Level II:
2-I-19-HZ
Approved With Conditions
Recommendation
In order to mitigate the modern, suburban appearance of the parking lot, the loss of green lawn, and the curved driveway staff recommends the following:1) square-edged curbing with an aggregated or tinted concrete to reduce the contrast of the white curbing against the black asphalt given that historic granite curbing is not available;
2) pavement markings that are brick-red in color (as shown in staff report and to be tested and finalized on site) to reduce the contrast of the markings against the black pavement;
3) shrubs installed around the perimeter of the parking lot to somewhat screen the view of the cars; and
4) the proposed trees are to be shown on the final approved site plan.
Applicant Request
Other: parking lot- Removal of existing circle driveway and any remaining walkways in the front yard of the building. Construct 26-car black asphalt-paved parking lot with white pavement markings. Construct concrete sidewalk at base of steps. The front yard will be graded flat and the existing pine tree and crab-apple tree will be removed. There will be a curb-cut to access the parking lot from the side street of Lamar Avenue. The front edge of the parking lot will be setback ~30 feet from the back edge of the public sidewalk. The area between the edge of the sidewalk and the edge of the parking lot will be grass. The doughboy statue and the surrounding 10 stone obelisks are proposed to be left intact, although the rear two of the obelisks are proposed to be moved forward 5 to 6 feet closer to the statue to accommodate parking spaces. Install concrete rolled curb and gutter at perimeter of the parking lot. Flowering trees such as dogwoods are proposed to be interspersed with hardwoods such as maples at intervals of 15-20 feet around the perimeter of the yard along the sidewalk.
Property Notes / Work to be Completed
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