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Louisville City Council Meeting December 4, 2001 Page 7 access easements. Access is provided by full-turning movement signalized intersections at Century Drive and McCaslin. On McCaslin, there is a right/in right/out and on the north property line shared with Koelbel Company, there is a three-quarter turning movement. There are two access points on Century Drive providing adequate circulation. Wood stated that the parking meets the City's minimum standards for the proposed office, retail and restaurant uses. The applicant is providing extra parking to provide 2,600 SF of restaurant use. Parking has also been provided for 6,000 SF of medical office space. He noted that an important addition to the site plan is that nearly all the parking facing McCaslin has been removed. The only parking facing the street is a small portion facing Century retail, which will be screened. Wood reviewed the grading and drainage and noted that the site slopes significantly from NW to SE, with a grade differential of approximately 40 feet across the property. Wood stated that the Planning and Public Works Staff worked with the applicant and their Civil Engineer to develop a grading plan that minimized the overall finished floor elevations of the proposed buildings in relation to the adjacent public street fights of way. The design of the storm water detention pond includes a 30-inch maximum height wall around the entire parameter. Wood reviewed that the landscape plan of the proposal is 38.9 percent, well above the CDDSG minimum. The landscape plan meets the CDDSG requirements with one exception, along McCaslin because of the significant number of existing utilities in the right-of-way; the applicant is not able to install trees in the fight-of-way. The Planning Commission approval requires that the quantity requirement be met, but allowed the applicant to do some clustering, as long as the spacing were adequate to allow for the healthy mature growth of the trees. Wood addressed the architecture of the building, which the Staff and Planning Commission found to be of high quality and in compliance with the CDDSG requirements. He noted the architectural materials are of brick with limestone accents. All buildings incorporate some similar design features, however the buildings in each quadrant are also somewhat unique. Wood reviewed the proposed signage and noted two overall project monument signs, one along each street. Those identify the overall project name of Centennial Pavilion as well as the types of tenants in the project. All signs are CDDSG compliant. Wall signs are proposed on all buildings. With respect to lighting, Wood stated that the applicant has submitted the required information pertaining to exterior site lighting and noted that the fixtures are all of a high quality. Wood reviewed the Special Review Use application for an auto service and noted that initially there was a potential for 13,000 SF of auto service uses in two buildings. He stated that the adjacent property owner Koelbel & Company raised significant concerns with the SRU during the first Planning Commission public hearing on September 20, 7