Agenda - Planning Commission - 08/02/2007

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Site PZan Review: Sunfish Development, LLe July 27, 2007 Page 3 015 easement over this area will need to be dedicated to the City. This trail will not be considered as an impacting the 20 foot green space requirement. Ea.sements: Standard easements shall be taken along all property lines. On the interior, shared property line, five foot drainage and utility easements are required along each side of the property line. A trail easement should be placed on the easternmost 10 feet of the subject property. Please indicate the drainage and utility easements on your final plat documents. The trail easement must be prepared as a separate document. You will need to coordinate an access easement for both Lots 1 and Lot 2 before the final plat of Sunfish Lake Development. Lighting: City standards require that the luminaire Oight source) must not be visible from beyond the property line. The Planning Commission expressed concern over the lighting of this site at their meeting on November 2, 2006. A lighting plan, including shop drawings for any new lighting fixtures must be submitted to the City for approval prior to installation. Signage: Any new signage on the property 'will require a sign permit, which is approved separately from the site plan. Landscaping; The review of the landscaping plan, dated July 6, 2007, focuses solely on the southern lot, which is the lot currently subject to site plan review. Proposed landscaping for the northern lot will be reviewed as part of the site plan review process when that site is improved. Based on the lineal feet of site perimeter (1,105), as well as the number of proposed parking stalls {58), and the proposed bUilding square footage (11,520), a minimum of twenty-eight (28) trees (22 based on site perimeter and 6 for parking area) and thirty-eight (38) shrubs are required to satisfy the general landscaping requirement. Also, a portion of the trees should be located along both Sunfish Lake Blvd and Bunker Lake Blvd, at a rate not less than 1 tree per every thirty~five (35) feet, to meet the public road frontage planting requirement. The proposedplantings shall consist of not less than twenty-five percent (25%) deciduous or coniferous species and no more than twenty-five percent of the required trees can consist of ornamental species. The following comments are offered on the July 6, 2007 landscaping plan: ' . At least twelve (12) additional trees need to be incorporated into the landscaping plan to meet the minimum planting requirement. However, the composition of proposed species must also be revised to include coniferous trees and to reduce the number of ornamental trees. . Parking lot plantings are required to have a minimum planting area of at least 162 square feet. The northeast and southeast planting islands appear to be too smalL The area of these islands must be calculated and included on the landscape to verify adequate soil volume. . At least three more trees should be installed along Bunker Lake Blvd. There appears to be ample space adjacent to the ponding area. . Trees should be planted at a depth such that the root flare is at finished grade. 83