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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 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. 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. Signs have been added to the east and west facades. 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. If there is to be a second sign on end of the building, it must be for a tenant of building. They do not get a sign on each end of the building. We recommend that the additional sign be allowed on the Hodgson Road side (west elevation). Sign height is measured from grade to the uppermost points or level of sign surface. The height of the monument sign differs between the sign plan information and sheet SP2. This must be corrected/clarified to be consistent. Lighting: Exterior lighting fixtures must be 90 degree cutoff types. The submittal includes several cut sheets for the exterior fixtures. 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 main site driveway, drive through and parking lot comply with the 90 degree cutoff requirement. However, the lighting plan lists them at 30' high. The street lights on Birch St. and Hodgson Rd. are that high, but in Lakota Trail they may be less than 30'. The parking lot and driveway lights for this commercial site should be no taller than the street lights in Lakota Trail.