Reso PC18-09 0037 PC Reso Recommending Approval of ZA Map & Conditions of Approval - 515 Veterans

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e. The extent to which natural features, including trees, shrubs, creeks, and rocks, and the natural grade of the site are to be retained. The project site is a commercial building with surface parking and has very little natural features. The existing landscaping and trees along Veterans Boulevard and Convention Way would be retained, and the Project would include additional landscaping in the surface parking lot, additional landscaping along the site's street frontages, and new street trees. f. The accessibility of off-street parking areas and the relation of parking areas with respect to traffic on adjacent streets. The Project would utilize the existing access drives for the property (a one-way entrance on Convention Way and a one-way exit onto Convention Way), and would provide more than the required off-street parking for the use completely on-site. g. The reservation of landscaping areas for the purposes of separating or screening service and storage areas from the street and adjoining building sites, breaking up large expanses of paved areas, separating or screening parking lots from the street and adjoining building sites, and separating building areas from paved areas to provide access from buildings to open space areas. The project site currently contains minimal landscaping, however the proposed project would maintain existing landscaping along Convention Way, add new landscaping in the parking lot, and add new landscaping along the Veterans Boulevard and Whipple Avenue frontages. In addition, the project would also provide a 12'-0" wide sidewalk along Veterans Boulevard as well as new street trees and pedestrian scale lighting. h. In the case of any commercial or industrial structure, the review authority shall consider its proximity to any R District and shall consider the effect of the proposed structure upon the character and value of the adjacent R District area. The closest Residential Zoning District is approximately 700 feet away, and the Project will not have any negative effect upon the character and value of the Residential Zoning Districts. The project site is surrounded by commercial uses, and the west side of Veterans Boulevard contains a mixture of commercial uses and multi -family residential. The provision of permeable areas and drainage design appropriate to capture and treat stormwater runoff prior to its discharge from the site including, but not limited to, the use of vegetated swales, landscape features, permeable pavement materials, infiltration basins or engineered designs. The existing surface parking lot currently contains no landscaping or permeable surfaces. The proposed project would maintain existing landscaping along Convention Way, add new ATTY/RESO.0037/PC RESO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF ZA MAP & CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL— 515 VETERANS REV: 05-16-18 PR Page 4 of 12