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F.XHTRTT R Item Gc Staff Report DESIGN REVIEW I3()AItD February 22, 1.984 SUBJECT: 'L-84-39 APP.LICF,~IT: Pdor_thwood Homes Pi.ii2P0~I~: A}~plication for design approval of t.wc.> ~•?arehouse bu~_ldings and one office/commercial ser~~ice building totalling approximately 43,000 sq. ft. on an approximately 2 acre site located at 39 California Avenue.. 'T'he property is zoned PIJD-Cornm~~rcial D_~:_,tri.ct. ATTACHMEN`1'S: 1, Negative Declaration ?.. I:xhibi.t A, Site P].an 1~,1_evation~; ~lnd Landscape Plan On Dc:c~z~rnbf~r 14, ]..983, your Board denied the application of Northwood ITomos i:or: dusic,n approval for a commercial service complex proposed for the approximately 2 acre site located at 39 California Avenue. The basis for your denial was that you felt that the minimum front setback of t:he project should be 30 ft. rather than th.c. 20 ft. shown for_ a portion of_ the front building. This matter wa:, appealed to t:ho City i'o~u~c~i_1 and on .1/9/84, the Council upheld yorzr decision by clenyinci thc~ aplx~al . No.r_ thwood }Tomes has now redes.i.gr.e:t the project sothat a 3~J ft, front setback will be maintained. 7:'lre r: ev:ised project is v:i..rtually identical to the onE~ originally submitted. "r'}7.ree buildings are shown, two one-story w~~rehouse ,truci.ux:e~ at the rear of the property and a two-story combination office/conunerc:ial service building at the front. `hhE' :'ront building is set back a minimum of approximately 34 ft. from the front property line of the subject site. The architecture of the buildings is as originally proposed - tilt up concrete structures utilizing standing seam metal roofs, bronze anodized aluminium window frames with bronze glass and cement buttresses to provide architectural interest. The two-story structure maintains a covered walkway feature at the front of the building. Colors employed would be shades of brown and tan. The increased setback was made possible by shifting ±-he two-story struct:u.r.e toward the northern property line and providng parking along the southern side of the site. This necessitated providing one more driveway to California Avenue, but it a1_so ~~llo~aed more parking to be made available at the front of the t~ao story building. The total sc.luare footage of building area has beer. reduced by approxi- mately 530 sq. ft. Parking has been increased by .1 larking space. Loading areas will still be provided in c~arh war_ehou:;e }wilding.