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Performance Standard – Screening Section 6-390(3) requires screening to be maintained by the property owner of a business when adjacent to a residential district. The screening shall be plantings, fence or wall and “shall be designed to reduce noise and prohibit eye-level vision from the residential land to the business district”. The applicant’s proposed Site Plan depicts a 6’ high privacy fence along the north and south proposed lines, abutting the residential uses to the north and south. Staff finds the proposed fence to be in compliance with this standard. Performance Standard – Exterior Materials Section 6-390(12) states “the exterior treatment on the street side of the structure shall be brick, stone, tilt-up slabs, architectural metal panels, decorative block, or the equivalent. The other sides of the structure shall not be raw block”. The applicant’s proposed elevations and narrative depict and describe the exterior materials to be reddish brick on all four sides with large windows. A four-side brick structure is in compliance with the performance standard of Section 6-390(12). During a staff-level development review meeting, the exterior of the structure was discussed, with staff seeking clarification on the aesthetic of the building, inside and out. While the applicant’s submitted plans meet the minimum standards of the Zoning Code, staff sought further information from the applicant concerning the aesthetics. The applicant provided a supplemental narrative (via an email dated 6/13/2017) that notes a desire to create an “authentic warehouse-ish look with organic materials-reclaimed wood, steel, glass, concrete”. The supplemental narrative includes pictures that give a conceptual feel, inside and out. More refined exterior and interior plans would be developed later, if the proposed land use applications are approved. Landscaping Section 8-010(2)(C) lists minimum landscaping requirements for new developments. Per this section, the following landscaping elements are required: • 16 canopy trees – to be 50% coniferous, 50% deciduous – one coniferous and one deciduous to be located in the boulevard • 37 shrubs The applicant’s proposed Landscape Plan depicts 18 new trees at a 50/50 split of deciduous and coniferous. The applicant is also preserving 7 trees, which count as a maximum credit of 5 trees. The proposed Landscape Plan also depicts 61 new shrubs. The remaining green spaces will be seeded or sodded and irrigated. Based on the landscaping standards of Section 8-010(2)(C), the applicant’s plan exceeds the minimum by five trees and 24 shrubs. However, the location of the trees along the boulevard area need to be relocated west, outside the roadway easement. With the revisions, the proposed Landscape Plan exceeds the minimum standards of Section 8-010(2) (C). Signage The proposed plans do not depict any signage. The applicant would be permitted one ground sign and one wall sign per Zoning Code Section 9-070. The applicant must apply for separate Permanent Sign Permits and meet the requirements of Section 9-070.