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■ ■ ■ CHAPTER 9: OTHER SITE CONSIDERATIONS ■ ■ Accessibility/Compliance with ADA Screening of Mechanical Equipment ■ The design of buildings and parking areas will comply with Roof- and ground-mounted mechanical equipment must be ADA standards. This includes, but is not limited to, acces- completely screened from ground eye-level view of adjacent ■ sible parking spaces and passenger loading, building entries properties and public streets, or be designed to be compat- and curbs, and trail accessibility. ible with the architectural treatment of the building with which ■ they are associated. ■ Maintenance Responsibilities ■ Stormwater Management The responsibility for site and building maintenance will be ■ set forth in the Planned Unit Development Agreement that is The development will directly contribute to the improvement adopted as part of the PUD approval. This will list the re- of water quality in nearby Silver Lake. The park and open sponsibilities of the homeowners association(s)and/or com- space system is designed to function as a storm water treat- mercial property owners to provide landscaping maintenance, ment and retention basin. This pond will be surrounded by ■ snow removal, trash and recycling pick-up, and so forth. green spaces which will provide additional treatment of stormwater routed from parking lot areas through the buffer • and into the stormwater treatment basins. It is anticipated ■ Screening of Loading/Service Areas that the design of these basins will remove up to 90 percent of the total suspended solids which, today, are currently be- . The screening of loading and service areas is important to ing discharged to Silver Lake. Proposed ponding improve- maintain a positive aesthetic quality of the development. ments will enhanced detention and treatment functions to ■ Except for buildings on the central roadway,which effectively achieve up to 60 percent removal of phosphorous. The project have two front facades, loading docks will not be located along is also considering innovative techniques such as the use of the front facades of buildings and must be completely chemical precipitates which could remove up to 90 percent screened from view of public streets and open spaces with of the total phosphorous loading from the site prior to dis- ■ landscaping. charging water to Silver Lake. ■ ■ ■ ■ August, 2003 45 ■ ■