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manger's office and quarters (for the self-storage facility), 50 off-street parking spaces and landscaped setback. The rear two-thirds of the site would be developed with a self-storage facility. The storage facility will have approximately 66,958 square feet that includes five, one- story storage buildings and one, two-story building (Storage Building AA). The facility will have approximately 500 storage units. The speculative commercial building, self-storage buildings and office building will have a total footprint of approximately 64,900 square feet and a total building floor area of approximately 79,647 square feet. This equates to a lot coverage of 46 percent and a floor area ratio (FAR) of 0.56. The commercial building and the manager's building would maintain similar setbacks of approximately 46 feet from the Washington Avenue front property line. The self-storage facility would be located behind the speculative commercial building and maintain a setback from Washington Avenue ranging from approximately 136 feet on the northerly segment to 216 feet on the southerly segment. The storage buildings would be located along the side and rear property lines. The exterior walls of the storage buildings would be a pre-cast concrete wall thereby creating the perimeter wall to secure the site and have the required fire rating to comply with the Fire Code. The northerly driveway along the front of the property provides ingress and egress to the site. It serves as access to the off-street parking spaces in front and behind the commercial building, the roll-up doors behind the building and to the self-storage compound. The southerly driveway is for egress only. East of the manager's office and residence would be a rolling wrought iron or tubular metal security gate for the storage facility. The security gate would be monitored by a computer access system and would control access to the facility. Tenants will be given access codes to enter and exit the complex and engage and disengage the alarm systems to their storage units. The self-storage facility and office would be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., seven days a week. Two full-time resident managers will be employed at the site. The landscape setback along the W ashington Avenue frontage will have a depth averaging approximately 14 feet. The landscape setback between Washington Avenue and the manager's office and unit would be approximately 36 feet. Architecture Special attention has been given to the exterior architecture of the speculative commercial building and the manager's office building and living quarters facing Washington Avenue. The appointed style would be a contemporary California/Spanish architecture. It would include stucco exterior, clay barrel-tile roof, and recessed metal-framed glazing. The buildings would be accentuated with trellises, exposed arch trusses, and a series of inset features on the upper walls of the building. The front fayades are well-articulated with projecting elements and recessed wall planes and the recessed store fronts, and contrasting wall colors. The architectural treatment used on the front of the building would be wrapped around both ends, including the stucco finish with matching colors, the horizontal reveals on the walls, and the tile accents. Other special features include the tower elements that anchor the ends of the commercial building and the lone tower element on the manager's building, and the arch that would span from the manager's building to the north end of the commercial building, over the entry driveway to the storage facility. Planning Commission Staff Report PLN2007 -00027 June 14,2007 Page 3 of7