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• • • 3. Preservation of desirable site characteristics and open space and protection of sensitive environmental features, including but not limited to steep slopes, trees and poor soils. The design flexibility allowed under the PUD provisions will be utilized wherever possible to preserve as many desirable trees as physically possible while allowing for an appropriate level of development. 4. More efficient and effective use of land, open space and public facilities trough miring of land uses. There is no mixing of land uses in this development, however, the efficient use of land in creating this development results in the creation of common open space that benefits all of the users of this commercial neighborhood and the surrounding land uses. 5. High quality of design, and design compatible with surrounding land uses, including both existing and planned By reducing the site improvement costs. the developer is able to put additional detailing in the buildings, and more extensive landscaping to create a higher quality development by improved design methods. thereby having a positive effect on land values for the surrounding properties. 6. Use of traffic management and design techniques to reduce the potential for traffic conflicts. Improvements to area roads and intersections may be required as appropriate. The scale of this development and the location on Apollo Drive requires a combined access for traffic safety reasons. The PUD provisions facilitate the creation of the combined access with it's streetscape tree plantings will provide for proven methods of traffic calming and reduce the traffic speed and result in an increase in traffic safety for users of this site. SITE DESIGN SITE LAYOUT DESIGN The site has been successfully laid out to accommodate the proposed commercial land uses. Each site is fully accessible to the centrally located site main entrance drive and has been properly engineered and sized to accommodate emergency and service vehicle access for the site. The building size, setbacks, and landscaping for the proposed development fall within the regulations outlined in the Planned Unit Development (PUD) section of the