Agenda - Council - 10/25/2005 - Laserfiche WebLink

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[t appears from the information given by the applicant; that the townhome units will meet and e;~.ceed the architectural standards for town.homes. The units will have an exterior palette of six colors and will contain several desired architectural design elements (dormers, bay windows, shutters, and articulated facades). The units will have at least 14% coverage of brick/stone on the from elevations. Town_home standards dictate that at'least 35% of the front elevations consist of these material unless additional architectural elements and colors are used. The townhome units qualiJ5,, for this exemption since there will be at least five colors used on the exteriors and they will be using multiple desired architectural elements. The landscaping plan is generally acceptable subject to the comments contained in the Staff Review Letter. The Plarming Commission reviewed the proposed plat on October 6, 2005. The Commission had au extensive discussion about the proposed subdivision. Many liked the generaI layout and amenities, but most had concerns regarding the transitioning to the Whispering Pines neigi~borhood. Density Transitioning will be required along the northern most eastern property line. which abuts properties currently in the Whispering Pines subdivision. 7he landscaping plan does include plantings adjacent to the existing single family homes along the eastern boundary as well as the lone existing lot on Puma St. A suggestion from the Planning Commission was to possibly relocate the proposed park from the northwest corner of the plat to tl~e east directly adjacent to the Whispering Pines neighborhood. Subsequent to the Planning Commission meeting, the Park Commission has met and reviewed the possible relocation of the park. After discussion of the' matter, the Park Commission feels that the park should not be moved from its present location, k was felt that the northeast location of the park was desirable since there is proposed to be additional parkland west of Puma and south of Alpine Dr. Absent moving the proposed public park to assist in transitioning, the Plarmi'ng Commission also suggested moving the proposed ponding closer to the existing lots, create a landscaping berm, or creating larger lots adjacent to the Whispering Pines subdivision. City Code allows for a transitioning alternative that is mutually agreeable to the Developer and the City to -fulfill the density .transitioning requirements. Given the neighborhood design considerations and the necessity to increase density in certain areas as well as the possibility of future development in the Whispering Pines development, Staff is proposing that landscaping shown coupled with looking at doing additional plantings on the. development side or the Whispering Pines side will be sufficient to meet density transitioning expectations. should be noted that the landscaping plan also does include buffer plantings along the southern cdev: oI" the townhomes in anticipation of possible commercial development in the future as well alon~d the possible future bridge corridor where it abuts proposed lots. :\dditional Plarming Commission comments were the need to widen a portion of Llama St. south of the Bunker Lake Road extension and the provision of two accesses onto Bunker Lake Blvd. ~'or the town_homes immediately west of Armstrong Blvd. Two residents were present and were t;oncerned about the lot sizes against their properties and the amount of traffic on Alpine Dr. motion was made by the Planning Commission to approve the preliminary plat and preliminary ~;itc plan subject to the following conditions: l,) Compliance with City Staff Review Letter dated September 30, 2005. -19'9-