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b. PUD-81-30-68D/PUD-85-8-10D. PeoDleSoft. Inc. Application fOf PUD design feview approval for an approximately 382,000 square foot, four. story, office complex located at 4460, 4480 Hacienda Drive. Zoning for the property is PUD (Planned Unit Development) -I/C-O (Industrial/Commercial-Office) District. . Mr. Greg Plucker presented the staff report on the application for a PUD design review approval to allow the construction of a four-story office building complex totaling 382,000 sq. ft. on 17.54 acres of land in the Hacienda Park located northeast of Hacienda Drive/Gibraltar Drive/Hopyard Road/Coronado Lane. The subject parcel is one of two parcels formed with the consolidation of eight smaller lots earlier this year. The proposed buildings are arranged in a triangular configuration around a central courtyard. A model of the project was presented for the Commission's review. The building is contemporary in design with panelized prefinished aluminum skin in an adobe color with spandrel glass elements. The project meets or exceeds all of the Hacienda Design Guidelines with the exception of the total number of parking spaces. The proposed project is designed with 1,217 parking spaces, which is 56 parking spaces fewer than required by the Hacienda Design Guidelines. The Guidelines do allow a project to deviate from the parking requirements based on individual analysis. An analysis made by PeopleSoft indicates that, based on their 1994 transportation survey, a total of 1,210 parking spaces would be needed. Staff feels this is conservative because the analysis did not take into account the percentage of employees on sick leave, vacation, and/or travel on any given day. Staff also noted that if the square footage devoted to cafeteria and workout areas is deleted from the parking calculation, the application is deficient by only 34 parking spaces. Staff is confident the proposed amount of parking will meet the actual parking demands of the user. . Staff feels the applicants have done a good job in designing the facility, and it will be an attractive addition to Hacienda Business Park. This project has been discussed and evaluated in a number of meetings with the applicant's architects, staff, and the City's consulting architect, Larry Cannon. The discussions focused on the long expanse of building walls along the east elevation as well as the material selections for the pop-outs. The applicants have added an exterior staircase on the east side. The courtyard and volleyball court will break up this elevation into an acceptable design. Mr. Cannon suggested a richer, more solid type of material than the stucco material selected by the applicants. The applicants have explored this suggestion, but given the potential time delays in construction and the added cost, they believe they are unable to accommodate this design change. Staff feels the color differentiation is the most important element when viewed from off-site. The distinctive window elements add an acceptable visual enhancement to the project. The Hacienda Owners Association has reviewed the proposed signage and has granted three deviations to the sign guidelines, These deviations are the size of the PeopleSoft logo, the total number of signs allowed, and the size of the PeopleSoft sign copy, Staff feels the most significant deviation is the size of the logo. By the Hacienda Design Guidelines, signs are to be no more than 40 inches in height. The proposed PeopleSoft logo is eleven feet in height, Staff is reserving judgment on this deviation until a comprehensive sign program is submitted. This will be reviewed before issuing building permits. Staff requested Commission input on the signage deviations. . Planning Commission Minutes Page 3 December 11, 1996