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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes November 10, 2022 Page 7 of 13 between a major arterial of South Boulder Road and the residential uses in the North End neighborhood. Staff finds the final plat for North End, Block 11 conforms in all respects to the requirements of Title 16 of the Louisville Municipal Code. The plat is complies with the Comprehensive plan by supporting an urban pattern that is more compact and walkable through the creation of alleyways and smaller lots. The plat is compliant with the GDP since it meets minimum lot sizes permitted in the North End GDP. Staff finds the PUD is compatible with the GDP, with the included height waivers for four of the buildings. The commercial portion of the PUD is compliant with the CDDSG and meets parking and landscaping requirements. The PUD is compatible with Section 17.28 of the Municipal Code as well. The development is compliant with the Comprehensive Plan's framework for urban corridor properties. The site is also compatible with the South Boulder Small Area Plan policies, as discussed in the next slides. The South Boulder Road Small Area Plan has policies related to building height. The Building Height Plan anticipates development along South Boulder Road to be primarily one and two stories for the south half of the property, and two to three stories for the north half of the property. Residential buildings on the north half of the property are proposed at three stories. The Small Area Plan states conditions for a third story, including design, public improvements, and limited impacts on view sheds or shadows on surrounding properties. The three-story design allows the site to have more compact, modern designs. The height and massing is compatible in scale with the neighboring North End Block 12 residential buildings as well. The buildings have a minimum 35ft north -south separation between each structure, which mitigates impacts of shadows. Staff therefore supports the 3-story building heights. Commercial buildings in the first half of the site are one to two stories in height, with a small, approximately 630 square foot three-story portion proposed in the center of building 3. The building height is similar in height to the roof forms of building 2, which is a two-story structure. Staff therefore finds that the impact of the third story element could be analyzed similarly to the conditions required to add a second story in the Small Area Plan. The design is compatible with the existing North End architecture with the materials and forms used, such as the shed roofs and variation on the building fagade depth. The building and has a setback of 100ft from South Boulder Road and 58ft from the nearest residential building, which mitigates impacts from shadows and view sheds. The element helps add architectural interest to the building and is compatible architecturally with the rest of the buildings in the development through the shed roof and fiber cement panels. In addition, the commercial buildings vary from 1-3 stories tall, which provides building height variation on the southern area of the site. Because of this, staff finds that the third story element is compatible with the small area plan.