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609 Callan Avenue A-97-10/PD-97-8 11/12/97 A. Rezone of the properly from P Professional District to P (PD) Professional Planned Development Overlay District; and B. Approval of a planned development to construct a 3,900 square foot office building. The planned development approach was suggested to the architect to produce a design more appropriate for the site for the following reasons: • Placing the building near the Callan and Bancroft corner of the property results in a more attractive development at this key intersection. The visual attraction of the site becomes the building rather than the parking lot. Locating the parking behind the building allows placement of the access driveways at maximum distance from the corner. This improves access to the site and results in safer ingress and egress to the parking. The building will be setback five -feet from the Callan and Bancroft Avenue property lines, approximately 30-feet from the westerly interior property line and approximately 48-feet from the southerly interior property line. The office building will cover 29% of the property. Thirteen parking spaces will be provided with access from a 20-foot wide driveway on Callan Avenue. This satisfies the zoning code requirement of one space per 300 square feet of building area (Zoning Code Section 4-1704). The office building will have three to four suites. The main entry to the building is on the south side facing the parking area. The architect proposes the use of lightly tinted stucco, windows with white mullion divisions and red barrel - shaped file as the main exterior materials for the building. The building will have a tower element to highlight the Callan and Bancroft intersection. The roof at the west and south ends of the building will be gabled. The use of the listed materials and the conceptual design was derived by the architect from the Veteran's Building, the landmark structure just north of the subject property. •��'� :,. inn •� U �� The Planning Commission expressed concern that the conceptual elevations did not have the detail that the Veteran's Building contained, such as arched windows and other building lines that add visual interest. The Commission felt that the elevations shown to them had flat building expanses facing the streets and the parking lot. The Commission also recommended that another type of window be used on the building other than white vinyl clad windows. Since the Planning Commission meeting, the architect has developed revised elevations containing more detail. Staff has reviewed the elevations and has determined that the new elevations meet the recommendations prescribed by the Commission. The new elevations contain the following: Raised trim around the entire building. There will be a continual sill -line beneath the ground floor windows and a band above the ground floor windows; 2. The eaves at the corner tower and facing the street and parking lot will have decorative cornice molding; 3. Arched windows have been included as the upper windows on the corner tower; -- 2