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

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play equipment; the other walkway provides a north -south connection between the two recreation areas. The pavement area in between these two walkways, as well as within the shared garage access areas, will be made of a patterned and /or colored material to distinguish it from the asphalt roadway. The material submitted by the applicant for this area is sample of a concrete aggregate. In initial discussions with the applicant, the material was proposed to be colored concrete pavers. The material submitted does not provide the design quality envisioned, and as a major element of the site design, staff would like to recommend that the applicant change the material to concrete pavers, brick, or other material of a higher design quality. Staff recommends that the appropriate material be determined by the Community Development Director as part of the review of the Public Works construction permit. There are two access points to the site for vehicles; one from S 144' Street and another from 34"' Ave S. These two driveways allow through movement from 34"' Ave S to S 144' Street. A combination of the narrow roadway width, and raised pedestrian walkways which act as a speed table, will help to preserve this through connection as a local access road for residents of the development rather than as a cut through for non -local traffic. Parking Parking for residents of the Osterly Park Townhomes project will be within the attached two -car garage for each unit. With the exception of units C24 and C25, these garages are accessed within shared garage access areas located off the private access road in order to minimize conflicts between autos and pedestrians and to better screen garage areas from view. Landscaping, including a row of trees and shrubs, is proposed to be clustered at the end of the shared garage access area to help provide greenery to this paved area. Additionally, trellises will be located in between the garage doors of each building having a shared garage access area in order to provide some additional greenery see Rear Elevation, Sheet A3 of Attachment B for typical elevation for all unit types which have a shared garage access area). Units C24 and C25 have garages located directly off the private access road. There is extra space in front of the garages for these units to provide residents visibility to watch out for traffic (both along the sidewalk and within the roadway) as they are backing out of the garages. The extra space in front of garages also provides room for on- street parking for residents of these units. Twelve on- street guest parking spaces are proposed on the south side of the site. Groupings of on- street parking stalls are separated by landscape islands with street trees, which minimize the pavement area of the access road and add greenery to the streetscape. .Solar Orientation The large number of windows on the second- and third stories of the buildings in the project will allow sunlight into the living spaces within each unit. Units on the site which are likely to receive the most exposure to the sun are units 31, 28, and 26. Street trees will help provide partial shade to windows of units 31 and 26 during summer months while at the same time allowing scattered sunlight into windows on the south side of these buildings. JR Pa Lc R of 26 11/05/2009 3 6 HADcsip RcvicwvOstcrly Townhomcsv1.08 -076 L08 -079 Ostcrly Park Sub livision &DcsiLnRcvicw SR. loc