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HGNFS Site Plan — Building Addition Page 2 3. BACKGROUND: The City Council approved a site plan for the existing Hugo Good Neighbors Food Shelf (HGNFS) in 2014. The HGNFS is now looking to expand their existing building to accommodate their growth since opening. 4. ANALYSIS: A. Level of City Discretion in Decision -Making The City's discretion in approving or denying a site plan is limited to whether or not the proposed project complies with the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance requirements. If it meets these standards, the City must then approve the site plan. B. Site Plan The application complies with the ordinance standards as follows: Building Setbacks The proposed addition meets all building setback requirements for the I-3 zoning district. Building Height The maximum height permitted is 50 feet and the site plan conforms to this standard. The proposed height is approximately 16 feet. Building Coverage and Lot Coverage The maximum building coverage permitted is 40% and maximum lot area to be covered by impervious surface is 80%. The site plan meets these standards with 7.3% of building coverage and 40.9% of impervious surface coverage. Landscaping Section 90-181 of the Zoning Ordinance provides landscaping requirements for commercial 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, 7 deciduous trees, 4 coniferous trees, 4 ornamental trees, and 22 shrubs are required to be installed. The existing landscaping already exceeds the City's landscaping requirements and the applicant is proposing to preserve all trees during construction. There are 43 existing shrubs on site and the applicant is proposing to remove a few shrubs during construction, however, they will be replacing them with seven new shrubs.