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Silver Lake Commons Development Review Planning Case No. 487-97 July 24, 1997 Page 4 and also along the property line with 7800 Eastwood Road to screen the headlights from vehicles entering the complex. Additional greenspace was created as a result of removing the driveway between the two buildings. In this greenspace, numerous shrubs, Armor Maples and Trevor Lindens will be planted. In front of the rental townhomes along Highway 10, a row of Anthony Waterer Spirea will be planted to form a hedge-like buffer between the driveways and the Highway 10 right of way. In front of each rental townhome unit will be a Hackberry tree in addition to a selection of shrubs which include Yews, Junipers, Arborvitaes and Euonymus. Behind the units will be shrubs such as Spirea, Buckthorn and Viburnum. Spruce trees will be planted along Eastwood Road and south of the proposed drainage pond, as well as in the northwest corner of the lot fronting Highway 10. All pervious surfaces will be sodded with the exception of the open play area and drainage ponds along Eastwood Road, which will be seeded. Three types of fencing are proposed in this development. There is a solid, cedar fence along the west and part of the north property line connecting the new garage buildings to provide privacy both to this development and the adjacent single family homes. It is our understanding that the fencing will be six feet high. The fencing along the north property line switches from wood to chain link at a point 130 feet from Eastwood Road. The chain link fence will continue along the north property line, and along Eastwood Road around the play area, tying to the rental townhome building in the southeast corner of the site. The chain link fence is proposed to be 42 inches high, and is intended to be residential in character, allowing a view of the open play area and the • numerous trees on the property from Eastwood Road. This fence is also intended to provide a safe play area for the children. There will be an iron picket fence between the two existing apartment buildings and to the doorway of the westernmost apartment building which will keep children from using the"front lawn" of the apartment buildings as a play area. This fence will also protect children using the proposed tot lot between the apartment buildings. The applicant has responded to a suggestion from City Council and staff and is willing to install a gate in the chain link fence along Eastwood Road in the northeast corner of the site, to allow children to walk to a school bus stop on Eastwood Road, if the bus stop is moved from its current location on Highway 10. Using Eastwood Road is viewed as a safer alternative. Any changes in bus stops would need to be coordinated through the school district. Open Space and Play Area: Section 1104.02, Subd. 2b. of the Zoning Code requires 625 square feet of usable open space per multiple dwelling unit. With 56 dwelling units total for the complex, this amounts to 35,000 square feet. The applicant is providing usable open area in excess of what is required for the entire complex with 36,500 square feet provided on the rental townhome side of the complex and an additional 21,400 square feet provided on the Red Oak side of the development. Together, a total of 57,900 square feet of usable open space will be provided, which is 1034 square feet per • unit or 65 percent more than that required by Code.