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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes August 14, 2014 Page 6 of 13 Moline asks about the Conservation Easement and who owns the easement. Was it done as part of the platting? Is sign in easement allowed to be there? Russ says the City of Louisville. It is not mutually shared with Boulder County. The sign is allowed with City Council direction. It is not allowed based on the current Conservation Easement, hence the reason for the vacation. Tengler asks about the east elevation and west elevation, west side of Heated Storage. Why were the openings not installed on the inside instead of the outside regarding access. Russ answers they are drive - through doors, so there are doors on both sides of the building. Rice asks about waiver of 10% outside storage. What is the waiver they are seeking? Is waiver open ended? What percentage of the SF will the outdoor storage consist of with the waiver. Russ says the intent of the IDDSG is to have no open outdoor storage in industrial district. Outdoor storage is shown in two areas, materials bins approximately 11,000 SF which is 2% of site, parking area behind the Administration building is included in storage which is 25% storage. Regarding IDDSG, anything above 10% must form and function with the site. Vehicle portion of this matches the maintenance facility needs and is consistent with the intent of the IDDSG. Materials storage is 2 %. Vehicle storage gets it up to 25 %. Rice asks about sign variance regarding the logo placed on the building. What is the variance? Russ says it's the City logo and is considerably larger than normally seen. There is no text, just the City logo. Staff thinks it complements the architecture of the wing wall where it will be located. It is acceptable with landscape and setbacks. Pritchard has no questions. Applicant Presentation: RNL Architects, Tom Wiener, 1050 17th Street, Suite A200, Denver, CO 80265 presents from Power Point. Design boards and material boards submitted, motion by Moline, seconded by Tengler, accepted by voice vote. • Main function of facility is to maintain City's operations for Public Works and Parks Departments and Facility Maintenance. There are shop spaces, maintenance spaces, and administration office spaces. • The main building is broken into two zones, the Shops building to the north and Administrative /Office area located to the south. There is more prominent frontage of corner of 104th Street and Dillon Road. To the east is the main employee parking lot consisting of approximately 67 spaces with two access points. • Primary City fleet vehicles will use the north entrance using an operative gate and continue to either fueling or parking staff vehicles in spaces within the site. A majority of vehicles will be stored in Heated Storage building. • Material bins are for general maintenance supplies such as dirt, gravel, sand. • The Salt Storage is a covered, three -sided building open to south for road maintenance during the winter. • Landscaping designed to mimic open prairie space adjacent to property. • Effort made to blend building with landscape and screen overhead doors on east side facing 104th Street to minimize overall visual impact. • North side of site where material bins are located will be screened with berm with coniferous and evergreen trees to block views and reduce noise. • Two large retention ponds, north and south, to address storm drainage and water treatment issues. • Signage on Administration will measure roughly 4' x 4', 16 SF total.