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Gopher State Storage Site Plan and Variance Page 3 Building Height The General Industrial zoning district has a maximum building height of 50 feet. The building height will be approximately 48 feet at the highest point. The average height is approximately 44 feet. The proposed plan complies with the height requirements. The existing buildings on the property are approximately 19 feet tall. Building Coverage and Lot Coverage The ordinance limits the lot area to be covered by a building up to 40% and covered by impervious surface up to 80%. The proposed site plan complies with the coverage requirements. Phasing Plan The site plan is showing the building to be constructed in two phases. The first phase is proposed to be approximately 12,000 square feet and the second phase is proposed to be approximately 4,600 square feet. Staff recommends that the project be complete as one phase. As an alternative, the Planning Commission could simply approve phase one and any other phases would require site plan approval by the Planning Commission. If there is a desire to approve only phase one, staff would recommend architectural elements to be added to the building. There is more discussion related to architecture/building material under the Architecture/Building Material section of the staff report. Architecture/Building Materials The applicant is proposing a three-story climate controlled storage facility that has a flat roof. The entrance is on the south side of the building. There are offsets horizontally and vertically to break up the massing of the building. The corner details have windows showing storage unit doors. Staff recommends that no signage or images be allowed to be displayed in the windows. The plan shows an entrance canopy on the south side of the building that is colored red. The building materials proposed include precast concrete panels of various brown colors and various textures and red architectural metal. The existing buildings on site are constructed with integrally colored rock face block that are a buff and reddish color. The existing buildings have a pitched roof design. The gabled ends have reddish siding and the roofs are copper color. Since the applicant has changed the site plan and building design, it is a goal to ensure the proposed building is cohesive with the existing buildings and character of the area. Staff has been working with the applicant on the building design over the past several months. While staff believes there has been progress made on the architecture and an effort to design the building with quality materials and attractive details, it is not cohesive with the existing building on site in regards to building materials, colors, and proportion. Staff compared the proposed building