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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />height of the chimney/architectural feature approved by the Council. Due to the location <br />of the dOlmitory, the heavily wooded areas surrounding the building and hill to the <br />northwest side of the building, the proposed change should not have any visual impact on <br />neighboring properties, <br /> <br />B. <br /> <br />Proposed I"andscaping Changes <br /> <br />At their March 29, 2004 meeting the City Council approved a landscaping plan that <br />greatly exceeded the landscaping requirements by demonstrating that the site would <br />include trees of over 1000 total caliper inches, 800 of that from existing trees where only <br />259 caliper inches were required, The project architects and landscaping contractors <br />have revisited the landscaping plans and determined that due to the amount of canopy <br />from the existing trees and the slope to the northwest of the building, the proposed new <br />trees would be not likely fare very welL Therefore, a revised landscaping plan has been <br />submitted which would still provide the required amount of caliper inches for the 2-3" <br />(130 c,i, where 129,5 c.i, is required) and 3,5-4" (80,5 c.i. where 77,7 c.i, is required) <br />categories but would rely solely on the existing trees to cover the 4,5-5" (0 c.i, proposed <br />new trees, 2661.00 c.i. existing trees where 51.8 c.i, would have been required) category. <br /> <br /> <br />3,4 Stories <br /> <br />50 % (129.50) <br /> <br />30 % (77.70) <br /> <br />20 % (51.80) <br /> <br />Proposed # of <br />Caiiper Inches <br /> <br />130 [new trees] <br /> <br />80.5 [new trees] <br /> <br />2661.00 [existinq trees I <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Staff Recommendation <br /> <br />Staff recommends amending the Special Use Pelmit to allow the increase height of the building <br />at the proposed stair to the roofto 52 feet (but maintaining the overall building height as <br />prcviously approved), and to allow the reduction of new landscaping by 49 caliper inches <br />(acknowledging the 2,000 plus caliper inches ofcxisting trees which surround the building site), <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />3B-l Plans, pictures, and narrative provided by the applicant <br />3B-2 March 29, 2004 - Staff Report to the City Council <br />3B-3 March 29, 2004 - City Council Meeting Minute Excerpt <br /> <br />\\Earth\Planning\Planning Cascs\2004\04-02 Dethel SUP Amendment fOT donnit01Y (APPROYED)\09-27-04 CC Report Amending the SUP.doc <br /> <br />Page 2 of2 <br />