07-30-07 Item 7B, Planning Case 06-040 Final PUD for Traverse Business Ctr

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phase two is a 261,600 square foot, eight-story building for a total of 465,000 square feet of building space. The third phase would include one additional building with up to 30,000 square feet of building space. Phase three is plarmed for a later date and will require separate approval from the Planning Commission and City Council. The attached report to the Plarming Commission includes, the project narrative, technical plans, building elevations, landscaping plan, and a sign plan for phases one and two (Attachment 7B-3). The project narrative provides a detailed description of the proposed development and its features. The applicant has also submitted additional signage information for the sign plan proposal (Attachment 7B-2). The below sections includes the primary discussion items from the Planning Commission meeting. A tenant( s) for the buildings has not yet been selected. Final pun Review Based upon the review at the Plarming Commission meeting, the Traverse Business Center is in substantial conformance with the design standards set in the March 2001 Master PUD approval. However, there were four open items that were discussed at the Plarming Commission meeting: . Resolving conformance with two unverified landscaping requirements; . Evaluating the proposed signage plan; . Submission of a lighting plan; . Determining if an updated EA W or traffic study is warranted; Landscaping Ofthe landscaping requirements set in the design standards, it was unclear if two of the requirements were being fully met: . At least ten percent (10%) of the total land area within the perimeter of private parking and driveways areas shall be landscaped (excluding natural land areas). All undeveloped existing natural land areas are to be included within the ten percent (10%) requirement. . At least one overstory tree shall be provided for every five hundred (500) square feet oflandscaped area on the entire site. With the proposed plan, the applicant is exceeding the minimum ten percent landscaping requirement for the surface parking areas. The applicant is proposing to have 14.9 percent of the surface parking lot area to be landscaped. Upon review of the second bullet point requirement, it is believed that the requirement may be a typo or was inadvertently overlooked during the Master PUD process. Requiring one overstory tree for every 500 square feet oflandscaped would make it virtually impossible to have any other types of smaller trees, bushes, or flowers. A fully grown over story trees can cover 500 or more square feet of area. The Planning Commission set a condition (#7) requiring at least 178 \\.AhdocsllahlAHdataIP/anning\Planning Cases\2006\06-040 Chesapeake Final PUD (COMPLETE)\073007 - CC Report - Chesapeake Final pun. doc Page 2 of?