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B. Exterior Materials — Meets Requirements At least seventy-five (75) percent of the exterior building materials should be made of brick masonry, tile masonry, natural stone or its synthetic equivalent, decorative concrete plank, transparent glass or any combination thereof. Trim and other accent or decorative features may be metal, wood, split faced block, EIFS, or stucco. Metals shall have a matte finish and have visible corner moldings and trim when used on exterior walls. Undesirable materials include simulated brick, vinyl or aluminum siding, sheet or corrugated metal siding, plain concrete blocks or panels, brightly colored metal roofing or canopies, pre -cast tilt -up walls, and mirrored or reflective glass. Building colors shall be muted. Recommended colors include browns, grays, tans, beiges, and dark or muted green, blues, and reds. Bright or brilliant colors and sharply contrasting colors may be used for only accent purposes occupying a maximum of five percent (5%) of building fagades. The City Council should evaluate the architectural style and building character based on the quality of its design and on its relationship to its surroundings. Site characteristics to be evaluated for this purpose include, but are not limited to, building and landscaping materials, colors, textures, shapes, massing, building components, height, roof -line, and setback. A full plan set of building elevations is included as Attachment E. Planning Staff has provided the review below on building materials as shared by the Applicant in order for the City Council to attain a better understanding of the full scope of their project design. Building Materials — Meets Requirements The Applicant has updated the proposed building materials since the January 3, 2024 Planning Commission meeting. As stated in the updated narrative, the proposed building elevations consist of face brick, natural stone, aluminum siding, transparent glass, metal panels and trim. The specific change was in the use of a face brick rather than a brick veneer. The Applicant has confirmed that the face brick will be a full brick applied to the concrete masonry block that is utilized in the building construction. Staff will point out that the architectural plans identify the building material for natural stone as stone veneer. The Applicant confirmed that they will be using a natural stone and that has not changed since the Planning Commission review. The Mister Car Wash representative has stated that in order to adhere the natural stone to the concrete block, there needs to be a flat surface. Therefore, they elected to keep the reference to stone veneer on the architectural plans, so it is clearer in the manner for which the natural stone is applied. Planning Staff also confirmed that both the face brick and natural stone will be individually set with matching mortar. Based on the brick material revision, the Applicant will meet the 75% threshold with desired materials on all four elevations between calculating the use of the face brick, natural stone, and transparent glass. For the Council's review, Planning Staff requested the Applicant update the architectural plans to split the building material percentages for the face brick and natural stone in order to identify the total square footage of each building material (Attachment E). The table below is the total percentage of preferred materials (i.e. face brick, natural stone, and transparent glass). The metal panels have been calculated separately as "other accent or decorative" materials. The Applicant provided a materials board as part of their submission and will have a sample of the proposed face brick and natural stone material available for the Council to review at the meeting. The Applicant is proposing the use of transparent glass on all four elevations. The buildings have a variation in rooflines as viewed from the side elevations (i.e. east and west). The car wash Page 5 of 16