Planning 2017-06-22 Item 4 - Foster High School Expansion and Birth to Kindergarten - Attachment H: Applicant Response to Conditional Use Permit Criteria

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Ms. Lindsay Brown 1111 February 28, 2017 � X111111111111 2160226.30 »llJllJ /a„ AWAN�% Page 6 of 10 i�tgggp Foster High School The FHS site design meets the City requirements for landscaping, yards, and other development regulations, with the exception of height and parking, for which a variance is requested. See the variance application for more details and how the project meets the variance criteria for approval. The parking analysis prepared by Gibson Traffic Consultants dated February, 2017, demonstrates that the overall parking need /usage at FHS is actually significantly less that the code requirements and that the need will be met with the proposed parking spaces. Special event parking will be accommodated through the use of parking spaces at B2K, Showalter Middles School, and the new technology and maintenance building proposed at the current Foster Library. A narrative has been provided within this application showing consistency with the variance criteria for a parking reduction. The parking reduction for the Foster High site will be processed as Type III approval. A height variance will be requested for the Foster High School additions, which will be processed under a Type III approval. However, the proposed height will be less than the existing building height. At the Foster High School site, existing landscaping will be repaired and restored, and new interior and perimeter landscaping will be added. A minimum 10 -foot Type I landscape buffer will be provided along the north end of the property. Parking lot landscaping will exceed the amount of trees and groundcover required by TMC 18.52.30. Trees along the existing street frontages and the site's perimeter will be preserved where feasible. Additional design review criteria for the LDR district are prescribed in TMC 18.60.050 (see the enclosed response to the Design Criteria). . Birth -to- Kindergarten Center The B2K site design meets the City requirements for landscaping, yards, parking, and other development regulations, with the exception of building height, for which a variance is requested. See the variance application for more details and how the project meets the variance criteria for approval. Approximately 80 parking spaces will be added, which exceeds the minimum standard of 1.5 stalls per staff member, as prescribed by Figure 18 -7 of the zoning code. The addition of 80 spaces will bring the total supply of spaces for the entire school campus for use during special events to 434 spaces (Birth -to- Kindergarten, Foster High School, Showalter Middle School, Technology & Maintenance Building plus parking in the bus loop) to 423 spaces. A parking analysis prepared by Gibson Traffic Consultants dated February 2017 (enclosed), shows that the overall parking will be adequate for the site at peak times. Landscaping will be added throughout the site. A 15 -foot Type I landscape buffer will be provided along the western edge of the property, and a minimum 10 -foot Type I landscape buffer will be provided along the northern edge. Existing vegetation on the east edge will not be disturbed. Parking lot landscaping will exceed the amount of trees 148 1310130