Planning Commission Agenda and Packet 2013 04 11

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4 Vehicular and Pedestrian Circulation There are two vehicular access points to the site. The first access point is located off Boxelder Street and provides access to the loading area and southern parking area. The second access point is located on CTC Boulevard and provides access to the front door of the building and the western parking bay in front of the building. The drive from this access point swings north to provide access to a drive-in door. The driveway is located in a 30 foot access and utility easement and will be designed to allow access for trucks and utility equipment to use the easement (see condition of approval number 1). The site plan includes internal sidewalks to provide access from the parking areas to the front door of the building. The sidewalk plan for CTC calls for sidewalks to be located only on the south and west side of roadways. There are no sidewalks proposed on the perimeter of the subject site because the site borders the north and east side of the adjacent roadways and the CTC sidewalk plan does not call for a sidewalk on these sides of the street. Architecture The majority of the building will be constructed with concrete tilt up panels incorporating reveals and recesses in the façade. The color of the façade varies between white, gray and blue gray. The trash enclosure will be screened with similar concrete panels and will include a painted steel gate. The main entrance to the facility is located on the southwest corner of the building. This entrance includes a concentration of windows and a metal canopy above the door. The metal canopy is found above all the doors on the western side of the building. The window pattern is repeated half way down the western façade, and all the way down the southern façade. The roof line of the of the building steps up and down between 28 and 33 feet to provide a varied roofline which does not run in a continuous plane. The proposed building will be 33 feet tall which is below the maximum permitted height of 40 feet found in the IDDSG. All roof mounted mechanical equipment will be setback a minimum of 20 feet from the building parapet, and will be painted to match the dominant color of the building. Landscape Plan and Drainage: The landscaping has been placed to screen the parking lot and the loading areas from the public view point and to provide a buffer between adjacent land uses. All of the drainage for the site will be accommodated in a detention pond on the southern end of the site. The perimeter of the detention pond will be landscaped with trees. The parking area will include landscaped islands separating parking bays. The IDDSG requires a 10 foot swath of landscaping including trees and ground cover be located on the northern property line to provide a buffer from the neighboring property. The applicant’s landscape plan shows trees and ground cover on the north property line, which meet the IDDSG requirement. The land where this landscaping is shown is encumbered by a 30 foot access and utility easement and the Public Works