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Louisville City Council Meeting February 15, 2005 Page 3 of 14 RESOLUTION NO.5, SERIES 2005 - A RESOLUTION APPROVING A FINAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) TO BUILD A NEW 32,229 SF LIBRARY ON TWO LEVELS WITH A BELOW GRADE PARKING STRUCTURE AT 801 FRONT STREET, LOTS 2-6, BLOCK 2, LOUISVILLE OLD TOWN - PUBLIC HEARING - (advertised Daily Camera 1/26/05) - continued from 2/1/05) Mayor Sisk requested a Staff presentation. Planning Director Paul Wood explained the City of Louisville, in conjunction with Humphries Poli Architects, is requesting authorization of a Final Planned Unit Development (PUD) Plan and a Special Review Use (SRU) for a 31,900 SF, two-story, public library, with surface parking and a one-level below grade parking structure. The site for the project is proposed for the northwest corner of Front and Spruce Streets, which is currently a municipal public parking lot accommodating 68 vehicles. The property is zoned CC-Commercial Community and is 29,810 SF in area. The property is subject to the following requirements: The Design Handbook for Downtown Louisville; Downtown Height Ordinance (29-foot maximum); Downtown FAR Ordinance (places an overall floor area maximum of 354,000 SF in the westerly portion of downtown) and Downtown Parking Ordinances (requires 1 space per 400 SF of floor area, with some exempted areas). The building is a two-story, structure built upon an 86 space, below-grade parking garage. A 23-space surface parking lot is located at the north end of the building. The main building entry is oriented toward the corner of Spruce and Front Streets, with a large plaza area in front of the main entry. With respect to the traffic circulation, egress- ingress to the below grade parking structure is located at the northwest corner of the building. The alley on the west side of the site is proposed for one-way movements southbound. The one-level, below grade parking structures includes two exit stairwells and one exit elevator. The parking is intended to serve the general downtown needs in addition to the library demand. The site plan provides for 110 parking spaces, which is 42 additional parking spaces beyond the existing surface parking lot. The parking deficit is 13 spaces and the City intends to deposit money in the Downtown Parking Improvement fund as part of the project. The parking deficit will be multiplied by the $3,600 per space. The grading plan is designed to keep the building above the 100-year floodplain. The primary building material will be a brick veneer, utilizing a primary red brick with darker brick accents. Three complimentary colors of limestone will be used at the base of the building and in window header and sill treatments. A smooth finished concrete and CMU masonry block are also used to form the base of the building on the south and west building elevations. The first floor level of the building incorporates a storefront glazing system in a dark green with a low E type of insulated glass. A steel cornice runs the length of the south building elevation. 3