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Memo to Planning Commission/Elk River Station June 26,2001 Page 4 • Building Elevations The latest town house elevation studies submitted to staff did not vary much at all from the last submittal. Staff informed the applicant that the elevations seemed to lack the texture and architectural detail that was initially presented. The earlier versions of the row homes have good detail work,personable scale and variation in materials at each unit. Without the variation in materials and details,these renditions lack any appearance of individuality and appear as one large building with a few entrance doors. Staff would like to see something along the lines of the earliest concept, "The Georgetown Theme," to be revisited. Parking Four off street parking spaces will be provided for each unit.Each unit will have a two car garage and there will be room for two cars in the driveway.On street parking will be allowed on the public streets.Parking on the private streets will be restricted,depending on the street width, to allow for emergency access. Commercial/Office A mix of office and commercial space is being proposed along the east and west sides of Tyler Street. • • West side of Tyler Street About 69,500 square feet of office space is being proposed in two 2-story office buildings. There are also two smaller building proposed that will be mix of retail/office/restaurant. The applicant has not clearly indicated whether these buildings will be one or two stories. Parking and access Access to this commercial area will be from an internal drive that services both the commercial area and the adjacent park&ride/train station parking lot. No direct access from Tyler Street will be allowed.Access from the internal drive needs to be better defined and should align with the access to the park & ride lot. Parking should be provided for the two 2 story office buildings at a ration of 1 space for every 250 square feet. With 69,500 square feet of office space 278 spaces are required. The site plan shows about 149 spaces in the area adjacent to these buildings. There are 93 underground spaces proposed for a total of 243 spaces. The plan is short 36 spaces. It is difficult to access the parking needed for the other two buildings because of the mix of uses. There are 65 spaces available for these two buildings.The uses and size of the buildings will be dictated to some extent by the number of available parking spaces.There might be some opportunity for some shared parking with the park&ride depending on the uses proposed. Building elevations II S:\PLANNING\SCOTT\ER Station 8-14.doc