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spaces. Neither of which allows a practical development. The "pond front" plan also would require additional filling to support the building, disrupting informal water flow in that comer of our site for us and our neighbors, and would not allow the efficiency of using the naturally lowest part of the site for the pond. We then began testing the ability to increase the setback from Roselawn by installing a retaining wall in the pond where the pond is most securely protected by the building and partially covered by the deck over the pond extending the outdoor patio of the apartment. We found the retaining wall will allow to reduce the north south dimension of the pond be 12 ft, permitting a 27 ft setback from Roselawn. This became Plan D. The additional setback in this Plan opens the view of our neighbor to the west from the windows of his home, and with the "notch" in our facade, increases the distance from these windows and our building from 55 ft to 72 ft along most of that side of his home. The Plan A Detail (Current Site Plan) and Plan D Detail (Retaining Wall Plan) sheets illustrate this effect. The proposed location of the apartment building in the Final Development Plan is that of Plan D. B. Office Building Alternatives In the Concept Plan the two story office "L" shaped building had a gross floor area of 17,941 sf, a net floor area of 12,330 sf, and was supported by 58 parking spaces. As alternatives that pulled the office building to the center of the site, away from Lexington and Roselawn to provide building setbacks approximating the setbacks of the the other commercial buildings at the comer and the buildings along Lexington, two effects became apparent. First, parking was much less efficient, even when a partial third story was added to the center of the "L" to shorten the length of the building. Second, retaining the "L" shape became less important from a design standpoint and more costly from an efficiency standpoint as the building was pulled back from the comer. After much investigation, a three story, rectangular office building with an gross floor area of 16,464 sf and a net floor area of 11,592 sf, supported by 60 parking spaces is proposed in the Final Development Plan. The building is located at the generally established building setback along Lexington and matches the setback of the apartment to our south. Like the commercial buildings at the comer and most commonly throughout Roseville, the parking is located between the building and the roadway.