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� "l � <br /> Finding#18. Thc dcsign decision is being issued in conjunction with N�c City's S�PA <br /> process, which follows Review Process II, and the plans have been reviewed Uy the <br /> Design Rcview Committee. <br /> 4.1.2 Guidelines for Constniction Adjacent to Residential Development: <br /> Intent: To promote a positive euvironment around tlte hospital tlial encourages <br /> and supports Uic residential cliaracter of the neighbodiood. <br /> Guidclincs: <br /> o Buildings slioulcl have cicar at�d visible pedcstrian access. <br /> • [3uildings adjaccnt to residcntial areas should be designed so thcy are sensitive to <br /> the residential aroa by using appropriate matcrial, color and massing. <br /> • 1'rasl� areas aud loading docks should not bc visible from the strcet and residential <br /> area. They sliould be screcncd by a combination of masonry walls, landscaping <br /> and trellises, or localed Uelow grade. <br /> • Noise generating mechanical equipmeut should be located �vithin tlic Uuildings <br /> witlt sound buffering to reauce noise impacts. <br /> �inding#19. Tl�e cfesign of thc beilding lias been revised in responsc to public <br /> commcnts at ueighborhood meetings held Novcmber 17, 2008 �mJ January 22, 2009, as <br /> �aell as Desion Review Committce mectings held on Pebivary 24, 2009 and March 10, <br /> 2009. Changes to plans have included numc;ous revisions to address the comments <br /> provided by residents of the abutting ncighborhood, including chnnges in building <br /> ;naterials, trelliscs, architcctural desib*�t cicmaits, colors, landscaping aud architectural <br /> screening. <br /> 4.1.3 Massina m�d Scale: <br /> Intcnt: 'I'o encouragc architcctural expression that suggests a high quality urbnn <br /> ch�ractcr and reduccs thc apparent bulk of dic building into a pedcstrian <br /> Gicnclly prupo��lion. <br /> Guidelines: <br /> Buildings ovcr iour stories in hcight should have a distinct "base" at t(ie ground level, <br /> using articulalion and materials such as stone, masonry, or decorative conerete. Thc base <br /> should be madc interesting through tl�e use of various nttractivc architectural detuils such <br /> as windo�vs, artwork, masonry slrips, ctc. <br /> �inding#20. While the building technically docs not excced four stories, it is a taller <br /> building that has included ciesign elements to reduce thc apparent Uulk and mnss of thc <br /> structure tlirough a variety of design clements and teclmiqucs. <br /> 7 <br />