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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes March 12, 2015 Page 6 of 12 and General Development Plan amendment for a new 12,772 square foot, single story building with retail and restaurant space at 994 W. Dillon Road, with the following condition: 1. With regard to trees to be removed and trees to remain, the applicant shall work with the City Forester to find balance between site visibility and maintaining tree rows along major corridors in the City. Commission Questions of Staff- Russell asks if our design guidelines require more than double the national average for restaurant parking? McCartney says yes. Moline asks about 515,000 sf retail in the GDP. Is that a cap? McCartney says it is a cap for the area. 515,000 sf was the c Downtown. It was modified for Downtown to allow for mor been reviewed in the past and amended. is very similar to ortion of the GDP has Russell says consistency in treatment of applicants ' portant. I am concerned about the landscaping issue. The applicant says they wish to ove some trees. It looks like they virtually want to clear cut the right of way. I understand needing visibility from the roadway. We just had this conversation with another developer off Highway 42 who wanted to clear trees out, and the PC rejected it. Can you give me some guidance on how we should approach this? McCartney says being a final PUD, the code allows for a general landscape plan. There is the understanding that there will be removal of landscaping. There was a different understanding for urban design in 1980 when it was developed. It was more about buffering and separation from the road. Now we are getting into a more pedestrian- oriented development pattern in a lot of our proposed projects. They want to make sure there is visibility for vehicles and visibility on foot. We put in the condition to work with the City Forester as well as the Parks Manager. At the time of construction drawings, Staff will work with the applicant so there is still "tree stand" along the right -of -way, and not a complete gutted landscape. Applicant Presentation: W. Scott Reichenberg, McCaslin Retail LLC, The Colorado Group, Inc. 3434 47th Street, Suite 220, Boulder, CO Peter Heinz, PEH Architects, 1319 Spruce Street, Suite 207, Boulder, CO Staff gave a thorough presentation so we are open for questions. Commission Questions of Applicant: Brauneis asks about the types of tenants you hope to attract. Reichenberg says they are trying to attract a healthy balance between quick serve restaurants to help serve the hotels located nearby and businesses within the marketplace, but balance it with less intensive uses such as a cell phone company, doctor, or dentist. We are currently in negotiation for all the suites. Tengler asks if the number of suites is already established or is there flexibility? Reichenberg says there are six units, roughly 2,000 sf apiece. In the conversations with the current tenants, the walls are shifting from 3,000 sf to 1600 sf, but essentially can accommodate six different tenants. We have ended up with five because one tenant will take two units, a less intensive user (cell phone carrier). O'Connell asks who /what is directly east of the property?