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Millers Crossroads Shopping Center page 2 The site is zoned LB Limited Business. Restaurants and retail businesses are permitted uses. An accessory drive through facility is a conditional use, as is outdoor seating for a restaurant. Specific requirements for these are addressed below under the conditional use permit (CUP) heading. Building: The commercial building exterior includes a stone base, painted "hardi- plank" lap siding, a stucco sign band, vinyl shakes on the gable ends, metal fascia, and aluminum windows and doors. (This is an improvement over the prehung vinyl windows of the 2003 approval.) Decorative painted wood columns support the overhang and add visual interest. The building meets the commercial building materials requirements while the style and colors of the building complement the structures in the residential area of the development. In the 2003 approval, the trash enclosure was attached to the east side of the building at the northeast corner. It would have faced east with access from the entry drive. With the addition of the drive through facility, the trash enclosure has been moved to the south with access from the new drive through lane. While we typically require trash enclosures attached to the building, the possible locations are limited by the two driveways and the large ponding areas on both the east and south. If a drive through is not to be built as proposed, the trash enclosure should be attached to the building. Signage: When a single principle building is devoted to three (3) or more businesses, a comprehensive sign plan for the entire structure shall be submitted and shall be of sufficient scope and detail to permit a determination as to whether or not the plan is consistent with the following regulations. Some revisions have been submitted to the August 2003 sign plan. The EIFS sign band has been changed to stucco, a minor and acceptable change. Because the building has more than one street frontage, they may have one additional wall sign beyond the signs for the tenants with individual entrances on the front of the building. An additional sign will be allowed on the Hodgson Road side (west elevation). This sign on end of the building must be for a building tenant. Lighting: The submittal includes several cut sheets for exterior fixtures. Exterior lighting fixtures must be 90 degree cutoff types. Recessed fixtures are shown in the soffits. The submitted wall fixtures for the back of the building do not meet the requirement and must be changed. The lights over the parking lot (Medallion CM flat lens) comply with the 90 degree cutoff requirement. However, the fixture submitted for the driveways (Towne Commons ALN 445) are a decorative design that echo the decorative street lighting within the residential part of Millers Crossroads. Though this fixture does not meet the 90 degree cutoff requirement, it is comparable to the existing decorative fixture in the larger planned unit development. The street lights on Birch St. and Hodgson Rd. are 25' high, but in Lakota Trail they are 18'. The commercial site is part of a larger development and the building was designed to complement the surrounding residential uses. The parking lot and driveway lights for this commercial site should be no taller than the street lights in Lakota Trail (18 feet).