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<br />, <br /> Minimum Landscaping Requirements <br />. Under the City's landscape plan design requirements 17.38 caliper inches of trees are <br /> required (the minimum total caliper inches required for trees can hc arrived at by dividing the <br /> gross square footage of all floors of the building [5,563 by 320) for this case. The applicant <br /> has proposed 56.00 caliper inches of deciduous and ornamental trees and 33.30 caliper inches <br /> of coniferous trees on the site. The result is 89.30 total caliper inches of new trees, which <br /> meets the requirement per the minimum landscaping requirements. In the 4.5 to 5 Inch <br /> Caliper Inch category the proposed landscaping does not meet the requi.red 3.48 caliper <br /> inches, However, this is offset by the proposed landscaping being more than 4 times the <br /> required total amount <br /> Caliper Inches of Trees (required / proposed) <br /> Required for <br /> buildings of 1-2 50 % (8.69) 30 % (5.21) 20 % (3.48) <br /> Stories <br /> Proposed # of (61.30) (28.00) (0.00) <br /> Caliper Inches <br />. ***The numbers /isted under the "proposed" section are for new trees only; the existing trees on <br /> site would not to be preserved. The Landscape Plan section of our Zoning Ordinance <br /> Procedural Manual reads "A reasonable attempt shall he made to protect and preserve existing <br /> trees and incorporate them into the landscape plan. " <br />I.' r _LA ~, ry;tl~, _ Jlr")i_m:J1ji~n..J~1t'':;L.~-l$tg'" "':. .ml"...' t!j!llC-~~' , -, jilLJ!IJ .T' <br /> -..- <br /> requirements, <br /> The area proposed for development is located in the Gateway Business District (Sign District <br /> 7) but also is the only property in that zoning district that also has frontage on Highway 96 <br /> (Sign District 6), The nature of this type of development is to draw business from the <br /> roadways it is adjacent to. Therefore, the proposed development is more consistent with the <br /> signage requirements of Highway 96, than the signage requirements of Sign Distriet 7 which <br /> are primarily destination oriented. Staff has reviewed the signage as compared to the <br /> requirements of Sign District 6. <br /> The plans indicate one monument sign perpendicular to Highway 96 at the northwest portion <br /> ofthe property, and some signage on the building and fueling canopy. In addition to the Sign <br /> District f) regulations, section 333.12 of the Sign Ordinance allows another 25 square feet of <br />. \\Earth\Planning\Planning Cases\2005\05-13 Holiday Station StOTCS - Round Lake Road and 96 - SUP, PUD, Preliminary Plat (PENDJNG)\06- <br /> 01-04 PC RCp011 Holiday OS-13.doc <br /> Page 5 of 13 <br />