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PUD Concept Plan: Planned Unit Development is a three stage process of review. Its intent is to encourage a higher level of development project quality by allowing certain performance standards to be negotiated between the City and the developer. This report will review the primary issues raised in the concept plan stage review. .Land Use. The Planned Unit Development (PUD) District allows as principal uses all uses in any of the other zoning districts in the City. The proposed land use plan for this area shows office/ business use over the entire parcel. The Bachmeier project proposes a series of office /business park facilities meeting the commercial use requirement. Site Design. The proposal consists of six buildings, all of which will utilize County Road B for access. The building sizes range from 50,000 square feet to 24,600 square feet. The site will be accessed by two driveways, one of which will be a public street ending in a cul -de -sac. The remainder of the driveways and circulation will be private roads and will exist via a private drive onto County Road B to the west of the public drive. The internal circulation concept is very good in that it appears to segregate the parking areas and automobile traffic from the loading areas. The building design is not specific enough to show how the loading areas are designed so the distance between buildings cannot be determined if it is sufficient or not. Curb cuts are adequate distances apart from each other and from the existing residential driveways. The public driveway is located east of all residential driveways so as not to interfere with their access. Review of more detailed plans will be necessary to be sure that fire fighting equipment can efficiently access all portions of the property. Other Circulation Issues. The parking supply appears to be roughly adequate for the projected building size and use allocations. All the paved surfaces must be surrounded with a perimeter concrete curb. Existing Physical Features. The Comprehensive. Plan suggests that this area should be developed in such a fashion as to retain its naturally hilly character. The site contains higher elevations around the perimeter of the lot with a low area and a pond in the center. The building layout is proposed along the perimeter elevations while leaving much of the center low area as open space. Most of the lot is heavily wooded. Due to the nature of this proposal, much of the trees will be removed .during grading to make building sites. 3 PAGE 46G