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Woodspring Suites Public Hearing Design Review (1-15 -0042) <br />April 28, 2016 <br />Page 7 <br />requirements, including a process bywhich required perimeter landscaping areas may be averaged. Per <br />18.52.030, B., "the landscape perimeter may be averaged if the total required square footage is achieved, and <br />if the following criteria are met: <br />1. Plant material can be clustered to more effectively screen parking areas and blank building walls. <br />2. Perimeter averaging enables significant trees or existing built features to be retained. <br />3. Perimeter averaging is used to reduce the number of driveways and curb cuts and allowjoint use of <br />parking facilities between neighboring businesses. <br />4. Width of the perimeter landscaping is not reduced to the point that activities on the site become a <br />nuisance to neighbors. <br />5. Averaging does not diminish the quality of the site landscape as a whole. <br />The landscape design meets the criteria for approval of perimeter landscape averaging. Extra perimeter <br />landscaping on either side of the Woodspring Suites' entry drive and on the west side of the project site <br />achieves the required square footage. Plant material is clustered in perimeter landscape areas adjacent to the <br />Nelsen Residence to screen the parking area of the hotel from the Nelsen Residence. Structural soil in this <br />area will also promote the health of plantings in this area. The planting areas outlined below in green also <br />cluster plant material to screen parking areas. Perimeter averaging adjacent to the Nelsen Residence will <br />allow the driveway to the Nelsen Residence to be preserved. Existing curb cuts will remain, and only one entry <br />to the Woodspring Suites is proposed along the south property line. Reduction of the landscape width in the <br />areas in red below does not diminish the ability for landscaping in these areas to be able to thrive, and does <br />not diminish the quality of the site landscape as a whole. <br />noo IN <br />�: w „�. , Li as r "�' ✓` � x;^41 <br />MI <br />v ro 01 <br />Figure 4. Landscape Perimeter Averaging <br />11 <br />