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Resolution No. PC-96-60 Page 3 C. The proposed development plan modification is compatible with previously developed properties located in the vicinity of the site: Exterior building design elements and finishes complement the design of adjacent buildings, e.g., the Signature Center, Providian BanCorp, and Bank of America buildings. The proposed building height varies from 25' 0" to 33' 0"; the predominant building height is 25' 0". The proposed entrance tower is 45' 0" tall. Building height and mass facing Stoneridge Drive is low-scale with limited two-story portions on this elevation. Thus, Thoratec's proposed structure complements the mass and scale of the Bank of America and PeopleSoft buildings and, additionally, does not overpower its site and street frontages. The building's "saw-tooth" footprint creates architectural relief to the building walls and provides for very large landscape features directed towards the corner of Bradley Drive and Stoneridge Drive and towards the site's entrance from Stoneridge Drive. Building and parking setbacks meet or exceed the minimum 33' 0" setbacks established for the site by the PUD Development Plan. Thoratec's truck dock/loading area is recessed into the structure to screen any truck temporarily parked at the door, and is screened from on- and off-site views by side screen walls augmented by the large landscape areas in the parking area. D. The development plan modification is compatible with the natural, topographic features of the site: The subject property is flat. Proposed grading would essentially match the existing lay-of-the land. E. Grading proposed in conjunction with the development plan modification takes into account environmental characteristics and is designed in keeping with the best engineering practices to avoid erosion, slides, or flooding to have as minimal an effect upon the environment as possible: As previously stated, the subject property is relatively flat. Grading will be limited to the building pad, parking and driveway areas, and to raise the site's grade where necessary to drain the site towards public storm drain and sanitary sewer lines.