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the minimum requirement. The architectural and landscape image presented to McCaslin remains strong and parking should be effectively screened from view with proposed landscaping and building. The pedestrian connections through the site exceed existing PUD requirements. For a small site, a fairly prominent entry drop-off area has been defined on the east side of the building. Bench seating has been provided at the main entry, as has the required bike parking. Parking is provided for 77 vehicles, 5 below what was originally proposed in the overall Century Office Park PUD. However, because the restaurant is smaller in both area and seating than originally approved, it exceeds both the 11.7 ratio and the one-space-per-three-seat requirement in effect at the time the Century Office Park PUD was approved. Planning Commission is recommending that the applicant continue to pursue a possible parking arrangement with the adjacent bank. The applicant has indicated that he is in contact with bank representatives with the intent to establish such an arrangement. The application is generally consistent with the PUD in general design intent and materials palette. Brick is the primary material with E.I.F.S. trim panels bordering the windows. Although E.I.F.S. is not an approved material in the Century Office Park PUD, the applicant seems to have successfully integrated E.I.F.S. into the overall design of the building in a manner that is consistent with the Century Office Park PUD. Planning Commission did not raise any objections to utilizing E.I.F.S. Planning Commission recommended providing more visual and pedestrian scale interest to the west elevation. The applicant has modified the elevation to include a clerestory, exposed roof rafters, and a row ofbollards with a chain strung between. Staff recommends removing the bollards and chain from the plans. The landscaping materials proposed are generally consistent with those approved on the original PUD. Tree quantities exceed the approved Final PUD requirements by twenty-three. Planning Commission recommended that the applicant approach a deciduous to evergreen shrub ration of 3:1. The revised landscape plan represents a good faith effort to reach the recommended ratio while still accomplishing adequate screening of the parking lot from McCaslin. The perennial bed at the site entrance from McCaslin should be increased in area by a factor of two, and graphic symbols for each four planting categories should be indicated on the landscape plan. Signage was specifically not authorized for this site on the original Final PUD approval. The applicant is proposing a wall sign on both the east and west elevations. Facing McCaslin, the sign would be two-feet tall and ten-feet long. The west elevation sign would be the same height but would be eight-feet long. Both signs will be backlit individual channel letters and logo. A one-foot by two- foot illuminated menu cabinet is proposed for the east elevation at the building entrance. The dimensions of the menu cabinet should be correctly noted on the east elevation detail as it is on the site plan. 5