Planning 2012-09-27 COMPLETE AGENDA PACKET

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to the front of the building. The fast floor of the building is designed as commercial space with large -,windows and awnings over the pedestrian path. c1. Pedestrian aml vehicular entries shall provide a high- qualtry visual locus using builcing siting, shapes aml lamiscahing. Such a feature establishes aphysical transition between theproject amlInIblic areas, am/ establishes the initial sense of high qualiry cr'evelopnwnt. The existing enti v is reduced to twenty -four feet and will be shared between this site and the daycare facility to the north. A freestanding sign swill be located adjacent to the drive. A paved pedestrian path swill lead from the sidewalk, around the recreation space and to the walk that surrounds the buildings. e. 1 ehreular circulation cr'esrgn shall nrrnrnrrze crrrvewav intersections with the street. The existing driveway will be shared by the daycare and this nevv development. The access point will be reduced in width and defined by landscaping. The parking that currently exists on the applicant's property for the benefit of the daycare is maintained and integrated into the site design. l: Site perinwter cr'esign (i.e., lamiseaping, structures, aml horizontal wicr'th) shall be eoorclinatecl with site cr'eveloprnent to ensure a har °rnonious transition between acr'jacent protects. Perimeter landscaping is required by code along the front and sides of the parcel. The landscaping on the west side that is adjacent to residential homes is twice as wide (ten feet) than the east side that is adjacent to commercial uses. g. 1'arying degrees ofprivacv for° the imliviclual res0ents shall be provicrCe 1, increasing from the public right- oftival., to eonrnron areas, to inclivichial resiclenees. This can be aeeonrplishecl through the use ofsynrbolie amt actual physical barriers to define the degrees ofhrivacy appropriate to sj)ecific site area functions. Eight of the nine residential units are located on the tsvo upper floors and the one accessible unit is located on the ground level at the rear of the building. The outdoor recreation space is quasi public space with a picnic table available for residents and employees of the commercial spaces. h. Parking am/ service areas shall be located, cIesignecl am/ screened to inter -1°111)t MA/ recr'uce the visual impact of large jmvecl areas; Surface parking is separated by landscape islands eveiv six or seven stalls. The parking and driveway areas are alreadv defined by easements to the benefit of the daycare at the north end of the parcel. Surface parking is distributed over the site which minimizes the visual impact of 38 parking stalls. Trash collection is located in the northeast corner of the building; the trash enclosure is clad in grad split -face CMU stone which is repeated on the sign base and matches the color of the base of the building. i. The height, bulk, footprint am/ scale of each builcing shall be in har °rnony tivith its site and acr'jacent long- ter °rn structures. Buildings in the RCC zone are allowed to be 3 stories or 35 feet. This building is 3 stories and 33 feet tall at the midpoint of the roof'. The footprint is about 4,500 square feet. The other commercial uses immediately surrounding the site include: a 4,300 square foot building to the north currently used as daycare; a 2,700 square foot restaurant to the east (Ulysses) and a 5,000 square feet commercial building to the northeast. The Safeway store is 47,(_)(_)(_) square feet and the strip mall to the east that is 23,(_)(_)(_) square feet are both subject to the City of SeaTac zoning code. The adjacent single family- homes are 1,200 to 1,900 square feet. All surrounding residential structures are one or one -and a half stories. Height is calculated at the midpoint of the roof rather than at the highest point of the roof. SM Page 4 of 10 0.920 2012 Z: DCD n Clerk's PC Laserfiche Packet 09 -27 -12 L12 -019 Design Review Staff Report FIN aLdocx IE