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Q ~ 3 >3 <br />ARTICLE 6.29 -DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (ED) DISTRICTS <br />("Yes" indicates compliance; "No" indicates non -compliance) (continued) <br />PLANNING STAFF <br />RECOMMENDED EVIDENCE SUBMITTED PLANNING BOARD <br />. FINDINGS TO SUPPORT FINDINGS FINDINGS <br />Ordinance Requirements <br />a) Relationship of buildings to <br />site. <br />1. The site shall be planned to <br />provide for adequate <br />planting, safe pedestrian <br />movement, and parking <br />areas. <br />2. Parking areas shall be <br />treated with decorative <br />elements, building wall <br />extensions, plantings, <br />berms, or other innovative <br />means so as to screen <br />parking areas from view <br />from public ways and <br />reduce heat generated by <br />paved areas. <br />3. Without restricting .the <br />permissible limits of the <br />applicable zoning district, <br />the height. and scale of <br />each building shall be <br />compatible with its site and <br />existing or anticipated <br />adjoining buildings. <br />4. All utility services shall be <br />underground. <br />b) Relationship of buildings <br />and site to adjoining areas. <br />1. Attractive landscape <br />transition to adjoining <br />properties shall be <br />provided. <br />2. Lighting intensity at the <br />property line .adjacent to <br />residential uses shall not be <br />greater than Y: footcandle. <br />_x Yes No <br />_x_Yes No <br />Plantings, walkways and <br />parking areas have been so <br />designed to extend the <br />existing development and <br />provide .adequate facilities. <br />Plantings, berms and the <br />building will be used to <br />screen parking areas from <br />view. <br />Yes No <br />Yes No <br />_x,Yes No <br />x_Yes No <br />_x_Yes No <br />`x_Yes No <br />Building height in the ED-LNR <br />is restricted to 30 feet, <br />however, the existing <br />building is 35 feet. The <br />applicant is requesting the <br />Board make a finding that <br />public purposes are satisfied <br />and make a specific <br />modification to this <br />requirement. <br />All utility services will be <br />underground. <br />Attractive landscaping has <br />been provided around the <br />existing .building and will be <br />extended with the addition. <br />Lighting intensity at the <br />property line adjacent to the <br />residential- uses do not <br />exceed Yz foot candle. <br />Yes No <br />Yes No <br />Yes No <br />Yes No <br />