Orono Ambar - General Concept Plan Appproval

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#2640/2641 Orono Ambar LLC. (cont.) General Concept Plan Review Page 5 of 7 Additional Standards required by the current B-6 zoning district(Section 10.45): A. At least twenty five percent(25%)of the land area shall be landscaped with grass,approved ground cover, shrubbery and trees. At least three percent(3%)of the land area within a parking area shall be landscaped. B. All trash and trash handling equipment shall be stored within the principal structure, within an attached structure accessible from within the principal structure,or totally screened from eye-level view from public streets and adjacent residential properties. If accessory structures are proposed, they shall be constructed of the same building material as the principal structure and be readily served through swinging doors. C. Garages,accessory structures,screen walls and exposed areas of retaining walls shall be of similar type, quality and appearance as the principal structure. D. The ground level view of all mechanical utilities shall be completely screened from contiguous properties and adjacent streets,or designed to be compatible with the architectural treatment of the principal structure. E. External loading and service areas must be completely screened from the ground level view from contiguous residential or commercial properties and adjacent streets, except at access points. F. The light from automobile headlights and other sources shall be screened whenever it may be directed onto adjacent residential windows. *Note that the proposed B-6 landscaping/screening and architectural standards(application#2638) will be much more detailed than the current standard. The proposed standards have been forwarded to the developers landscape architect for this project. HI. Site Plan Review(Lot 2- Senior Housing) The senior housing building is designed with the same concept of stepping down to decrease the mass of the ends and along the north property line 3 stories to 2 stories. One significant design element of the building is the clock tower, designed to break up the roof line of the building. The building is designed to have the east 'A of the entire structure located 10' lower than the west 1/2 due to the existing topography. A MnDot stormwater pond is located at the northwest corner of Highway 12 and Brown Road. The pond is owned and maintained by MnDot. Developer has indicated this pond has existing designed capacity to serve both proposed structures as well as other existing/future development in the area. Site Characteristics, Conformity with the proposed RPUD zoning district standards Required/Allowed Existing/Proposed Site area: 5 acres 4 acres * The RPUD district allows the Council flexibility to this standard when findings are made as listed in proposed Section 10.33, Subdivision 5 (A).