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yards are permitted to be zero (Z.C.S. 2-680). In addition, the site planning and architectural design deemphasizes vehicle parking, storage areas and service areas, where they are not visible from Parrott Street, Thornton Avenue or adjacent properties. All of these elements including the trash enclosure are integrated into the design of the building inside the parking garage. 2. The building has adequate articulation, with appropriate window placement, use of detailing and/or changes in building planes to provide visual interest. The exterior materials, finishes, detailing and colors are compatible with those of surrounding structures. Visually incompatible elements, such as roof mounted utilities, are fully screened from public view. The proposed seven story mixed-use residential building will have a landmark architectural presence. The exterior design expresses strong architecture, with bold forms and durable, high quality materials. There are many features and treatments of the architectural design that add to the aesthetics, articulation, and modern appearance. There is an extensive use of materials, finishes and colors for visual interest, varying wall planes and roof lines, use of canopies that creates shadows. All of these elements combine to prevent any appearance of monotony in the design. The following lists some of the exterior materials, finishes, detailing and colors that add visual interest to the project and are compatible with the surrounding architecture of the San Leandro Tech Campus: use of cementitious panels with dark aluminum framed windows of varying sizes; cement plaster exterior walls with score lines painted a minimum of three colors and light color framed vinyl clad windows; an aluminum window wall from Level 2 to Level 7 at the northeast corner elevation facing Parrott Street; and cement plank siding on recessed wall planes facing the Thornton and Parrott Street elevations. In addition, the ground floor commercial office and the main entry to the apartment lobby and leasing offices will be treated with metal awnings overhead and large and tall storefront windows and metal framing. The ground floor along the west edge will have green walls where vegetation will be trained to climb it. Together all of these architectural treatments prevent any expanse of the building to appear massive or monotonous. The building will be 86 -feet, two -inches to the parapet and 93 - feet, eight -inches to the tallest level at the top of the elevator penthouse. 3. The landscaping complements the architectural design, with an appropriate balance of trees, shrubs and living ground covers, and provides adequate screening and shading of parking lots and/or driveways. Details on type, size and location of proposed tree and plant species have been submitted as part of the project submittal. The landscaping provided on the plan is an assorted list of trees, flowering shrubs, ground covers and vines. The selected trees appear to have large canopies and they will be required to be a minimum 24 -inch box (or specimen size) to have substantial size for a project on a large site and a multi -story building. Over one-half acre (24,514 square feet) of the site adjacent to the mixed-use building will be landscaped. In addition, the Level 2 courtyards will contain over 4,000 square feet of landscaping and the Level 7 (Roof Deck) will have 800 square feet. In the DA District, landscaping is reviewed on a case-by-case basis and at the discretion of the reviewing body of the Site Plan Review. The landscaping along the frontages and the eastern side complements the architectural design, with an appropriate balance of trees, shrubs, and ground cover. The western side will have green walls where vegetation will be trained to climb it. The design of the project having a Recommended Findings of Fact July 17, 2017 PLN16-0067 Page 7 of 8