2012/12/05 Council Agenda Packet

4 b. Access driveways for parking areas shall be located so as to cause the least possible conflict with vehicular and pedestrian traffic on public right-of-way. The planning director and traffic engineer have the authority to restrict the number, size and location of access driveways to private parking areas. The traffic engineer may require joint use of driveways c. Buildings, walls, and landscaping should be arranged to screen less visually aesthetic components necessary for industrial development, including loading and service bays, outdoor bulk storage areas,trash enclosures, mechanical equipment, and noise and odor producing facilities. Service areas and bulk storage should be screened from view ofpublic right-of-way and screened with compatible architectural features and walls, and/or dense landscaping. d. Trash enclosures should not be visually prominent from the public view of the site. 8. Building Design a. Views. • i. To the extent practicable, buildings shall be oriented to minimize impacts on views from the east. ii. Buildings greater than 40 feet in height shall not be permitted in the portion of the site contained within the westward extension of the 21st through 26th Streets and Everett Avenue rights-of-way. iii. Buildings greater than 40 feet in height shall not exceed 200' in length as measured from north to south in order to not create a solid wall of buildings as viewed from the east. Buildings shall be separated by at least 20 feet.The planning director may allow modification of these standards to accommodate manufacturing processes that require a longer building or buildings closer together. In such cases the applicant shall demonstrate why the process cannot be conducted in buildings meeting the standards. View Corridors Per 8a.ii )s-e Li4 r r lI [C s„a i _ a 27 70