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<br />The floor area ratio is obtained by dividing the sum of a buildings floor area by the amount of <br />the lot area. The floor area ratio (FAR) Canllot exceed 0.8 for the CC: Civic Center District. _ <br />The FAR for this project is 0.17, mlJch less thm the maximum permitted. _ <br /> <br />5. Landscape Lot Area - Landscape area requirement met; Landscaping requirements met <br /> <br />The minimum amount of lmdscape area for the CC: Civic Center District is 20% of the lot <br />area. The proposal shows 426,888 square feet of landscape area of the total lot area of <br />1,524,600 square feet or 28 percent. If the roads and boulevards are included in these figures <br />the totals become 500,408 square feet of lmdscape area or 33 percent of the total 1,758,813 <br />square feet for the lot and the roadways to be constructed on this project. Either way it is <br />measured the lmdscape area exceeds the required 20 percent. Please reference the attached <br />colored enhanced site plan [Attachment 4A2] which better differentiates the sections of the <br />project site which are covered by buildings, impervious surfaces, md lmdscaped areas. <br /> <br />Under the City's Imdscape plan design requirements 782.38 caliper inches of trees are <br />required (the minimum total caliper inches required for trees cm be arrived at by dividing the <br />gross sqlJare footage of all floors of the building [250,360] by 320). The applicmt has <br />proposed 786 caliper inches of deciduous, coniferous, and ornamental trees on the property. <br /> <br />Caliper Inches of proposed trees are outlined on the table below <br /> <br />The coniferous trees proposed by the applicant actlJally fall somewhere between the <br />categories listed below as they are 3.33 caliper inches (8-foot height divided by 2.4). Staff _ <br />has included the coniferous trees in the 2 to 3 inch caliper category. While the table shows _ <br />that the proposed trees show a deficit of 34.19 caliper inches in the 2 to 3 inch category and a <br />deficit of3.71 caliper inches in the 3.5 to 4 inch, the proposed trees exceed the requirement <br />by 41.53 caliper inches in the 4.5 to 5 inch category. The net result is an excess of 3.63 <br />caliper inches and in particular an excess in the largest category. Staff is very comfortable <br />with the landscaping provided and believes the result will be a site that has superior <br />screening md is more attractive. <br /> <br /> <br />1.2 Stories <br /> <br />50 % (391.19 inches) <br /> <br />30 % (234.71 inches) <br /> <br />20 % (156.47 inches) <br /> <br />Proposed # of <br />Caliper Inches <br /> <br />357 caliper inches <br /> <br />231 caliper inches <br /> <br />198 caliper inches <br /> <br /> <br />In addition to the trees outlined above, the applicant is proposing to plant approximately 142 <br />shrubs. <br /> <br />PC #03-08 - PC Report 03/26/03 - Page 5 of 10 <br /> <br />e <br />