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February 5, 2010
MEMORANDUM
f0: Planning & Zoning Commission
FROM: Sonya Wafters
CC: City Cletk, Pete Friedman, Anna Canning, Becky McKay
RE: Avendale fka Silver Oaks/Umbria (MCU-09-002/DF,S-09-026}
Mayor Tammy de Weerd
City Council Members:
Keith Bird
Brad Hoaglun
Charles Rountree
David Zaremba
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At the Commission hearing on December 3, 2009, the Commission voted to continue this
project and directed the applicant to work with staff to make some changes to the
proposed plans that would result in a project more consistent with the Ien Mile
Interchange Specific Area Plan and the City's Design Manual Specifically, the
Commission discussed the lack of'variety in housing types (only 4-plex units were
proposed}; and lack of variety in floor plans (only 1 floor plan was proposed) resulting in
homogeneous building elevations, as issues the applicant needed to address.
Staff met with the applicant and discussed options to achieve mote variety within the
development through additional floor plans, architectural details and building materials,
and the inclusion of apartment structures. Based on this discussion, the applicant
submitted a revised site plan and building elevations and floor plans for two different
types of apartment structures in addition to the 4-plea structures
The applicant is now proposing {l~l} 4-plea structures, (4) 12-plea structures, and (11)
16-plex structures for a total of 280 units, consistent with the number of units previously
approved Although the number of 4-plex structures has decreased from 70 to 14, only
one floor plan with three variations in elevations is still proposed; no changes were made
to the 4-plex structures One floor plan is also proposed for both the 12-plex and 16-plex
structures with two different variations in elevations for each.
The Design Professionals Committee reviewed the revised plans submitted by the
applicant and felt the majority of the items noted as needing improvement from the
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original review by the committee had been addressed. the committee provided favorable
feedback of the apaztment structures as proposed by the applicant and felt they
contributed to the variety of housing types within the development as anticipated by the
Ten Milc Plan.
Howevez; the committee still felt that the quality of the 4-plex structures had been lost
from that of the previously approved building elevations. Specifically, separate entries
and low roofs are no longer proposed and the quantity of the higher quality materials (i e
stone, brick, etc,) of the 4-plex structures has decreased. Additionally, there is no longer
modulation on the fzont sides of the 4-plex elevations. All resulting in what the
committee felt is a loss in the basic quality of the elevations.
Staff is working with the applicant to address the aforementioned items pertaining to the
design of the 4-plex structures and hopes to have a resolution that is consistent with the
Ten Mile Plan and design standards prior to the Commission meeting,.