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15425 53RD AVENUE SOUTH
AITON OFFICE BUILDING #2
Mr. Tom Aiton
3837 Lake Washington Boulevard North
Renton, WA 98055
RE: Aiton Office Building #2 /Landscape Plan
Dear Mr. Aiton:
The landscape plan for your second office building was reviewed and approved
by the Planning Commission at their continued regular meeting on Wednesday,
May 2, 1979 with the following conditions:
Your application for a building permit will now be processed. Please contact
the Building Department for further information.
RJB /ckh
7 May 1979
Citiof Tukwila
Planning Division
6200 Southcenter Boulevard
Tukwila, Washington 98188 433 -1845
Office of Community Development
1. That the osmanthus on the northern boundary be replaced by a taller
faster growing shrub or tree such as the pyramidalis.
2. That the areas where existing trees and vegetation shall remain shall
be reviewed by the Planning Division prior to issuance of an Occupancy
Permit to assure that the existing is blended into the new. Additional
plantings may be required by the Planning Division. Should any of the
existing trees be damaged that they be replaced by similar shrubs or
trees.
cc: Ping. Sup.
File
ts42c 5301 Ave ,S .
Roger J. Blaylock
Assistant Planner
26 April 1979
CITY OF TUKWILA
PLANNING DIVISION
PLANNING COMMISSION
STAFF REPORT
AGENDA ITEM VI G LANDSCAPE PLANS: Aiton Office Building #2
8:00 P.M.
A detailed landscape and irrigation plan prepared by John B. Strander, Landscape
Architect, has been submitted for the Aiton Office Building #2 located on the south-
west corner of Southcenter Boulevard and 53rd Avenue South.
The proposed plantings include 13 American (Pyramidal)Arborvital, 7 "Cleveland"
Norway Maples, 21 Delavay Osmanthus, 36 Warty Barberries, 603 Bearberry Cotoneaster
(Dammeri) and 5 Parney Cotoneaster (Parneyi or Lactea). These plants are similar
to the ones used in the landscape plan for Building #1 located immediately to the
south. The rockery on the southern property line is treated with Cotoneaster and
American Arborvital ( Pyramidalir). The Norway Maples are located along 53rd Avenue
South and in the parking lot islands. The site screening on the northern and southern
property lines uses primarily Osmanthus with some Pyramidalis and Cotoneaster. Eleven
large existing trees were saved on the west side of the building. These include two
pines, two flowering cherries, three hollies, one cypress, one lilac, and one filbert.
Some additional shrubs may be added if necessary.
RECOMMENDATION:
The staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve the landscape plans for
the Aiton Office Building #2 with the following modifications:
1. That the Osmanthus on the northern boundary be replaced by a taller
faster growing shrub or tree such as the pyramidalis.
2. That the areas where existing trees and vegetation shall remain shall
be reviewed by the Planning Division prior to issuance of Occupancy Permit
to assure that the existing is blended into the new. Additional plantings
may be required by the Planning Division.
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EXHIBIT A
AITON OFFICE BUILDING #2
LANDSCAPE PLANS
1. AMERICAN ARBORVITAE - (Thiya Occidentalis Pyramidalis) - A narrow, tall,
dense, columnar plant which can grow to 25 feet. It is an evergreen plant
with leaf sprays bright green to yellowish green.
2. NORWAY MAPLE - A deciduous, broad - crowned, densely foliaged tree with large
lobed leaves and showy clusters of flowers in the early spring.
3. DELAVAY OSMANTHUS - A slow growing graceful everygreen shrub that grows to 4
to 6 feet. The shrub has dark green oval leaves and fragrant white flowers
from March to May.
4. WARTY BARBERRY - A hardy evergreen shrub with perky glossy dark green leaves,
which develops scattered red leaves in the fall and winter.. The berries are
black with purplish blooms.
5. BEARBERRY COTONEASTER - (Dammeri) - An evergreen shrub with long prostrate
rosting branches spreading to 10 feet. The leaves are 1 inch long, bright
green and glossy, while the flowers are white and the fruit is a showy brilliant
red.
6. PARNEY COTONEASTER - (Parneyi or Lactea) - An evergreen shrub with arching
growth to 6 to 8 feet or more. The leaves are 2 inches long, heavily- veined,
deep green with a white hairy underside. The white flowers are three times
the size of the Bearberry Cotoneaster.
LANDSCAPE PLAN
PLANT LIST
IRRIGATION LEGEND
SITE PLAN
TOM AITON
JOHN D STRANDER