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Preliminary Plat and Preliminary Site Plan Review: Ramsey Town Center 12th Addition November 23, 2005 Page 5 of 7 19. Townhouse Design/Architectural Standards: The miniknum/maximum building height in this district is 2-4 stories. All of the dwelling units are 3 stories and comply with the height requirements. Due-to grades, the buildings were designed with the garage as the main level and the living quarters are on the second and third stories. The development is proposing one townhouse style (row house units). The Town Center Development Guidelines establish a brick ~nhancement threshold of 35% of the rion-glazed area of the front facing wail, unless the building design is enhanced through other means such as covered porch, areas, broken roof lines, articulated fagade and material or color changes. The front facing wall contains a mix of rock face block, brick, vinyl siding and accents consisting of cement fiber, metal fascia, and bum/shed block. Although this is considered the building .front, it doesn't contain any front doors. The reason for no doors is that the grades are such that too many steps would be required to access the front doors from Bunker Lake Blvd. Howek, er, there are 12 large windows that project outward from the building to provide fagade articulation for pedestrian appeal. Black and white elevations have been submitted. Color elevations are needed to confirm the use of color changes. It appears that the front wall will meet the Town Center guidelines. The two end Wails consist only of vinyl siding. The Guidelines discourage large expanses of vinyl siding. Consideration should be given to incorporating additional materials changes on the building ends. The rear wall will act as the front door as it Will be the only entrance to these units. This wall also faces the single family homes in 8th Addition. The majority'of the rear wall is made up of vinyl siding with some rock face block accents on either end of the structure. Staff is recommending that the 3rd story windows contain some cement fiber board and burnished block accents like the front. And,.that additional brick be added to the garage level to make the entrances more appealing and inviting. 20. Townhouse Size: City Code requires town.house units to be a certain size based on the number of bedroomS the unit will have: bedroom 700 ~quare feet bedroom 800 square feet bedroom 960 squa{.e feet The preliminary plat/site plan submittal did not include information regarding the unit sizes, This information must be provided at the Planning Commission meeting on December 1, 2005. -418-