 1 share the same drainage, parking, landscaping issues, the site plan for the third building could be ~brwarded to City Council on July 27 provided the building elevations and material calculations were submitted to City Staff for review. Additionally, the Council approval will be contingent upon a favorable review of the building elevations on August 5 by the Planning Commission. The City Council will be meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 27, 2004 at Ramsey Fire Station, 15050 Armstrong Blvd.; to review the preliminary site plan. You or your representative may want to be present to answer any questions that may arise. Thank you for your cooperation in this process. 14