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Commission reviews screening waiver for 121/Gillespie site; staff recommends irrigated living screen of eastern red cedars
Summary
A preliminary site plan for two buildings at State Highway 121 and Gillespie Drive prompted debate about screening, retaining walls and floodplain constraints; staff recommended an irrigated living screen of 8‑foot eastern red cedars where retaining walls exceed 5 feet.
City staff presented a preliminary site plan Aug. 18 for two industrial/office buildings at the southeast corner of State Highway 121 and Gillespie Drive and requested a waiver to the city’s standard masonry screening along the southern property line where the site abuts residential lots across a heavily forested creek and floodplain.
Staff said the site is bounded by a treed floodplain corridor and that the nearest proposed building edge is about 300 feet from a residential property line; the southern driveway and loading areas could be as close as about 170 feet. Because of topography, a retaining wall up to 9 feet tall may…
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