Staff Recommendation
In order to mitigate the modern, suburban appearance of the parking lot, the loss of green lawn, and the curved driveway staff recommends the following:
1) square-edged curbing with an aggregated or tinted concrete to reduce the contrast of the white curbing against the black asphalt given that historic granite curbing is not available;
2) pavement markings that are brick-red in color (as shown in staff report and to be tested and finalized on site) to reduce the contrast of the markings against the black pavement;
3) shrubs installed around the perimeter of the parking lot to somewhat screen the view of the cars; and
4) the proposed trees are to be shown on the final approved site plan.
