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3. The landscaping complements the architectural design, with an appropriate balance of <br />trees, shrubs and living ground covers, and provides adequate screening and shading of <br />parking lots and/or driveways. <br />The existing landscaped planters along the Doolittle Drive frontage and the Williams Street <br />frontage will be retained. The Williams Street landscaped setback already contains mature shrubs <br />and street trees which will be supplemented with more depth and ground cover to serve as <br />bioswale which aids in filtering storm water before leaving the site. The Aurora Drive frontage <br />and the northwestern corner of the site will receive new landscaped setbacks and bioswales. The <br />west elevation facing Aurora Drive will be located behind the 28 -foot, eight -inch landscaped <br />setback which will include broadleaf evergreen trees with large canopies e.g., Coast Live Oak, <br />Brisbane Box. In addition, the new landscaped areas equal comprise 40,648 square feet which <br />equals 11 percent of the site area that will be developed. Without counting the existing <br />landscaped areas along Doolittle Drive, the new landscaped areas meet the minimum <br />requirement of five percent of the overall site area of approximately 19 acres. <br />4. Detail features, such as signs, fences and lighting for buildings, parking lots and/or <br />driveways are visually consistent with the architectural and landscape design, and <br />minimize off—site glare. <br />Signage has been conditioned for good aesthetics and high quality in appearance, which includes <br />individual letters for wall signs, external illumination if they are to be lighted, and low -profile <br />monument signs for free standing signs that are to match or blend in with the new architecture of <br />the building. On-site exterior lighting has been conditioned to review their location, height, <br />decorative features, and construction details. No site lighting will be permitted to spill offsite. <br />The design and materials used for the trash enclosure will be required to be blend in and be <br />compatible with the proposed new building. <br />CEQA ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW <br />This item is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per CEQA Guidelines, Article <br />5, Section 15061 (b)(3) where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in <br />question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.. <br />Recommended Findings of Fact November 6, 2014 <br />PLN2014-00028 Page 2 of 2 <br />