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Growing Generations Daycare —Site Plan and Final Plat <br />Frenchman Place 3rd Addition <br />Page 4 <br />have proposed using three Black Hill Spruce and one Northwood Red Maple to help screen these <br />units. Staff is unclear of the size of the mechanical equipment and may recommend more <br />landscaping around these units. Staff will continue to work with the applicant on ensuring that <br />mechanical equipment is adequately screened from view. This is listed as a condition of <br />approval and revised plans may be needed. <br />Lighting <br />Section 90-239 of the City's lighting ordinance required that no light source cast a light on any <br />adjacent property exceeding 0.5 -foot candles as measured at the property line, or 1 -foot candle on <br />any public street measured at the street centerline. The lighting plan for the site includes an analysis <br />of the proposed parking lot lights, which are proposed to be downcast cutoff fixtures. The <br />applicant has shown a lighting plan with lights that abide by the City requirements. A condition <br />has been added that if the daycare facility adds lights on the building, the location and style of the <br />fixtures will be reviewed and approved by staff prior to installation. <br />Signage <br />The applicant is proposing signage at the main entrance of the building (north) and the back side <br />of the building (south). The signage proposed generally meets the ordinance standards in regards <br />to placement, type, and size. A monument sign has also been proposed located on the northwest <br />corner of the property. No specifications have been shown for the proposed monument sign. A <br />sign permit, reviewed and approved by the City, shall be issued for each sign on the building and <br />the monument sign prior to installation. A condition has been added that the monument sign <br />shall use the same building material as the building and shall meet City code. <br />Parking <br />The City ordinance does not have specific parking standards for a daycare facility. This facility <br />would fall under the requirements needed for a retail space, which requires eight parking spaces <br />plus one space per 200 square feet of retail space. The total number of parking spaces required <br />for this daycare facility is 54 stalls. The plans show 54 parking spaces adjacent to the main <br />building entry, on the north side of the site. This complies with ordinance requirements. <br />The proposed parking lot, as drawn in the plans, shows it constructed over an existing wetland. <br />The applicant has submitted an application to the Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP), which if <br />approved, would allow the applicant to fill the wetland due to excess mitigation credits produced <br />in past projects within Frenchman Place. Staff added a condition that the applicant must have <br />approval of the TEP prior to the issuance of a building permit. <br />Through the application review, it was found that the project specific in advance wetland credits, <br />generated by the development of the Rosemary Way wetland mitigation site, were not certified. <br />Because of this, staff has required the applicant to provide an escrow in the amount of $10,150, <br />which may be used to purchase wetland band credits in the event that the wetland credits are not <br />able to be certified. City staff has determined that the proposed avoidance and minimization for <br />the proposed wetland impacts are sufficient, in accordance with the sequencing and replacement <br />