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Apollo Landing, page 3 •Bui1din Materials/ Elevations The elevation that was submitted with this application is strictly an artist's rendering of what a hotel built to the height standards of the zoning district, and to the commercial design standards of the city zoning code would look like. It is in no way an architectural elevation depicting exactly what will be built on site. The architectural elevations are intellectual property of the different hotel chains and since a specific user has not been tabbed to take the hotel location final architectural elevations are not available at this time. However, as a part of the Planned Unit Development rezoning request, architectural design standards must be established to dictate the aesthetics of the buildings eventually built on this site. The applicant has submitted some very basic architectural design guidelines in line with our minimal design standards from the zoning code. Staff is recommending that very specific architectural design standards be developed for the site, since the user and subsequent building design can not be confirmed at this time. The applicant is currently working with staff to try and develop these standards. Building Height Again, the final occupant of the hotel, and therefore the final design of that building can not be verified at this time. As such it is important that any approval of this project establish a firm height limitation. Staff would recommend the limitation normally associated with the GB (General Business) zoning district. According to the Zoning Ordinance, no building within the GB (General Business) Zoning District may exceed 45 feet in height. Landscaping IIP In accordance with the Screening requirements of the zoning ordinance screening is required along the boundary of the residential property adjacent to this institutional use. Either a green belt with 80% opacity, six feet in height must be provided, or alternatively a solid screening fence six feet in height. The plans as submitted provide a six -foot fence augmented with some additional landscaping. The remainder of the landscaping on site looks rather minimal, but that is based on the lack of definitive users and building size /layout for the site. As each site is designed with the final user the landscaping would be designed to work with the layout. However, again the architectural design standards would be able to spell out the types of allowable plant materials. This would create the cohesiveness desired. Staff would prefer to see further details on the landscaping of the main access drive since that will not change, and the hotel pad site which should only need minor adjustments once a user is found. Staff is asking the applicant to look into the elimination of some parking spaces within the large parking area for lots 2, 3, and 4. This would allow for additional landscaping fingers, which could be clearly defined for landscaping at this time. Green Area The GB (General Business) zoning district requires that impervious surface coverage not exceed 75 %. The submitted plans currently show the property at approximately 70.5% impervious surface coverage, well within the limitations of the zoning district. If parking is eliminated as is mentioned in the parking section of this "'report, the impervious surface coverage would naturally decrease.