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<br />"A" (the area that includes Home Place) is 105,700 square feet; north plaza `B" (the center section
<br />where most of the work will be going on) is 181,955 (also includes the former outdoor garden center);
<br />north plaza "C" (the far western area) 151,820; and the South Plaza is 146,700. These are all gross
<br />areas including maintenance rooms, corridors, utility rooms, and exit corridors, etc. The other areas
<br />included are the Tony Roma's Plaza at 15,374 square feet, the bank at 4, 675, and Chi Chi's at 11,426.
<br />This is a total gross building area of 617,690 square feet existing. Out of that 194,413 square feet will
<br />be demolished and new construction of 231,903 square feet will be added for a total of 37,490 square
<br />feet gross building area added to the existing. So including all buildings, new and existing, adding up to
<br />655,180 square feet which will be on 55.06 acres and would total 27% site coverage. Regarding the
<br />parking, these figures for the existing parking were taken from records and calculations, the new
<br />parking in the back would bring it up to 3,425 on site, adding the Tony Roma's Plaza shared parking at
<br />a 80/20% split figuring it at 65 spaces for a total of 3,490. He explained that the parking ordinance,
<br />(section) 1161.04 allows a reduction in floor area of retail space where customers will not be. They
<br />came up with 80% of the gross retail building for actual customer area, which would be 80% of
<br />655,180 square feet and based on 6.5 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet would require 3,407
<br />required spaces and they are providing 3,490. He explained that the plan for the rear shows parking,
<br />drives, dumpster locations loading docks, compactors, and screen walls and believed that this plan will
<br />address concems about the rear areas. Mr. McKnight presented the landscape screening plan. He
<br />explained that the existing trees on the east end in the bermed area will remain and new plantings,
<br />primarily evergreens, will be added along with shade trees, flowering trees, shrub masses, and lawn area.
<br />A new berm will be added between the two existing berms. There will be three island planting areas
<br />adjacent to the buildings, screen walls, dumpster and loading areas which will be pla.nted with evergreen
<br />masses, shade trees, and shrubs. Going west there will be sections of 6 foot high screen fencing which
<br />will be installed at a.n angle and will not follow the property line entirely; planting masses will break up
<br />the lengths of fencing, also some shade trees will be added on their side of the fence to provide some
<br />screening to the upper windows of the condominium. There will be a large expanse of plantings at the
<br />rear of the theater consisting of existing trees, supplemented with additional shade and evergreen trees,
<br />lawn, and sections of fence; the existing privet hedge will remain. Moving west they will continue with
<br />the fence, interspersed with plantings, including hawthorn, crab, Austrian pine, Norway spruce, oak,
<br />ash, honey locust shade trees, along with burniug bush, viburnum, spreading juniper, and day lily for
<br />shrubs and ground cover. It was clarified that the drive in the rear has been broken up with landscaping
<br />to prohibit drive through traffic, the back of the new unaits will be treated as bu.ild.ing fronts with
<br />masonry treatments. They will be paving, re-surfacing and striping thus eliminating the gravel. The
<br />signage proposal will be presented later there will be no signage in the rear of any of the buildings. Mr.
<br />Herschman stated no service doors directly face the condos, there is to be no customer access to the
<br />rear of the building, and all service areas will be screened with masonry screen walls 8 feet high to
<br />create a second layer between the build.ings and the condominiums. There is to be no outdoor storage,
<br />but if there is, it will be the tenants' responsibility to screen it with a masonry wall, but basically, it is not
<br />allowed. He pointed out that there is a double layer of landscaping for screening acting as a visual and
<br />sound barrier. In a few years this will be a lush area. They chose a board on board fence which is
<br />residential, and the landscaping has been designed to reflect seasonal changes and there will also be
<br />evergreens. The larger trees will be an umbrella for the second floors. In response to Mr. Herbster's
<br />questions, Mr. McKnight stated that major retail "A" would be 20 feet deeper than the original Handy
<br />Andy store and would have less depth than the garden center had. Mr. Herschman stated that the
<br />closest point from their buildings would be 120 feet away from the property line at the parking garage.
<br />The closest point from the edge of the condo building to retail "A" would be about 170 feet. It was
<br />clarified for Mr. Brennan that there would be no customer access to the back of the buildiug, and the
<br />rear spaces (approximately 190) would be for employee parking and there would be little in and out
<br />activity neither would there be customer activity behind units "B" and "C". In response to Mrs.
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