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, <0. Exterior Materials shall include only face brick, stone, glass, or natural wood -- products. All walls shall be treated with the same exterior materials. The site layout includes five buildings with 1 - and 2-story units slab on grade. The remaining 2 buildings would be 2- and 3-story walkouts. The top floor in the second and third story units are described as a 900 square foot loft. The overall design of the buildings is supposed to give the impression of a residential townhouse development. Dormers are used above the I-story units to give the impression of a second floor. The 2- and 3-story units include the gables where actual windows would bring light into the office condominiums. The two easternmost buildings would be walkout style units. The building containing units 16- ] 8 would face the west with the exposed walkout basement side to the east. The building containing units 19-23 wonld face the south with the exposed walkout side facing Highway 96 to the north. None of the units exceed the 35-foot height requirement. The roofs on all of the proposed buildings will be sloped. The primary building materials include brick, Hardie Plank siding, and glass. The building materials are consistent on all four sides of the buildings with the brick extending to just above the doors and windows. The Hardie Plank siding, which would be loeated above the brick, is a fiber cement material that has the appearanee of wood but is much more resilient than wood. While Hardie Plank siding is not specifically listed as a permitted material in the Neighborhood Business District, it is comparable to wood materials, which is permitted in the zone. The color for the Hardie siding has not yet becn determined. . Thc decorative columns on each of the units would be fiberglass that is painted "Manchester Tan." Aluminum will be used for the soffits and gutters (painted to match the columns), and a small precast concrete band (color Anchor Block: Sahara) is used for the sill. The roofing material will be a "Georgetown Grey" asphalt shingle. Although fiberglass and aluminum are not listed as permitted exterior materials in the Neighborhood Business District, these materials are used as the secondary material or trim material and would have little impact on the look of the development. The main building material is brick which is a permitted building material. 8. Height of Buildings - Meets requirements Building Height Style in feet The exterior of the buildings are calculated using the exterior (35 max) elevations (sheet ALl, A2.3, A2.6, A2.9 in the applicant's submitted A 22 B 22 plans). c 26 D 26 Building height is calculated according to the definition in Section 2.D.21 of the Zoning Ordinance as: The vertical distance from the average elevation of the City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meetingfor August 2, 2006 \\Metro~inet.us\ardenhills\Planning\Planning Cases\2006\06-023 Royal Oaks PUD & Preliminary Plat (PENDING)\071706 Royal Oaks POD & . Preliminary Plat.doc Page 12 of 24