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Figure 5, below, is copy of Sheet A3-0 (Attachment 5) of the two-story single- family houses. wer f '' . t�l\' ll Figure 5: Perspective of the Two-Story Single-Family Houses The applicant followed a traditional New England design style fc,r the proposed development. Each of the three building types include building forms, materials and colors, and detailing to create a separate identity for each building type while tying the designs of the individual building types with each other and with the residential developments on the east side of Valley Avenue. DISCUSSION The attached Planning Commission staff report (Attachment 8) includes a detailed analysis of the proposed project in the "ANALYSIS"section (pp. 11-41) in the staff report. A summary of this section follows. Site Design The proposed site plan implements the goal of the standards to "feather' building heights and densities from the 1-680 freeway to the single-family homes on the east side of Valley Avenue and implements the standards addressing the general layout of the buildings' orientations to public streets and to each other; minimizing the appearance of garages; and the proposed perimeter and interior building setbacks and designs. The site plan incorporates a view corridor through the site at the main entrance to maintain views of the ridgelines from Valley Avenue. Views of Pleasanton Ridge are also provided from Valley Avenue looking southwest and northwest across the project site. The proposed project would provide 9.7 acres of open space, which exceeds the minimum requirement of the Standards for 2.1-acres of open space for this project. The open space areas comply with the applicable Standards as to location and function. Internal pedestrian trails and connections are provided to link the inte-nal areas of the Page 10 of 19