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C'NP Storage: Site Plan Review .Tune 25, 2004 Revised.,July 9, 2004, October 7, 2004, November 4, 2004 Page 2 of ' 4 Setbacks: The proposed buildings on the subject property meet or exceed the required 35-foot front and rear yard and 20-foot side yard setback requirements. The site plan also shows a 60-foot bufferyard between the proposed development and the residential property to the east, but not to the north. The buffer -yard to the east meets the dimensional requirements in the E-1 District, but the buffer -yard to the north does not. Your request for a variance to this requirement will be before the Board of Adjustment on November 4, 2004. City Code also requires a 20-foot setback between public streets and parking and maneuvering areas. The proposed turnaround area at the terminus of 1481h Avenue does not meet this standard. Again, your request for a variance to this requirement will be before the Board of Adjustment on November 4, 2004. Fence: At their July 1, 2004 meeting the Planning Commission recommended the installation of a privacy -type fence along the subject property's common property lines with residential properties to the east, north, and south. The revised site plan shows an 8-foot cedar privacy fence around most of the site and an 8-foot wrought -iron decorative fence on Ramsey Blvd. Landscaping: The revised plan landscaping plan indicates that seventy-eight (78) existing trees will be preserved and that another twenty-two (22) will be installed. Additionally, the revised plan shows thirty-six (36) shrubs that will be installed along Ramsey Blvd. All species shown in the planting schedule are acceptable as outlined in the Ramsey Tree Book. Furthermore, the sizes all meet the minimum requirements of City Code. An eight (8) foot cedar privacy fence is being proposed along the northern, eastern, and southern boundaries of the property. Also, plantings are proposed along both the northern and southern boundaries (there are a number of trees also being preserved along the southern boundary). Iowever, there are no proposed plantings along the eastern boundary which abuts at least five single family residential properties. Staff believes that, at a minimum, at least one (1) overstory tree should be planted adjacent to each residential lot. The species of tree should be suitable for both wet and dry sites as it will be immediately adjacent to the drainage pond. Some suggestions would include Fallgold Ash (Fraxinus nigra `Fallgold'), Kentucky Coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus), Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis), and Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos). To accommodate these plantings, the fence would only need to be shifted a couple of feet to the east to ensure adequate growing space (it appears that the fence is proposed to be five feet from the property line). Along the western property boundary (Ramsey Blvd), an eight (8) foot wrought iron fence is proposed. Due to the transparent nature of this type of fencing, additional shrubbery should be installed in the areas where there are larger gaps in the trees that are being preserved. The shrubbery should have an upright growth habit, as opposed to a low -growing, spreading habit, which will provide some screening of the site.