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The Dance Unit Site Plan Page 3 3 Building and Impervious Surface Coverage The C-2 zoning district allows for up to 35% of the lot area to be covered by buildings and 80 % of the lot area to be covered by impervious surface. The site plan proposes approximately 10% building coverage and 43% impervious surface coverage, satisfying these requirements. Parking Sec. 90-235 outlines minimum required parking for specific uses. Based on the requirement for retail sales and service business to provide one parking space per 250 square feet of gross floor area, the 9,088 square foot building requires 37 parking spaces. The applicant is proposing to construct 59 parking spaces, satisfying this requirement. The applicant provided an estimate on the amount of vehicles parking on site at particular times of the day, and staff is comfortable with the provided parking accommodating the estimated parking demand. Landscaping Section 90-181 of the Zoning Ordinance provides landscaping requirements for developments. The site plan includes tree and shrub locations and species. Based on the perimeter of the site, the landscape ordinance requires 13 overstory deciduous shade trees, 7 coniferous trees, 7 ornamental trees, and 43 shrubs. The applicant is proposing 13 deciduous trees, 6 coniferous trees, 6 ornamental trees, and 87 shrubs including perennials and topiary. While this does not meet the planting requirements for coniferous and ornamental trees, the number of shrubs greatly exceeds the ordinance requirement. The ordinance allows for substitutions to be made for minimum landscape requirements, including an equivalent of up to 50% of required ornamental trees may be substituted with at least 20 shrubs per tree. The landscape plan has enough shrubs to substitute two ornamental trees. Staff will continue to work with the applicant on a landscape plan that meets all ordinance requirements. The site is planned to be seeded with a combination of turf grasses and native prairie grasses. The areas planted with prairie grasses are required to be managed and maintained. The applicant has not provided a vegetation management plan at this time. Staff will continue to work with the applicant on a plan that will establish how these planting will be maintained. Lighting The ordinance requires lighting to consist of cut-off fixtures. Light cast on adjacent property and roads is not to exceed ½ foot candle measured at the property line or 1 foot candle measured at the street’s centerline. The applicant’s photometric plan meets these requirements. The applicant has also provided cut sheets of proposed lighting fixtures, demonstrating that they will be shielded and downcast to contain exterior lighting to the property.