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b. The applicant stated that it was ready, willing, and able to meet the 35-foot maximum height requirement by construction of a mansard type of roof. Staff stated that all nearby buildings of a similar design and use, including the La Quinta Inn, Hampton Inn, and Marriott Courtyard on, respectively, Lots 3, 4, and 5 of Parcel H, have roof systems that are fully peaked. c. Louisville Municipal Code (LMC) Sections 17.28.120.A and 17.28.120.B list criteria to be reviewed by the City Council in evaluating final PUD development plans. LMC Section 17.28.120.A.1 requires that developments provide "an appropriate relationship to the surrounding area." LMC Section 17.28.120.B.16 further provides in part that "[a]rchitectural design of buildings shall be compatible in design with the contours of the site [and] compatible with surrounding designs and neighborhoods." Also, CDDSG Standard 4.4.C requires that roof materials be consistent with local architectural themes. The applicant failed to demonstrate that a mansard type of roof would comply with these requirements. d. CDDSG Standard 4.3.A states that an applicant shall, "[i]n cases of facades more than 50 feet in length, incorporate significant architectural features and treatments to diminish the building mass." Section I.l.a of the Gateway Design Guidelines also states that ~long uninterrupted building planes are discouraged; buildings shall be designed and arranged with offsetting surfaces and planes to provide a varied street appearance." The applicant's proposed architectural detailing does not comply with this standard, as the north and south building elevations have wall plane sections more than 50 feet in length without significant features or treatments, and in particular significant building offsets, which diminish mass and break the plane of the wall. e. CDDSG S~andard 4.3.B requires that proposal~ use additional techniques to .reduce scale and apparent massing of buildings. In reviewing compliance with this standard, the City considers utilization of several techniques suggested by the CDDSG, as well as techniques proposed by the applicant. The applicant's proposal does not comply with this standard because the architecture proposed has a lengthy, continuous roof line and other repetitive roof patterns; incorporates only limited terracing of building height; and has insufficient variation in window treatment. f. As noted above, LMC Section 17.28.120.A.1 requires that developments provide "an appropriate relationship to the surrounding area." LMC Section 17.28.120.A.8 further requires that developments have suitable building types, "in terms of appropriateness to density, site relationship and bulk." The 2