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Building Desk Staff believes that the proposed building is attractive and contains design elements that add visual interest to the elevations. The architecture, colors, and materials of the building will generally match that of the existing flopyard Village Shopping Center buildings. Staff also finds the building height to be acceptable and compatible with the surrounding structures. The windows along the northern building wall of the 744 square -foot tenant space are required to meet a one -hour fire rating by the Building Code because they are located less than 10 feet from the northern property line. The applicants are proposing to utilize wire glass to meet the one -hour fire rating. Staff would normally be concerned with the aesthetics of wire -glass windows. In this case, the northern building wall would not be visible from off -site public view and staff finds its use to be acceptable. Regarding colors and materials of the buildings, staff generally believes that the colors and materials will complement the building architecture and would be compatible with the other Hopyard Village Shopping Center buildings. Staff's only concern is with the proposed light green eave and rafter tail color, which is not used on the existing Hopyard Village Shopping Center buildings. Staff believes that the light green color is too intense, and recommends that it be substituted with the same brown color used on the other Hopyard Village buildings or that it be a bit more "subdued" than the proposed green color. A condition of approval addresses this item. Signage "tenants in the adjacent Hopyard Village Shopping Center currently have internally illuminated metal cabinet signs with Plexiglas faces and copy mounted on the building eaves above the storefront. A new comprehensive sign program was recently approved for Hopyard Village that changes the tenant signs to internally illuminated metal cabinet signs with aluminum backgrounds with push- through Plexiglas copy. With respect to the subject building, conceptual signage has been shown on the proposed building elevations. Individual - lettered wall signs are shown on the upper portions of the south and west sides of the tower elements. Because the proposed building will be adjacent to and has been designed to generally match the architecture of the Hopyard Village Shopping Center buildings, staff believes that the building signage should be consistent with the new IIopyard Village sign program. The applicants have agreed to make this change and a condition of approval addresses this item. Landscape Plan A variety of trees, shrubs, vines, and groundcovers are proposed around the building and parking lot. Proposed plant species include crape myrtle, ornamental pear, and liquidambar trees; agapanthus, daylily, photinia, and smoke tree shrubs; violet trumpet vine; star jasmine Page - 7