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ATTY/RESO.0075/PC RESO 1690BROADWAY REV: 07-11-23 JB Page 6 of 24 development. The architectural design and scale of the proposed hotel are suited to the area and are in keeping with similar new construction and remodels in the area. The AAC recommended approval of the project and found the project to be architecturally desirable. d. The extent to which excessive ornamentation is to be used and the extent to which temporary and second-hand materials, or materials which are imitative of other materials, are to be used; The proposed hotel exterior materials would be designed without excessive ornamentation. The design includes high-quality exterior materials and finishes including fiber cement siding, vinyl windows, precast plinths, and cement plaster cladding. The building includes large glazing, precast trim elements, metal canopies, and metal sunshades above windows. The project is designed to minimize the appearance of massing through façade articulation. 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 would include removal of six existing trees at the site and would plant 10 new street trees spaced along three street frontages. The site is flat and would retain the natural grade of the site. f. The accessibility of off-street parking areas and the relation of parking areas with respect to traffic on adjacent streets; Access to an off-street parking garage would be provided from Beech Street. The parking garage would contain 91 parking spaces, including motorcycle spaces and ADA accessible spaces. The parking would be managed by a 24-hour valet service to ensure minimal queueing. There would be two loading space along Beech and two passenger loading spaces on Broadway to handle any overflow queueing. The site would provide 91 parking spaces for 112 guest rooms, which, in a parking analysis performed by Hexagon Traffic Consultants (dated March 14, 2023), was found to be sufficient for the site. Staff finds the proposed parking to be consistent with Parking and Storage Regulations in article 53.6 of the zoning code. 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 site would contain landscaping buffers behind sidewalks. The parking would be enclosed in the building and would not result in large expansive paved areas. The required openings for ground floor parking would be designed to match the