PC-2008-61, PUD-85-09, SUNRISE SENIOR LIVING

The Refined Submittal provides 53 parking spaces for 82 units, resulting in a parking ratio of 0.65 to 0.61 spaces per unit. b. The Refined Submittal offers all of the same features that are designed to minimize the need for car ownership by residents, including but not limited to on-site dining plans, transportation services for residents, and certified trained staff. c. Primary access via a two-lane entry and exit on Pleasant Hill Road that is located as far north as possible so as to minimize the distance travelled on Pleasant Hill Road, the most intensely residential of the streets surrounding the Project Site. d. Orientation of the entrance and drop-off point for the building towards the north so that any visual and noise impacts associated with the building entry are directed to the widest and busiest thoroughfare bordering the site (Stoneridge Drive) and the commercial property across Stoneridge Drive instead of the residential neighborhood across Pleasant Hill Road. e. A right -turn egress to Foothill Road will permit a reduction in vehicles exiting onto the residential Pleasant Hill Road. f. Landscaping and perimeter improvements designed to improve aesthetics of the facilities, including grass mounds along the Stoneridge Drive frontage and along a portion of the Pleasant Hill Road frontage; trees and shrubs adjacent to the building and within the interior courtyard; and a retaining wall and wrought iron fencing to maintain a combination of sidewalk and planting area of eight feet in width along Foothill Road, six feet in width along Stoneridge Drive, and four feet wide along Pleasant Hill Road. 23. The Refined Submittal locates loading and trash areas along the Foothill Road side of the building where they are shielded from the more intensely residential neighborhoods to the east. This location for loading and trash areas will also encourage service vehicles to exit the site from the Foothill Road egress, thus reducing the impact of truck and service traffic along both Stoneridge Drive and Pleasant Hill Road. 24. Consistent with Condition of Approval No. 13 for PUD -85-09, the applicant commissioned an Arborist's Report prepared by a consultant approved by the City. The Arborist's Report, dated June 12, 2006, states that all but one of the heritage trees on the site are in poor or extremely poor condition and pose significant safety risk if not removed. The report identifies one tree that may feasibly be preserved (Tree No. 320); however, it is located where the building is proposed. The landscape plans included within the Refined Submittal provide for the preservation of a different tree by the building, Tree No. 319, and removal of all other trees on the Project Site. (end) 9