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• CASE NUMBER: 1569-84 Page 3 8. The staff has met: with the developers and their consultants on frequent occasions these past months to review and coordinate -the architectural and engineering plans as completed thus far. DaN`_d Drourn, Assistant City Engineer, has prepared a report for us, the essence of which will be includri in this report. There are some remaining; details to be clarified which may be added as conditions to any approvals granted by the Planning Commission and Council at this stage. 9. To simplify the review of a rather complex proposal, we will divide our comments by subject: a. Variances. The additional 16.5 feet of right-of-way dedication along Fairview Avenue is proposed and indicated on the plan. This places the structure 17.5 feet from the right-of-way. In a typical business zone this distance would, of course, be 30 feet. This is perhaps the most serious variance request, but was proposed as a means of enlarging the structure in an area where it would have no impact upon the allocation of parking, nor infringement upon a residential zone. Fairview Avenue will be recons..ructed at this location as indicated on the plans, and thus traffic visibility will not be a problem inasmuch as the intersection relates to north -bound traffic (east of the median). Thus, we feel that this variances is an appropriate request keeping within the spirit of Section 9.030 of the Ordinance. On the north side where we are contiguous to single family residences which face Oakcrest, the building is proposed to be setback 60 feet from the property line. You will notice, however, that north of the property line is a 43 foot, 9 inch strip of land owned by Williams Pipeline. The applicants have received permission to grade and do landscaping on that portion of the pipeline south of the south of the lines themselves. Thus, the total setback from the structure to the rear lot lines of the single family lots to the north is 103.9 feet. The Ordinance also requires a 40 foot landscaped strip to separate the Shopping Center District from the residential area. This strip will be a total of 53 feet, 9 inches wide with ten feet of the landscaped area being on the applicant's property. The developers have had meetings with the neighbors to the north and have indicated to the staff that the -ieighbors are acceptable to their plan with the provision that their be an eight foot chain link fence constructed within the buffer zone and that vines be planted so as to cover the fence itself. The landscaping plan indicates, generally how this is to be done. The developers' architect at our request, is preparing a more detailed section of this landscaping and grading plan for this part of the site so we can more readily evaluate the appropriateness of that solution. On the east side of the building much of the building will be 18 feet from the easterly property line. Here we have encouraged the developers to the east and the Tanurb people to work together to achieve a joint driveway between the properties. This agreement has