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allow for a wide range of users, but those will be limited to uses as defined in the City' s Industrial zoning district. The buildings will be constructed of site cast concrete panels. The architectural design is similar to that on the building occupied by Storage Tek, further south on the west side of South Taylor Avenue. However, Staff believes the applicant has made several upgrades, as follows: 1. The building footprints have greater structural articulation. 2. The finished floor elevations have been tiered to provide variation in the roof parapet height and the mass of the buildings. 3. The proposed colors are less stark and more earth toned and varied. 4. The window patterns have variety in height and size. 5. A stucco finish is applied at entry elements to add texture to the walls. 6. Steel entry arches are used to provide additional features at the entries. Finished floor elevations are varied across the site to reflect natural grades, which slope generally from northwest to southeast. They are at, or below, the grade of the adjacent street. Low retaining walls are used in several small areas. One of those walls appears to conflict with adjacent parking. The six parking spaces located adjacent to the street on the north side of Building K are reduced in length to 17 feet because of the adjacent retaining wall. Staff would recommend the eastern three be removed or the wall be redesigned to eliminate the conflict. Stormwater detention is consolidated into one pond for the three lots. The pond is located in a separate outlot at the southeast comer of the development. The applicant has incorporated the Best Management Practice recommendations from the Urban Drainage District to increase the quality of stormwater released from the site. Ground signs are proposed at each of the entries off South Taylor Avenue. Those would be site cast concrete to match the building. The size proposed is somewhat larger than the typical dimension used in the CTC. However, the sign area itself is limited to 15 square feet. Staff and the Commission have not recommended a change. Wall signs would be allowed above the main entries, and would be constructed of individual letters with a maximum height of 18 inches. Small window signs would also be allowed. The proposed lighting plan indicates 250-watt metal halide fixtures for the parking lot, typical for the CTC area. Staff believes that 175-watt fixtures are proposed over loading doors, though that has not been indicated on the plans. A detail for loading door fixtures should be added to the plans. Bollard lights have been added at main entries as required in the Planning Commission resolution. Staff and the Planning Commission have also recommended that the applicant work to further reduce the level of parking lot illumination; it currently meets Commercial Development Design Standards & Guidelines requirements for commercial projects and provides a level of lighting similar to most office developments in the City. The City has typically worked to limit lighting in the CTC given its location on the fringe of town. Staff would like to ensure adequate 10