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I. SITE PLANNING <br />Natural Environment <br />Fig. 6: Site buildings to group open space in <br />significant areas, retain mature trees, and <br />create opportunities for residents to meet and <br />recreate. <br />P ' pen space <br />forms a dramatic <br />pedestrian envy, and <br />oriaued on the <br />project's open space <br />focal point. <br />4,1 space grouped into significant areas <br />which can have many uses. <br />Fig. 7: Significant trees are retained through <br />building siting and use of required interior <br />parking lot landscaping. <br />10. Minimize a project's visual prominence and <br />enhance the harmony with its natural setting. (Fig. 7) <br />11. Open space should be designed as a series of <br />connected, natural woods and formal garden areas, <br />each serving a precise functional and aesthetic <br />purpose. Diversity in organizing these spaces is <br />important since monotonous housing developments <br />are as often the result of repetitive spatial organization <br />as they are repetitive building masses. <br />12. One or more open space focal points should be <br />incorporated as a basic site planning element. <br />13. Building scale and materials should provide a <br />sense of human scale, enclosure and warmth in <br />defining these spaces. Small, isolated planters alone <br />are not adequate to break up paved areas and building <br />mass, separate structures, and define spaces. <br />14. Buildings should be located to maximize <br />significant tree retention on slopes, retain tree stands, <br />and minimize disturbing sensitive areas. <br />15. Retaining large stature trees and tree stands on <br />site, very significantly improves the integration of <br />new developments into Tukwila's mature <br />neighborhoods. Significant trees would include trees <br />with over a six inch diameter as measured five feet <br />above grade. <br />• 16. Every possible effort should be made to <br />incorporate existing natural vegetation into project <br />design. This should include, but not be limited to <br />moving buildings or reducing project densities to <br />preserve significant stands of mature trees. This <br />would not include preserving a higher percentage of <br />tree coverage than required in landscaping standards <br />(i.e., 40% horizontal tree coverage of all areas not <br />occupied by a building). <br />slope to retain <br />ees duce prominence. <br />