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Town Center 3rd Addition- Final Site Plan/Coborn's October 7, 2004 Page 9 of 10 Town Center Development Review Guidelines: The following comments are a review of the proposed final site plan in accordance with the Sub-District Guidelines for the TC-2 Commercial area, as found in the Final Draft Town Center Development Guidelines. Public Recdm/Streetscape: The subject property is located immediately adjacent to Armstrong Blvd., Sunwood Drive and Zeolite Street. No public parks are identified for this sub-district. This sub-district encourages a mix of large and small floor buildings, accommodating auto- oriented uses. Therefore, an attractive streetscape, small scale green spaces, pockets of gathering areas are encouraged. Outlot A is being reserved for entrance green space; .outdoor dining overlooking a pond area is proposed; there are pedestrian sidewalks adjacent to the streets; trees to shade the sidewalks and parking lot; and pedestrian crosswalks placed internally for connectivity between buildings. 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. However, 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 i'eet in this case, can be utilized for surface parking lots. The 21-Space off-street parking area located east of Lot 2 and adjacent to Sunwood Drive does not exceed 288 feet in width and complies with the 25% restriction on surface parking lots. .4rchilecturat Standards: In accordance with stated goals of the Town Center design guidelines, detailed elevations reflecting the changes to the buildings since preliminary site plan approval need to be provided. [t is staff's understanding that the floor plan for Coborn's affects the outside design of the building. The City, shall be provided with final building elevations for Coborn's when the final floor plan has been determined. Any site plan approval will be contingent upon Council approval of the final building elevations. The architectural features of the grocer,./ 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 fueJ island to aesthetically blend the accessory use with the main store. The 'TC-2 District requires buildings to be 1-3 stories in height, in accordance with the design guidelines ~br larger scale buildings, the grocery store will be located adjacent to the railroad co~'idor