Planning 2018-05-24 Item 4 - Tukwila South Overlay Residential Development Standards and Guidelines - Attachment C: Multi-Family Design Manual

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I. SITE PLANNING Solar Orientation Fig. 18: Outdoor oriented recreation areas maximize solar exposure. Crime Prevention Fig. 19: Site planning should create varying degrees of privacy. 35. To maximize the warming effect of solar radiation in winter months and maximize shade in the summer months: • Utilize deciduous trees for summer shade and winter sun. • Orient active living spaces to the south. • Design building overhangs to shield the high summer sun and expose the area to the lower winter sun. 36. If possible, all buildings should be located and oriented to take advantage of natural energy saving elements such as the sun, landscape, and landform. 37. The opportunity (or invitation) for crime can be greatly reduced through physical design and site layoui Considerations for crime control should be included at the project's inception. Where hardware afterthoughts have been too heavily depended upon, crime opportunities have continued to exist and crime prevention has failed. 38. The Concept of Defensible Space should be employed to reduce opportunities for crime. "Defensible space" is a term used to describe a series of physical design characteristics that maximize resident control of behavior --particularly crime. A residential development designed under defensible space guidelines clearly defines all areas as either public, semi -private or private. In so doing, it determines who has the right to be in each space, and allows residents to be confident in responding to any questionable activity or persons within their complex. Residents are thus encouraged to extend their private realms, establish their zone of influence which inevitably results in a heightened sense of responsibility towards the care and maintenance of these outdoor areas. 12