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a Ll • CITY of ORONO RESOLUTION OF THf CIzYOCOUNCIL NO. �rtt (( Rag pole height, which Planning Commission recommended be no more than 25' in height, i.e. no higher than the highest building on the site. The City Council makes the following findings: A. The 25,620 s.f addition will be 20' in height, 5' higher than the main body of the existing building and 5' lower than the highest portion (NW quadrant) of the existing building. This meets the 40' height limit for the I District. This addition expands the main building footprint to approximately 202,300 s.f., or 20.4 % of this 990,000 s.f. site. With the additional 7,250 s.f. of existing accessory buildings on the site, structural coverage is significantly below the 45% coverage allowed for the site. The proposed addition will be concrete panels rather than the concrete block construction of the remainder of the existing building. The tip -up concrete panels as proposed will provide a higher quality facade than the building it will be attached to, and the materials and proposed color are acceptable. The building addition is not visible from Highway 12 and should not require screening due to its relatively central location within the site. B. The attachment will be of exterior materials similar to the pre -finished steel construction of the existing easterly garage. This is an appropriate connection since it would be difficult to make the connection with tip -up panels. The connection will be virtually invisible from most angles, as it is merely filling a 10' space between two buildings, and will be of the same coloration as those buildings. The total square footage of the combined accessory buildings will be 7,250 s.f. C. None of the proposed new parking area is close to lot lines. It is all more than 250' from the rear lot line. There is, however, only a limited vegetated buffer along the south property line; this may disappear when the MnDOT drainageway along the north side of the new Hwy 12 corridor is finished. The visual impact of losing this buffer is not major; there is one house south of the 12 corridor that would have second -story views of the parking area, from a distance of about 850'. Lighting for the new parking will be similar in style, height, etc to the lighting on the remainder of the site. This is acceptable and is expected to have no impacts on adjoining residential properties which are all more than 600' distant from the parking area. Additional screening of this new storage area does not appear to be warranted at this time. Page 3 of 8