08-18-2014 Council Agenda - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Building Height. The retail center is single story and approximately 17 feet high (22 feet to the accent parapet). The B-3 District permits buildings up to 36 feet in height, in which case the proposed building would be compliant. The design guidelines suggest that single story buildings exceed 14 feet in height at the roofline, in which case the proposed building meets standards. Parking. Medical buildings are required to provide three (3) spaces plus at least one (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of net floor area. The proposed building has approximately 7,600 square feet of net floor area. Based on this requirement, the lot must provide at least 41 spaces, equaling the proposed quantity on the site plan. . Screening and Landscaping. The architectural guidelines require sites to devote 20% of all parking areas to open space. The zoning ordinance also provides standards for off-street parking landscaping, including the requirement that a minimum 100 square foot landscaped parking island be provided for every 15 parking stalls. Open space in the parking area appears to meet the 20% requirement, given the layout of the property. Tree lined alleys are encouraged along Rice Street. Additional tree planting should be integrated in the landscaping design west of the parking area adjacent to Rice Street to complement the shrub screening currently proposed. Signage. The submitted building elevations illustrate areas for tenant wall signage on the south and west sides of the building. According to the Architectural Guidelines, buildings having frontage of 50 feet or more shall have a sign area not exceeding 1 ' square feet per lineal foot of building frontage or 125 feet, whichever is less. The front of the proposed building is 110 feet in length, in which case the building is allowed up to 165 square feet of sign area. The two wall signs would comprise no more than 135 square feet in area, meeting this requirement. A monument sign approximately 120 square feet in area is also proposed, and is required to meet the design and location standards for such signs provided in the zoning ordinance. Lighting. A lighting plan has not been submitted for review. According to the Ordinance, the source of lights should be hooded and controlled so as not to illuminate the adjacent right-of-way, and any light or combination of lights which cast light on a public street shall not exceed one (1) foot candle (meter reading) as measured from the center line of said street. Waste Area. The design guidelines require waste areas to be enclosed, and that enclosures conform with the principal structure. A waste enclosure is proposed on the rear side of the building facing Viking Dr.. The gate of the enclosure shall be colored to 2 9