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r- 5. MATTERS CONTINUED FOR DECISION a. PDR-338, WalMart Application for design review approval to construct an approximately 5,264-square-foot stockroom addition and an approximately 5,761-squaze-foot garden center expansion to the existing Wa1Mart store in the Metro 580 shopping center located at 4501 Rosewood Drive. Zoning for the property is PUD-UC-O (Planned Unit Development -Industrial/Commercial-Office) District. Mr. Iserson summazized the staff report and detailed the history of this application. The applicant improved and enhanced the design additions as requested by the Planning Commission. He noted that additions were made to sections of the masonry colonnade trellis element along the south side of the store. Several decorative headers were added to demarcate the entrance at the gazden area, and several metal decorative canopy elements were added to the existing building wall. Trees and landscaping were added adjacent to the gazden center and stockroom addition. He described the details of each enhancement as presented in the staff report. Mr. Iserson advised that there would be a slight loss of parking spaces, but the store would still have well over the minimum requirement of pazking. Staff believes that it was a benefit for the applicant to perform the redesign and believes that the revisions are consistent with the Planning Commission's vision and enhance the design of the expansion. Staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve the design review application, subject to the conditions of approval. Commissioner Fox noted that she had read about Wa1Mart's "Store of the Community" program, which utilized the services of the company's director of architecture, Bill Corell. She inquired whether he had been involved in these revisions. Mr. Iserson replied that Perry Butcher & Associates was the azchitectural firm and that he was in attendance. In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Kameny, Mr. Iserson confirmed that the applicant's willingness to accept staff s recommendation for further flowering plants in the tree wells was included in Condition No. 7. Commissioner Sullivan arrived at this point and joined the Commission on the dais. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Jennifer Renk, Steefel, Levitt & Weiss, attorney representing Wa1Mart Stores, Inc., advised that the applicant had worked very closely with staff to incorporate the Commission's design suggestions as well as additional recommendations made by staff. She believed that the revised plans achieved the Commission's wishes and introduced the members of the team in attendance. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES July 14, 2004 Page 3 of 24