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Gran Cielo Phase II KUL Condos 5 & 6
Blk 15, Lot 8
Departure Narrative
This project proposes a departure to BMC table 38.510.030.C: specifically, the facade
transparency requirement, for the north facades of buildings A and E located along the Bennett
Blvd. street frontage. Instead of meeting the 15% façade transparency, the applicant proposes
enhanced landscaping along these frontages. The enhanced landscaping consists of larger and
higher-quantity trees and plantings in an effort to screen the façade from the street frontage and
soften the relationship between the facades and the pedestrian sidewalk. The enhanced
landscaping also serves as screening for the service equipment located on these facades. There
are no primary building entrances along this frontage and the interior spaces located along these
facades do not warrant a high degree of transparency. Therefore, the applicant feels enhanced
landscaping in lieu of more transparency creates a more pedestrian appropriate environment
along this frontage; as stated in the “purpose” of the block frontage standards and the “intent” of
the landscape block frontage standards. See Landscape drawings for specific plantings and
details in these areas. Façade transparency calculations are shown on sheet A30 – Overall
Elevations.
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