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LARKIN, HOFFMAN, DALY & LINDGREN, LTD. Mr. Steven R. Sarkozy ThomasM. Scott, Esq. May 28, 1999 Page 10 . Proposed Cub Foods Site Plan, Landscape Plan and Grading, Drainage and Utility Plans . Overview of Site Plan and Relationship to Comprehensive Plan Guidelines and Zoning Ordinance Requirements The proposed Cub Foods colored site and landscape plan is attached to this letter as Exhibit D. It is consistent with Comprehensive Plan land use goals and policies and buffer design recommendations. The Cub Foods site plan complies with all applicable Shopping Center District requirements, including special district provisions for enclosed loading, an extraordinary building setqack (120 feet) and buffer strip (60 feet), when a rear yard of a Shopping Center District is adjacent to or across the street from a residential district and includes a loading or a servicing area of a building. The Cub Foods proposal also meets all applicable City design standard regulations as set forth in Chapter 1010 of the City Code. . Landscaping and Buffering The Har Mar property includes substantial buffer zones with mature landscaping on the east, south and west. Exhibit E - Color Photographs of Existing Har Mar Landscape Buffer Areas - depicts the substantial screening provided by the existing buffer zones, particularly on the east side of the property where the enclosed loading and trash compactor area will be located. As described in greater detail in Resource Strategies Corporation's enclosed report, the existing buffer areas and mature landscaping are generally consistent with the design prototypes established with the 1996 Boundaries and Buffers plan included as an appendix to the Roseville Comprehensive Plan 1998 Update. The existing east buffer zone is about 38 to 42 feet wide from the property line to the existing shopping center parking. It is generally defmed by a six-foot high chain link fence that is heavily covered with vines. The east buffer includes 130 mature trees and large shrubs. The buffer is approximately 85% coniferous and consists ot33 twelve to thirty-foot tall spruce trees and 78 ten to twenty-foot tall arborvitae. Twelve deciduous trees abouffifteen to thirty feet tall (ash, olive, and birch) and seven large lilac shrubs are typically planted in double, alternating rows that provide a dense planting buffer. This area meets the City standard for an 80% opaque screen. The Cub Foods project preserves the east buffer zone in its entirety. The proposed Cub Foods landscape plan (Exhibit D) shows an additional 39 trees in the east buffer zone (30 overstory spruce trees, and 9 overstory deciduous trees). These additional plantings will supplement the existing dense landscape screen. Green areas adjacent to the east side of the proposed building and in the southeast parking area will also provide room for another layer of trees to screen the structure, In this buffer zone, nine new overstory deciduous trees will be planted.