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Bruggeman page 9 The building walls include vinyl siding and stone veneer with vinyl shakes on gable ends. The zoning ordinance requires 25% of the combined area of all facades of a structure to be brick, stucco, and /or natural or artificial stone. No single building facade is to have more than 75% of one type of exterior finish, except for brick, stucco, or stone. The structures are not consistent with these requirements. However, the buildings do include stone veneer around the base of the buildings, shutters on the second floor windows, and moldings in the patio doors. These serve to create visual variety. There also is a small penthouse for sprinkler equipment on building ends. The ordinance states that townhomes without basements must have garages of 540 sf. The floor plans indicate that the garages do not meet this requirement, though they are two -car garages similar in size to other townhomes in the community. Purposes of a PUD include "innovation that address growing demands for all styles of economic expansion, greater variety in type, design, architectural standards" and the purposes of an urban PUD include "a variety of urban residential lot sizes, configurations, and neighborhoods." Additional open space is another purpose. The project as proposed fulfills the PUD purposes and so these variations from standard zoning requirements are justified. As with all townhome developments, a homeowners' association will be needed. By laws must be reviewed by the City Attorney prior to final plat consideration. Commercial: The commercial building exterior includes a stone base, painted "hardi- plank" lap siding, vinyl shakes on the gable ends, and prehung vinyl windows. Decorative painted wood columns and a small trellis along the roof line add some detail. The materials generally match those proposed for the residential structures. The building meets the commercial building materials requirements. The building elevation shows a painted wood sign band. The sign plan submitted. August 28, 2003, shows this sign band as EIFS. The EIFS is acceptable, and must be incorporated into the building design. The signage plan addresses the needed information and is acceptable. The only missing information is the location of the commercial monument sign. This can be reviewed with the sign permit application. Shoreland: The western portion of the site is within 1000' of the ordinary high water level of Baldwin Lake, which puts it in the shoreland overlay. The issue here is impervious surface. For commercial development in a shoreland, the impervious maximum is 60 %. The commercial area is 59% impervious. The residential maximum is 35 %, and the residential area within the shoreland is 30 %. Streets: One important criteria for new development is whether or not the project is premature due to inadequate transportation infrastructure. If the infrastructure is inadequate, it must be improved, to ensure it can accommodate the new development. As explained here, major improvements to the surrounding roadways are necessary to