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Victor Land Holdings, LLC, Pre Plat, Final Plat, Site Plan, CUP, Variance, and Easement Vacation Page 3 The City’s discretion in approving or denying a variance is limited to whether or not the proposed project meets the standards in the Zoning Ordinance for a variance. The City has a higher level of discretion with a variance because the burden of proof is on the applicant to show that they meet the standards in the ordinance. B. Preliminary Plat/Final Plat/Site Plan The application complies with the ordinance standards as follows: Building Setbacks The I-3 zoning district requires a 30-foot front and rear yard setback and a side yard setback equal to the height of the building, in no case less than 10 feet. The site plan complies with the setback requirements. Building Height The I-3 zoning district has a maximum building height of 50 feet. The building height will be approximately 25 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, 16 overstory deciduous trees, 16 coniferous trees, 16 ornamental trees, and 106 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 16 overstory deciduous trees, 16 coniferous trees, 16 ornamental trees, and 106 shrubs. Lighting The ordinance requires lighting to consist of cut-off fixtures and for light cast on adjacent property and roads not to exceed ½ 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 for the wall mounted fixtures. The applicant will be required to provide the cut-sheet for both the