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Planning & Zoning Board September 14, 2005 Page 2 APPROVED MINUTES A. Planned Unit Development Final Pl an for Apollo Landing, Equinox Development LLP, 540 Lilac Street Staff stated Equinox Development was previo usly approved by the City Council (in the form of a Development Stage Plan) for a 5 lot commercial su bdivision on property located at 540 Lilac Drive. The applica tion included a Rezoning to GB (General Business), a Conditional Use Permit to allow a Planned Unit Development, a Development Stage Plan/Preliminary Plat, and allocation of commerci al MUSA reserve. The developer has now applied for a final plan for the hotel and is proposed for lot 1 of the plat. The final plat app lication includes the final buildi ng plans for the hotel as well as the final plat for the site. The developer will also include a restaurant pad on lot 5, a nd retail/commercial pads on Lots 2, 3, and 4. Those lots will be designated as outlots on the final plat and will be required to come back for final plan when building plans are prepared. Staff presented their analysis and recommended approval of the final plan for the hotel at Apollo Landing subject to the following conditions: 1. The first three feet of the ba se of the hotel must be c onstructed using belden brick, jewel blend as is called out currently as an alternate on the elevation. 2. The vinyl fence for the project must be a minimum of 80% opaque. 3. 20 additional parking spaces will need to be built within the subdivision to provide the minimum number of parking spaces for the proposed use. 4. Infiltration ponds must include city native seed mix, suppl emented with potted plants. 5. A three-year management contract with and experienced native plant establishment and maintenance company must be established. 6. All sodded areas must be irrigated. 7. Mulch for landscape areas must be wood chip mulch rater than rock mulch. 8. Substitute Red or Autumn Blaze maples for all Norway maples on the landscape plan. 9. A revised landscape plan depicting all of th e required changes in landscaping must be approved by city staff prior to the is suance of building permits for the site. Mr. Tralle stated having only three feet of base was not a tall e nough base and believed this would look out of propor tion. Mr. Bengston responded it was not the applicant’s intention the base would be brick and the archit ectural design standa rds did not require masonry materials for the base, but sta ff was recommending a three-foot base.