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Town Center 3rd Addition- Site Plan/Pond Building November 24, 2004 Page 4 of 5 Lighting: Please provide the City with details regarding the lighting that will be on the building and located in the parking lot for review. City standards require that the luminaire dight source) must not be. visible from beyond the property line. The apPlicant should submit shop drawings of the lighting fixtures for review and approval by the City Engineer. Signs: A sign permit will be required for all site signs. Wall signs are limited to a total square footage equal to 15% of the area of the front building fagade. At least 50% of that allotment must be placed on the front wall; remaining signage area may be distributed on other walls of the building. Wall signs may not exceed the top of the wall. One ground sign is allowed for each parcel at a size not to exceed 100 square feet. City Code also has provisions for drive-up menu boards, parking lot directional signs; window signs and real estate signs. REU Number: Submittal of impervious surface and green space calculations is necessary, in order to determine the quarterly REU charges. Development Agreement: As part Of the approval by City Council, the applicant will need to enter into a development agreement with City. This agreement, among other things, will incorporate relevant items from the Master Development Agreement with Ramsey Town Center LLC that will be obligations for Ramdance LLC. The Development Agreement will also enumerate the financial sureties needed by the City to allow construction of the project. Final Site Plan: Following Planning Commission and City Council approval of the preliminary site plan, a final site plan will heed to be submitted and approved by City Council. Town Center Development Review Guidelines: The following comments are a review of the site plan in accordance with the Sub-District Guidelines for the TC-2 Cornmercial area, as found in the Final Draft Town Center Development Guidelines. Public Realm/,S'treetscape: 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. The Pond Building does back up to a pond. The site plan for the building identifies an outdoor dining area overlooking the pond to provide that small scale green space and a public gathering area. Site Deve/o/)menl: The site plan for Lot I and Lot 2 includes a mix of large scale retail and convenience uses. The nature of the TC-2 sub-district will inevitably include gaps between buildings, surlSce parking adjacent to street right-of-way, and greater building setbacks. Generally. the buildings proposed ]tbr this block are located at the street right-of-way, with the exception of the Pond Building and the grocery store. While the Pond or restaurant building will not be adjacent to Sunwood Drive and the associated streetscapes, it will be. located adjacent' to a landscaped pond. The proposal fbr the Pond building will provide an outdoor dining experience that overlook:; cl:e landscaped pond area.