Planning 2014-12-11 COMPLETE AGENDA PACKET

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Avenue S are designed with the front door facing the street. Pathways connect from the front doors of these units to the sidewalk along the private access drive. The other units within the development have their front entries accessed off the private access drive. The proposed development will have a patterned pavement walkway next to each unit driveway leading to the front entrance. These pathways, additional landscaping, lighting, and signage help to indicate where the front entries are located. The private access drive and sidewalk on either side of the drive will use different pavement types to distinguish space for vehicular and pedestrian use. Each unit has a two -car garage accessed from the access drive to accommodate resident parking Windows on the north elevation of the triplex and the south elevation of the five -unit building allow surveillance of the private access drive. Windows on the west elevation of both structures allows surveillance of the recreation area, and windows on the east elevation of both structures allows surveillance of the landscaped areas in front of the development. Lighting will consist of solar powered LED bollards along the vehicular access road to the recreation area, LED bollards at each unit entrance, recessed LED bollards in the front and back porch and garage areas of each unit, and one lot light at the entrance to the development. Staff recommends as a condition of approval that bollards along the vehicular access road be set on a motion sensor to alert residents of activity in the recreation area. Each unit will have individual containers for trash and recycling. Staff recommends that the CCRs for the townhomes include language to require that trash and recycling containers for each unit must be stored in each unit's garage and brought to the street for pick up on trash day. The mailboxes for this project will be clustered and the design of the mailboxes will discourage theft or vandalism. 2. Building Design The architectural style of the new townhomes is consistent with that typical of Craftsman style residential development in Tukwila and the Pacific NW more broadly. Facade materials including wood siding, shake siding, and stone veneer are similar to those used at other residential development within the Ryan Hill neighborhood. Building design includes vertical and horizontal modulation to break up the mass of each of the buildings. Windows with trim are proposed on all building elevations. Multi -pane windows are located on all building elevations. The arrangement of windows, horizontal modulation at the upper stories, location of balconies, different siding patterns, and color are used to express the individuality of each unit. Porch structures over building entrances and stone veneer are used to give design attention to the front entries of the individual townhome units. The color palette is intended to be a mix of gray -brown and forest green hues, with red and cream accent and trim colors. Building- mounted lighting and a new street light on 51 st Avenue S will provide illumination for the project. Proposed building- mounted lighting includes recessed LED bollards in the front and rear porch and garages, and LED bollards at front entries. 3. Landscape and Site Treatment The plantings in the landscape design for the 51 st Avenue S Townhomes are arranged to focus attention to entrances to the project site and to the individual units, to soften the built environment, LB Page 11 of 13 12/01/2014 13