Planning 2012-03-22 Item 4 - Osterly Park Townhomes - Attachment C - Staff Report Dated 11/2/09

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design of the townhome units helps to differentiate the units within the same building from one another, and also helps to reduce the appearance of the building mass. Materials and Colors Materials used for the building exteriors will primarily be wood, with the addition of stone veneer to the base of the front elevation of units facing the street along 34"' Ave S and S 144' Street. A combination of horizontal and vertical wood siding and cedar shingles will be used on building exteriors. Cedar shingles will be used primarily on the side elevation modulations. They will also be used as the siding material on the first floor on some of the units (See Building C in Attachment B, Sheet A4) and as the material used for the upper portion of the roof on other units (see Front Elevation of Building B in Attachment B, Sheet A3). A neutral color palette that includes seven different color schemes, all of which are in the same color family, has been submitted. Additionally, some of the wood shingles on the buildings will be painted, and others will be a natural wood color. Front doors on the units will be painted with either the trim color or red (see color sample in Attachment E). All colors to be used for the project, including the seven different color schemes, a picture sample of the wood finish for the shingle, and red door color are included in Attachment E. For each building, at least three colors will be used, to include a color for the body of the unit, an accent color, and a trim color. The isometric color rendering showing the entire development (Attachment C) provides an example of how the different color schemes will be distributed throughout the site. Please note that the colors on the isometric drawing are not an exact match to the actual colors that will be used according to the paint sample colors contained in Attachment E. Garage Design The original design for the Osterly Park Townhomes included a long row of townhouses, with garages accessed directly off the private access drive. A change to this design was suggested in order that units adjacent to S 144' Street and 34"' Ave S would have the front elevation, including the front door, facing the street. Additionally, there was concern about having the garage doors accessed directly from the private access road, so the design of the townhome buildings was changed so that there would be duplex units on either side of the access road, with each grouping of units sharing a common garage access area separated from the private access road. The location of the garages off the private access road also helps to screen the garage doors from view. An exception to this pattern is the C Building, which has garages accessed from the private access road. On these units, the building modulation over the garages helps recess the garages doors, minimizing their appearance. The front doors and balconies on the building help to create a relationship between the building and the private access road. The garages for all the building types include a window on the side elevation so that the garages appear to contain habitable space and to create visual interest along the first floor elevation. As shown in the colored elevations, the garage doors incorporate windows, and will be painted to match the color scheme of the buildings. JR Pa Lc 12 of 26 11/05/2009 4 0 HADcsip RcvicwvOtitcrly Townhomcsv1 -08 -076 L08 -079 Ostcrly Park Sub livision &DcsipRcvicw SR. loc