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Legacy Hotel, page 2 Allowable Uses *The proposed use for this site is a Hotel. The Lino Lakes Town Center Development& Design Guide does not currently include a hotel as a permissible use within the Commercial District; however, an amendment to the Planned Unit Development was recommended for approval by the Planning and Zoning Board on September 14, 2005 and the second reading of Ordinance 09-05 is on this agenda. PROPOSED ADDITION TO SECTION 3.1 PER ORDINANCE 09-05: SECTION 3.1 ALLOWABLE USES Table 1.Allowable Land Uses in Mixed-Use Commercial,Commercial/Residential and Civic Districts Comm Mixed Use Civic Allowable Land Use ercial Commercial Uses • Hotel P - - TABLE 1 NOTES: P=permitted use. Building Massing & Placement The proposed building is within a portion of the development that requires build-to lines. This standard requires a minimum of 50% of the block to meet the build-to lines, with up to 20%of that area being plaza/park areas. Within commercial districts the maximum setback is five feet; however since the proposed hotel use is quasi- oesidential and has a residential district directly across town center parkway staff feels that the 15 foot setback llowed in the residential district is more appropriate. A revised site plan and building elevation have been submitted to the city but because reduced copies were not available at the time of this report, those revisions will be included as a part of the Friday update. The height of the building never exceeds 44 feet, even when measured to the highest peak of the roof. Therefore it meets the 45 foot height limit that is included in the design guidelines. Architectural Standards The relationship between the building and the street is required to be accentuated by expressive wall faces, with a minimum of 60% of the wall face being windows, doors, or arcades. The proposed elevations meet or exceed all of those requirements. Due to the type of business that is being proposed on this site, which requires a primary entrance that is accessible with a drive-up, the primary building entry is being placed on the parking lot side of the building. While this does not specifically meet the standards of the guidelines, the secondary access that will be provided for registered guests that have ventured into the development to take advantage of the numerous amenities will still have a pedestrian friendly point of entry. As previously mentioned above,the Regulating Plan identifies an architectural feature at point where Town Center Parkway curves to the east. The standards do not specifically define what format an architectural feature is supposed to take, but it does identify clock towers, bell towers, cupolas, trellises, and ornamental portions of Oarapet walls as architectural features in other portions of the text. The purpose of the architectural feature at