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Conditional Use Permit Nos. 2006-23 and 24 February 121 2007 Page 2 restaurant with drive-through serVlce and a 6/500 square foot medical/retail building. The site has three zoning designations: Community Commercial (C-1) I Two-Family Residence with a B suffix (R2-B) and Bristol Street Corridor Specific Plan (SP-1) I with corresponding General Plan land use designations of General Commercial (GC) I Low Density Residential (LR-7) and Open Space (OS) (Exhibit 1) . Surrounding land uses include residential uses to the northl uses to the east and west I and office and school uses to (Exhibi t 2) . commercial the south Project Description The applicant proposes to construct a new 11/200 square foot Walgreens retail store building. The store will operate 24 hours a daYI seven days a week and will provide a two-lane drive-through for the pharmacy. In compliance with the SP-1 building location and landscape requirements I the building will be located off a pedestrian plaza facing Bristol Street. The plaza will be finished with decorative paving and landscaped with double rows of palm trees that will continue the Bristol Street corridor theme. The proposed building is mostly a single story structure (10 1500 square feet) and has a small (700 square feet) mezzanine to be used for general stock. The architecture of the building is contemporary with a simple massing punctuated by raised architectural features at the building corners. The building will be finished with two-tone plaster with decorative split face block at the base and on pilastersl slate accents on pilasters facing Seventeenth Streetl aluminum storefront and decorative steel trellises and awnings. Pursuant to the SP-1 architectural standards I the building entrance is located at the buildingl s chamfered corner and faces the streets. To accommodate direct access from the parking loti a second entrance is provided. Both building entrances are highlighted with a tower element with columns accented in slate with natural color concrete above and metal roof in copper tone supported by rough sawn wood rafters with exposed rafter tails. The maximum height of the building is 30 feet at the tower roof peak. The project provides the required 56 parking spaces and meets the landscape standards for the SP-11 C-1 and R2-B zone districts (Exhibits 31 41 5 and 6) . In order to construct the new buildingl the applicant proposes to demolish a 3/000 square foot-fast food restaurant with drive-through service I a 6/500 square foot medical/retail building and their related parking lot and landscape areas. 31A-3