Planning Commission Agenda and Packet 2024 09 12

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Planning Commission Staff Report September 12, 2024 G10. Minimize the visual impacts of site and architectural lighting. 1) Prevent glare onto adjacent properties by using shielded and focused light sources that direct light onto the ground. 2) Un-shielded, high intensity light sources and those which direct light upward will not be permitted. 3) Shield lighting associated with service areas, parking lots and parking structures. 4) Avoid placing lights in highly visible locations, such as on the upper walls of buildings. All lighting is full cut off to minimize glare, while the proposed string lights are low wattage and low temperature. G11. Provide site lighting that encourages pedestrian activity at night. 1) Site lighting should be at a pedestrian scale and help define different functional areas of the property. The development will include additional streetlights along Front Street and Pine Street to encourage pedestrian street activity. G13. Where appropriate, design a parking area to be accessed from an alley rather than the street. 1) In a residential context, the use of a detached garage, located along the alley, is especially encouraged. The project includes no parking on site and is instead adding public street parking. G15. Locate parking such that it will be subordinate to other site features. 1) An on -site parking area should be located inside or behind a building, where its visual impacts will be minimized. No parking is included on site. G20. New construction should appear similar in mass and scale to structures found traditionally in the area. The design takes inspiration from the flat/low-slope roof form of 637 Front Street and the gable roof form of 702 Front St, not directly adjacent to the site. The proposed height of the structure is 24 feet, which is similar to or less than existing heights on Front Street. G24. New interpretations of traditional building styles are encouraged 1) A new design that draws upon the fundamental similarities among traditional buildings in the community without copying them is preferred. This will allow them 7