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City Council / CU 03-34 January 20, 2004 Page 3 The building will have to meet all applicable building and fire codes. Landscaping There are seven existing 6-foot tall conifers along Cleveland Avenue and one existing 6" deciduous tree within the property. The submitted landscape plan shows nine conifers along the south property line and three new conifers along Cleveland Avenue. The new conifers will need to meet the minimum requirements. The added conifers will provide additional screening along the south and east property line. Due to the fact there is not enough area for the required 32 trees, staff worked with the applicant to provide an adequate landscape plan. The proposed landscape plan was based on calculations which excluded the west property line dimension. The building itself creates screening from the west, which is also zoned Light Industrial. In addition, there is not enough room between the building and the property line for landscaping. With credit for existing trees and 12 new conifers, the landscaping plan meets the adjusted required amount of 22 trees. There is a small berm between Cleveland Street and the lowered outdoor storage area which provides some screening of the yard. The site plan shows a proposed 6-foot high chain link fence along the south perimeter and a 4-foot high chain link fence along the east perimeter of the outdoor storage yard. Staff recommends that the fence have the opaque slats placed in it to help further screen the property. The new trees should be placed on the outside of the fencing to provide further screening. Parking and Circulation Based on the square footage of the building and the City's requirement of one parking stall for every 2000 sq. ft. of floor area, a total of 9 parking stalls would be required. The site plan did not indicate a specific number of parking stalls, however, based on the area indicated for parking, there is adequate space to accommodate the required number of stalls. Although the required number of stalls is nine, staff recommends that the applicant provide striped parking stalls for all employees to be on site and all parking areas shall be on an approved surface. There will be two access points into the yard, one at the north end of the property, off of the existing parking area, and the second will be directly off of Cleveland Street in the southeast corner. The proposed gates should have opaque slats placed within it and be closed when not in use. Planning Commission Actions A Commission member questioned if the required number of trees could be planted on the site. The applicant was asked if they had any concerns, and the only concern they had was S:~PLANNING\Case Files\2003\CU 03-34 Abfalter Bros\CU03-34_CC.DOC