Planning 2013-08-22 COMPLETE AGENDA PACKET

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d.Provide specifications for mulch and its application. e.Add planting notes – top of root ball even with soil surface, loosen root ball and straighten or prune any circling roots in container-grown plants before planting, etc. h)Exterior lighting, when used, should enhance the building design and the adjoining landscape. Lighting standards and fixtures should be of a design and size compatible with the building and adjacent area. Lighting should be shielded, and restrained in design. Excessive brightness and brilliant colors should be avoided. Lighting fixtures, including parking lot lighting on poles, the canopy fascia light fixtures, and under the canopy will match the existing fixtures within the fueling facility. Proposed lighting levels are shown on the Electrical Site Plan (Attachment B, sheet SE-1), and are highest under the fueling canopy, in the area where vehicles exit from the canopy and merge into the exit driveway, and in the new parking areas. The lighting for the area under the canopy will be designed to face downward with full cutoff LED fixtures to reduce light source visibility from outside the site while providing a safe fueling environment. 4.Building Design a)Architectural style is not restricted, evaluation of a project should be based on quality of its design and relationship to its surroundings; The design of the canopy extension is the same as the existing canopy areas. The extension will only cover the four southernmost fueling islands; the north fueling island will remain as-is. The canopy extension will start 32 feet south of the north edge of the existing canopy. This will create horizontal modulation of the roofline in the northwestern area of the canopy. b)Buildings should be to appropriate scale and in harmony with permanent neighboring developments; The project uses split face concrete block (CMU) on the canopy columns, consistent with the existing canopy area and construction materials used on the optical facility. The Costco Warehouse and the Home Depot building are similar in scale to the fueling canopy. The proposed canopy extension is in harmony with the scale and character of surrounding development. c)Building components such as windows, doors, eaves, and parapets should have good proportions and relationship to one another. Building components and ancillary parts shall be consistent with anticipated life of the structure; The new canopy and columns of the fueling facility expansion will match those used in the existing fueling facility. Building components for this project are consistent with those used in the design of a gas station. d)Colors should be harmonious, with bright or brilliant colors used only for accent; Colored elevations state “Color to match existing ‘Mutual Material Rose Brown’”; however, the existing color of the CMU used within the fueling facility is a gray split face CMU. Through correspondence with the applicant, the intent is for the new canopy columns to match the color and material of the existing canopy columns. The colors and materials sheet (Attachment C) has been changed by the applicant to reflect this. Staff agrees that the new CMU should match existing, and recommends a condition of approval to require that the new CMU used in the project by the split-face gray CMU used on the existing columns. The split face gray CMU block is also used at the base of the optical facility building, which is interspersed with vertical bands of rose brown split face CMU block. The color of surrounding buildings is predominantly gray, brown, and brownish-red, with green and blue colors used for accent. Red and blue are proposed for the canopy signage and for small signs and structures on the canopy islands (fueling dispensers, bollards, etc.). These accentuate Costco’s corporate color scheme for the fueling facility customers underneath the fueling canopy, and are harmonious with the green and blue accent colors used within the design of the optical facility and Home Depot. e)Mechanical equipment or other utility hardware on roof, ground or buildings shouldbe screened from view; Mechanical equipment associated with the fueling facility includes the existing controller enclosure, additive tank vent stack, and arid permeator. There are no changes proposed to the existing controller enclosure. A vent stack will be relocated from one of the parking lot landscape islands to the existing landscape area to the east of the controller enclosure. Landscaping in this area will help screen the relocated vent stack from view. The arid JR Page 7 of 11 08/14/2013 H:\Design Review\Costco Gas Station\SR_L13-038 Costco Fueiling Facility Expansion.docx 13