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a) Miscellaneous structures shall be clesignecl as an integral hart o f the architectural concept and lanc/scahe. Materials shall <br />be compatible with buildings, scale shall be appropriate, colors shall be in harnwnv with builcings and surro imlings, and <br />structure proportions shall be to scale. <br />Staff's Response: Miscellaneous structures include tsvo outdoor community gathering spaces. A covered patio is created off <br />of the rear of the six -bay garage adjacent to the southern pocket park. A second covered area, this one a free standing gazebo, <br />is located off of the northern -most pocket park. Materials and colors are not shown on the plans. The areas above the shared <br />garages are designed as attic space and swill not function as common area or living space. <br />b) The use oftivalls, fencing, planting, bet °fns, 01° combinations of these shall accomplish screening of ser vice yarn's anc/ other <br />places that tencl to be unsighth^. Screening shall be effective in winter and sun7n7er. <br />Staff s Response: This is not applicable as the site does not contain community se1i ice areas. There is no common trash and <br />recycling collection area, it is anticipated to fimction similar to other single family- development where each individual unit is <br />responsible for their osvn trash and recycling containers. <br />e) Mechanical equiprllent or other utiliry hardware on roof groun4l or builcings shall be sereene4r fton1 view. Screening shall <br />be 41esigne4l as an integral part of the architecture (i.e., raise4l parapets ancr fully enclose4l umler roof) and lamiscaping. <br />Staffs Response: This is not applicable as neither mechanical equipment nor utility hardware is proposed. <br />d) Exterior lighting stanckircis ancr fixtures shall be of a 41esign and size consistent with safeol, builcling architecture and <br />acr acentarea. Lighting shall be shielclecl an4l restraine4l in 41esign with no off site glare spill-over. Excessive brightness <br />and brilliant colors shall not be use4l unless clearly 41en7onstrate4l to be integral to builcling architecture. <br />Staffs Response: Exterior lighting fixtures are shown in Attachment I and consist of street lights, walkway lights, ent1v lights <br />and garage lights. Cut -off lighting is proposed to reduce glare and to avoid light spilling onto adjacent properties. The <br />applicant did not submit a light distribution plan to demonstrate that no off -site glare spill -over occurs and that common areas <br />are illuminated sufficiently for public safety. <br />AdditionulIv, Housing Options Decision Criteria TMC 18.120.050 C3 includes that the project: <br />3. Demonstrates the follotiving: <br />a) The proposal is compatible with ancr' is not larger in scale than su1 °rouncr'ing c1eve10h77entWith re.tihect to size of units, <br />builcling heights, roof 'forins, builcling setbacks fron7 each other and property lines, parking location and screening, access <br />amt' lot coverage. <br />Staffs Response: The units are smaller than the size of nesv construction that could be built in the area and comparable in <br />size to the older, existing development. The compact single family homes are no more than twenty -five feet tall at the roof <br />peals while surrounding single family- development can be constructed to thirty feet at the midpoint of the roof Building <br />setback lines are established from the parent property line and buildings are separated at least ten feet from each other. <br />Seventy -tsvo parking spaces are provided in a mix of garage bars, driveway spaces, and on- street parking. Sixty parking <br />spaces are required under the cottage ordinance. If developed under the LDR development standards (and with no land <br />removed from development) 23 homes could have been built requiring 46 parking stalls (for 3 bedroom homes). Building <br />footprint is capped at thirty -five percent for both cottage development or if the lot was short platted into 6,5(_)(_) square foot lots. <br />Buildings cover just over twenty percent of the lot for this proposal. <br />b) 1 °iety is proviclecl through a luixture of buikling cr'esigns, sizes ancr footer °ints. <br />Staffs Response: The thirty homes that make up this project comprise four different models with eight elevations. Five <br />colors combinations and amix of lap siding and shingles further differentiate the homes. The homes range in size from 1,(_)13- <br />1,6x3 square feet. Some homes have detached garages (in parking clusters away_ from the homes) while other homes have <br />attached one or two car garages. <br />c) The proposal provicles elements that contl °ibute to 1 sense of colnlnunitl- tivithin the cr'evelohlnent MA/ the All 1- 1-ou114ling <br />neighborhoocl by inchi4ling elements such as front entry° porches, eor�unlon open space and or eor�unlon builcings. <br />Staffs Response: All of the homes are designed with front entiv porches. Common open space is contiguous to all of the <br />homes. Common open space abuts eveiN- property Tvvo picnic areas are provided. At the north end of the property a <br />covered gazebo with picnic and barbeque space is adjacent to the common area. Off the backside of one garage structure, a <br />barbeque and picnic patio is created for the southern common space. Each of the homes has a covered front porch. The <br />Stacy- MacGregor Pa 11 of 19 09 142011 <br />H: a Cottages at Riverton BAR Staff Reportdoc 13 <br />