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Assisted Living Autumn Woods Ingress&egress Site ingress and egress will be at the existing Curb cut that allows travel access to Kenzie Terrace going in both directions.The existing drive entrance will be reconstructed as shown on the sketch to adjust the grade to meet the new floor elevation at the new building entrance.The natural slope of the land is downward to the south where the parking lot entrance meets the drive to the lower level parking level. That entry drive will slope downward as necessary to meet the garage level of the building. Parking(surface&underground) An additional 14 exterior parking spaces is provided on the west side of the reconfigured entrance drive. These spaces will serve the new Assisted Living Building mostly for visitors to the building and some staff.We plan to provide a minimum of 38 interior parking spaces in the lower level garage of the building.This will afford the typical one car per unit usually anticipated for this building type.The vehicle access and parking layout minimizes the amount of new hard surface and maximizes the site green space to promote biodiversity and reduce the impact of rainwater runoff. Storm water where it goes A rain water garden surrounds the north,west and south sides of the building. Most of the water collected in these rain water gardens is surface and roof run-off. From the rain water garden pond area on the west side of the building there will be a connection for the treated water to enter the storm sewer located in Kenzie Terrace.This plan minimizes run-off from hard surface parking areas because only a small amount of new parking and drive areas are added to the site.The water at the south garage entrance will be drained into a trench drain at the garage door and from there pumped up to an elevation that will allow flow in a storm drain connected to the storm sewer in Kenzie Terrace.This line is illustrated on the sketch plan. Unit sizes One bedroom units will be about 600 s.f. and two bedroom units will be 750 to 800 s.f. Individual "Care Suite" units will be about 365 s.f. Common area Common areas will include a community dining area served by a full service kitchen.There will be a two story entry foyer, parlor, mail area,office areas, public wash rooms, meeting rooms, an exercise/crafts room, library, screen porch, beauty parlor and an average to large sized chapel.An elevator will connect all floors of the building. 10'x 16'staff offices are planned for each of 2 Assisted Living Nurses and one for the Assisted Living Nurse's-Aids.There will be a Care Suite area of the building that will consist of 5 double "Care Suites"that will serve 10 residents and be equipped with one bath room for each resident.This "Care Suites"area will also include a 10'x 10'office for the "Care Suites" LP-Nurse,a locked medications room and rest rooms for the for staff and guests. Building height(#stories) The building will be 4 stories.This height will minimize foot print area and reduce the visual impact of the building by consolidating it into a more rectangular shape rather in a long spread out 3 story building. We are planning to omit units at the ends of the top floor to step the building and reduce the building's massing and complement the existing Autumn Woods Apartment buildings that also have stepped end caps.This new smaller footprint building will be more ecological because it will minimize