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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRedesign Presentation Shurgard Storage Facility Redesign Presentation Review by the Department of Community Development The following is the list of Department concerns which are the minimum items to be addressed for approval of the Shurgard Storage facility project: ❑ The extenor finish matenals as presented still lack the aesthetic qualities that the US 31 and US 431 Overlay zones have intended. As Shurgard has shown in their award-winning project at Capital Hill in Seattle (see attached), bnck can be used along with a tile roof system to make truly aesthetically pleasing facade. The Department recommends the minimum of complete bnck facades on the southwest, northwest and northeast facades of building #1 and the use of the a tile or more residential material for the roof. ❑ The overhead access doors that are viewable from both the southwest (US 31) and northeast (US 431) should be redesigned similarly to the Capital Hill project that has no visible storage access doors in public view. The Department recommends a redesign of Building #1, to incorporate interior access for the storage areas with no exterior overhead doors visible from either US 31 or US 431. ❑ The lighthouse that Shurgard has stated is their trade mark in the industry is conspicuously missing from the Capital Hill project. Additionally, the other two facilities that Shurgard manages in the Indpls. area do not have the trade mark tower. The Department recommends the removal of the tower completely from the plans. ❑ The project's landscaping as presented does not come close to meeting US 31 overlay zone for the following sections - 23B.10.2 Areas to be Landscaped i! reenbelt. The ordinance requires a thirty foot (30') wide greenbelt adjacent to the rights-of-way for U.S. Highway 431 (Keystone) and U.S. 31 (Meridian). Shurgard has provided a thirty foot (30') greenbelt along U.S. 431, and fifteen feet (15') along U.S. 31. Variance required for greenbelt along U.S. 31. . Planting Adjacent to Buildings. The 31 Overlay required a planting area /adjacent to the front of the building which is twenty-five feet (25') deep by the width of the building plus twenty feet (20'). The 31 Overlay also requires planting areas adjacent to the sides of the building which are ten feet (10') deep by the dimension of the building. Shurgard has not met either planting requirement. Variances are required. Penpheral Planting. The Overlay requires a four foot (4') wide landscape strip be located along the edge of parking areas which abut property lines. Shurgard has not provided for the landscape strip in the area along U.S. 31 to which parking abuts. A variance will be required for this section. US 31 Overlay Zone - Section 23 B 9 Architectural Design Requirements In reviewing the architectural design of building(s) proposed to be built in the U. S. Highway 31 Overlay Zone, factors to be considered by the Commission shall include but are not limited to: (1) Scale and proportion; (2) Suitability of building materials; (3) Design in relation to surrounding buildings; (4) Design in relation to topography of the site; (5) Design in relation to proposed landscaping; (6) Aesthetics of the proposed building, including color.