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for evergreens is 6 ft. Of concern with the plan would be the location of the colorado spruce at the entryways to the project. While the landscape entry statement is attractive the height of the spruce in this location would be an impediment to traffic visibility. The City's "visibility triangle" says that no over story planting should occur in a triangular area 30 ft. back from the property comer along both rights-of-way. The other area of concern relates to the interface with the property to the east. Should the sale of the Borgstrom property not come to fruition a much stronger screening strategy will need to be incorporated into the plan. The Borgstom residence is quite close to the east property line of this proposed project. As indicated earlier the 23 proposed units are all single story units. The 2 units in the southeasterly comer of the project will be walk-out units in order to accommodate grade changes in this location. Of the 2004 sq. ft. in each unit, 1544 sq. ft. is living area, and 460 sq. ft. is garage. A copy of the building elevation and the floor plan is included with the plan review package. As currently presented the exterior materials are proposed to be prefinished metal siding. The developer has indicated that if budgets pennit some brick may be added to the front elevation The grading and utility plan has been submitted with this application. Engineering staff has review these plans and have raised some concerns in a following section of this report. Of particular importance is the fact that this design is proposing no on-site storage of surface water but rather would collect surface water in a stonn sewer system that would move the water to a regional stonn water facility east of Dale Street. While a regional stonn water facility to handle all development in this areas should be seriously studied and considered one does not exist at this time. It should also be noted that the plan to move stonn water relies on a stonn sewer pipe moving across City park land. { During the public hearings on the proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Land Use Guide Plan questions were raised about traffic that would be generated by this or similar proposals. Townhouses typically generate 6 to 7 trips a day. With 23 units this would amount to 140 - 160 trips per day being generated from this site. If the Borgstrom piece was added to the development it is anticipated that 7 more units could be developed. This would increase the average daily trips to and from the site to 180 - 210 trips per day. 1991 traffic counts indicate that County Road C currently has -3-