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February 1, 2022 Centerville Planning & Zoning Commission Page 5 of 9 RE: Max Storage Ï Conditional Use Permit, Site Plan Landscape Plan Sect. 156.040(L) of the Zoning Code says that Ñloading facilitiesÒ are to be located in the side or rear yard. If located adjacent to a street they must be Ñadequately screenedÒ. In my opinion, Ñadequately screenedÒ means there should be a tall, mostly opaque row of evergreen trees to screen the loading areas. The buildings have 12-ft-high overhead doors for each unit, able to handle large trucks (but not semis). These constitute loading facilities in my opinion and need to th be screened along 20 Avenue. The proposed landscape plan has low shrubs th along most of the 20 Avenue frontage that will grow to only 3-5 ft high. On the south half of the frontage there is a strip of ground about 3-4 ft wide between the curb line of the drive aisle and the retaining wall, which is not enough for significant landscaping. I suggest that the site plan be revised to provide a wider buffer area for dense landscaping that could grow to 8-10 ft in height. This might be done in a number of ways, including two that are illustrated on the next page. We donÔt want to design the site for the applicants Ï we simply want to show that it could be revised while keeping the 40Ô-50Ô drive aisle clearances originally shown. There are certainly other ways to accomplish this. The applicantÔs plan is above; suggested concepts are on the next page. The first concept (on the left) would angle the buildings slightly to allow more room at the south end of the site and continue that curb line (red dashed line) north, keeping an adequate buffer strip for landscaping. The second concept on the right would keep the buildings in their proposed location but take a notch out of the SW corner to create the needed space for a buffer strip. Both concepts would keep the basic layout of the site and drive aisles. No fencing or gate is proposed.