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July 1, 1996
David Hickman
David Hickman Associates Architects P.C.
700 N. Hayden Island Drive, Suite 350
Portland, OR 97217
Re: Tigard Care Center Expansion
Dear Mr. Hickman:
This is in response to the request for a modification of the Tigard Care
Center. The proposed expansion is for a 2,510 square foot combination
office and therapy wing addition to the existing facility. The Director has
approved this request as submitted.
Please provide a copy of this letter with any application for Building
Permits to avoid any delays in permit processing. Also, please feel free to
contact me concerning this information.
Sincerely,
Mark Roberts
Associate Planner, AICP
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13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223 (503) 639-4171 TDD (503) 684-2772
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June 19, 1996
Will De'Andrea
City of Tigard
13125 S.W. Hall Blvd.
Tigard, Oregon 97223
Subject: Minor modification to existing development, "Tigard
Care Center"
OUR VIEW OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT
Sunrise Healthcare holds the lease on the "Tigard Care
Center" , located at 14145 S.W. 105th Street. They would like to
build a 2510 square foot therapy center/office on their lot,
adjacent to the building. This new addition will give the
"Tigard Care Center" the space necessary for their rehabilitative
therapy. The 680 square foot office will also allow the "Tigard
Care Center" room for their executive directors. Sunrise
Healthcare is also renovating the Care Center's guest bathroom to
make it handicap accessible and remodeling their existing
reception center (see enclosed documents) .
With this new addition, "Tigard Care Center" can fully
facilitate their therapy patients. It is also a more convenient
location, as the other therapy center was 70 feet from the
building. The offices will share this closer and more convenient
location therefore benefiting both employees and patients.
(Dwelling Unit Density)
The dwelling unit density of this site will not change
because the addition is designed for rehabilitative use only.
There will not be any patients living in the therapy center.
(Parking and Vehicular Traffic)
There will, however, be increased parking needs because the
new building is being built over an existing parking lot and we
will need to facilitate the people working in the addition.
There are 7 staff members that will work in the therapy center.
These therapists already work in the "Care Center" so they will
not add to any traffic problems. For the office side of the
addition we added 1 parking space for every 350 square feet, 2
spaces for the office and 7 spaces for the therapy center.
700 North Hayden Island Drive, Suite 350, Portland, Oregon 97217, 503- 285-2256, FAX 503-285-4362
Will De'Andrea
City of Tigard
June 19, 1996
(Parking and Vehicular Traffic - continued)
The existing facility has 39 parking spaces and we are adding
these 9 additional spaces for a total of 48 parking spaces. We
compensated for the parking deficiency by increasing the
efficiency of the existing parking and by adding some new spaces
on the northeast end of the property (see enclosed documents) .
(Vehicular Traffic)
The maximum increase in vehicular traffic per day is 20 cars
according to the Community Development Code. Since the seven
therapists are already located on the site, the traffic will only
increase by two cars. Even if all of the new spaces were counted
as car, there would still be 9 cars, which is safely below the
limit.
(Building Height)
The existing building is 18' tall. The maximum height to
the new addition will be 20' tall. The City of Tigard Community
Development Code, stipulates that a building cannot increase its'
height by more than twenty percent. This two foot increase is
under the allowable increase.
(Floor Area)
Another stipulation is that the square footage of the
original building cannot increase by more than 10%, except in
increases less than 5, 000 sq. ft. The new building will only be
2 , 510 sq. ft. As you can see this is less than the 10% allowed by
the code and well under 5, 000 square feet.
(Accessways and Open Space)
The accessways and parking areas will go unchanged except
for the additional parking that we will add. 37% of this site is
open space. That percentage is well above the required levels
for open space or landscaping. The Tigard Development Code,
allows a 10% reduction in the open and usable space. The new
addition will reduce this open space percentage by approximately
3%.
(Landscaping)
The landscaping that we are taking from the site is land
where the building will go. This loss of landscaping to the
north will be compensated by landscaping the areas around the
building and around the propane tank (see enclosed documents) .
By asphalting some areas for parking and landscaping the
suggested areas, all of the impervious surfaces will even out.
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Will De'Andrea
City of Tigard
June 19 , 1996
(Fire Lane)
The Fire Marshall wanted to be able to reach the northwest
side of the existing building, so we added a fire lane to the
north side of the addition. The fire lane will have curved sides
and will be composed of raked gravel. This is similar to what
the Chinese do in their rock gardens for aesthetics. We are
turning an undesirable fire lane into a fine piece of landscaping
and at the same time saving the site from more impervious
surfaces.
The "Tigard Care Center" does not have adequate space for
their therapy. This addition will provide them with the space
that they need for their rehabilitative services. Thank you for
your help in this matter. Please advise us if additional
information is required.
If you have any questions, please give us a call.
See enclosed Site Plans.
Sincerely,
David Hickman, AIA
David Hickman Associate Architects,p.c.
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