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City Council / CU 03-11 June 16, 2003 Page 3 The proposed layout provides a shared access to the site off of Zane Street at the north side of the property. There is also another access off of Zane near the southern end of the property. Drainage and Utilities The City Engineer's memo, dated May 19, 2003, addresses items that need dafification. The applicant has submitted new drawings addressing these concerns. Planning Commission Actions At the March 27, 2003 Planning Commission staff recommended tabling the item due to design concerns. The applicant provided alternate designs, at the March 27th meeting, that were completely different from the existing Panera Bread building. The consensus by the commission was it looks like an office building and preferred the existing Panera Bread building. The commission was in favor of having a duplicate building but with different neutral earth tone colors. The Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the request, to reflect the original design with a change in colors to the elevations. It is staff's opinion that repetitive buildings are not the intent of the Elk River Crossing PUD Development Standards for Architectural Character which states, "... development will represent the eastern terminus of the Main Street corridor which connects Highway 169 and the Central Business District. Facades should be articulated to reduce the massive scales and uniform impersonal appearances of large retail buildings and provide visual interest..." Repetitive designs do not reduce the un/form ~appearanes and does not pnw/dev/sua/ /nterest to the Elk River Crossing area. The Central Business District's (downtown) character does not have repetitive buildings. The Development Standards are trying to encourage creative unique designs. Recommendation Staff recommends that the City Council table this item to the July 21, 2003 meeting to address the following condition: THE BUILDING SHOULD REFLECT THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER AND NOT BE A DUPLICATE OF AN EXISTING BUILDING IN THE ELK RIVER CROSSING PUD. Should the City Council approve the request for a Conditional Use Permit to allow the construction of a Multi-Tenant Retail Building, the following conditions, as recommended by the Planning Commission, should be implemented: S:KPLANNING\Case Files\2003\CU 03-11 STM\CU03-11 CC.DOC