Planning Commission Agenda and Packet 2019 12 12

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screening for the loading docks facing Taylor Avenue. The plan calls for planting to highlight vehicular entrances to the property as well as the corner of CTC Boulevard and Taylor Avenue. Plantings frame building entrances and break-up parking lot rows. The landscaping plan provides native seeding, a trail connection, and a seating area in the conservation easement area and Outlot E along Highway 42. The conservation easement and Outlot E act as a large 110' landscaping buffer between development and the public right-of-way. The development provides 175 initial parking spaces, at a ratio of 2 spaces/1000 sf, with the ability to add spaces in lieu of truck access for up to 297 spaces total (3.5 spaces/1000 sf). The proposal distributes parking around all sides of the building, with potential deferred parking on the south side of the building in the truck loading area. The CDDSG requires a parking ratio of 1 space/1000 sf for warehouse uses, and 4 spaces/1000 sf for office uses. Because there is no known tenant at this point, the site plan provides parking at a quantity above the requirement for warehouse, but below the requirement for office. If the building was a mix of both office and warehouse uses, it could be no more than 71,000 sf of office, assuming all of the deferred parking was built to create 297 spaces. Staff will evaluate parking needs of particular uses at the time of tenant finish building permit review, to determine when the deferred parking is necessary. The building and parking areas meet all setback requirements in the CDDSG. However, the applicant requests a waiver for relief from the required building setback of 25' along the western property line to allow solar carports over parking spaces, resulting in a setback of roughly 11'-6" where carports are added. The parking lot on this western edge meets the minimum setback of 10'-0". The plans do not indicate specific locations for these carports, but note that they could be added to the north and west sides of the parking lot. A waiver is only needed for carports on the west side of the parking lot, where they would encroach on the 25' required side setback. Emergency access meets the requirements. Lot 1, The Business Center at CTC Replat J, and PUD Page 5 of 15 PC — December 12, 2019