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Schwieters Site Plan and CUP Page 4 Building Height The BP zoning district has a maximum building height of 50 feet. The building height will be approximately 30 feet. The site plan complies with the height requirements. Building Coverage and Lot Coverage The ordinance limits lot area to be covered by a building to 40% and lot area to be covered by impervious surface to 80%. The site plan complies with the coverage requirements. Landscaping Section 90-181 of the Zoning Ordinance provides landscaping requirements for industrial development. The site plan includes tree and shrub locations and species. The ordinance provides two ways of calculating the required amount of trees and shrubs. One based on the square footage of the building and one based on the perimeter of the site, whichever is greater. In this case staff used the perimeter of the site. In order to meet the landscape requirements, 72 overstory deciduous trees, 72 coniferous trees, 72 ornamental trees, and 480 shrubs are required to be installed. If the trees are installed, this would meet the ordinance requirement for the entire campus development. The applicant is proposing 58 overstory deciduous trees, 46 coniferous trees, 8 ornamental trees, 497 shrubs, and 114 perennials/grasses. The applicant has stated that they would like to use some existing trees to count towards the landscape requirements. Staff has not received information on how this would be applied to the site or if any substitutions are required for type of trees. Staff is comfortable with counting the existing trees and landscape planting substitutions, provided it meets the intent of the landscape ordinance. The full build out includes buildings in locations that will help screen the exterior storage. The applicant is showing shrubs to be used to screen the exterior storage temporarily until the buildings are constructed. Staff included a condition in the attached resolution that required the applicant to submit a revised landscape plan to replace the shrubs, which are proposed to screen the exterior storage, with coniferous (evergreen) trees. Staff included a condition in the attached resolution that requires the applicant to submit a revised landscape plan demonstrating compliance with the City's landscape ordinance or provide a plan with information that outlines the number of existing trees to be counted and any planting substitutions proposed. Lighting The ordinance requires lighting to consist of cut-off fixtures and for light cast on adjacent property and roads not to exceed '/2 foot candle measured at the property line or 1 foot candle measured at the street's centerline. The ordinance also required the light fixtures, whether pole mounted or wall mounted to be cut-off fixtures. The applicant is proposing LED lights for both the pole and wall mounted fixtures. The applicant will be required to provide the cut -sheet for