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proposed development with the public sidewalks on Valley Avenue and, ultimately, to the Bernal Property. Building Design Design elements used throughout the proposed development include walk-up porches, liberal use of masonry wall surfaces, detailed entrances, bay windows and wall pop-outs, and varied building forms and roof lines for visual interest. Materials and colors generally follow a New England design theme — deep red brick, medium brown and very dark gray asphalt shingles, terra cotta colored standing seam metal roof materiel, building colors including white, light- to medium-blue grays, tans and browns, and deep reds. Building designs provide significant articulation and variation of building heigh:s, volumes, and massing, and are designed with architectural design massing and detailing on all four building sides, and with design details and elements that establish a "pedestrian scale" to the first floor areas of the structure. Staff has conditioned the proposed apartments to provide Universal Design features. For the proposed row house units and single-family homes, staff has conditioned the applicant to use their best effort in incorporating Universal Design principles into their construction. Staff notes that the applicant has already addressed Universal Design with the three-story row house units by designing and construc:ing the unit to accommodate an elevator with the units' purchase or in the future. Housing Site Development Standards and Design Guidelines The Housing Site Development Standards and Design Guidelines, hereinafter referred to as Standards, designated the 7-acre higher density portion of the subject property as Site #5, with Standards addressing density, architectural style, street connections to the shopping center and to Valley Avenue, and view corridors. The 19.72-acre portion of the site designated for Medium Density Residential (MDR) land uses is nct covered by the Standards. Staff, however, evaluated the MDR portion as it relates to the Standards for such items as "feathering" density towards the single-family homes on Valley Avenue, interior paseos, parking, perimeter setbacks, and view corridors, and reviewed the MDR portion for compatibility with surrounding land uses. The applicant requests the following exceptions from the Standards: 1. Standard A4.5. Where head-in parking occurs, a landscaped finger with street tree is required an average of every ten spaces. The applicant is requesting a landscape finger every 12 to 14 spaces. Staff supports this exception given the large area of the proposed landscape fingers, varying from approximately 500 square feet to approximately 1,100 square feet. 2. Standard A5.b. Garage doors should be recessed at lea;rt two feet from building façade. Staff supports this exception given that the garage doors for the apartments' garages face each on both sides of an internal court and the upper two floors of Page 11 of 19