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Staff has worked with the applicant in designing the project architecture in a Craftsman style that meets the goals and policies of the DSP and the Downtown Design Guidelines as stated above. The proposed homes includes traditional Craftsman style details such as a blend of building materials, including horizontal lapped siding on the walls and vertical siding at the gable ends and dormers; tapered porch columns; and exposed wood knee braces. Staff finds the architecture to be generally consistent with the guidelines. The applicant has provided relief to the massing through articulation, gable roof forms, and window treatments on all building elevations that are appropriate for the neighborhood and that provide sufficient visual interest from the street. The revised neutral colors complement the existing homes in the area and the mix of cool and natural tones in the vicinity. Overall, staff believes that the architectural style of the buildings are attractive and appropriate for the Downtown and that the project, subject to the Conditions of Approval in Exhibit B, complies with the Downtown Design Guidelines. Building Massing and Height Within downtown residential districts, the Downtown Specific Plan supports development that is lower in height, up to two stories and 30 feet. As proposed, the three two-story homes would measure approximately 27 -feet in height (measured from grade to the ridge) for Lots 1 and 2 and approximately 25 -feet in height for Lot 3 and would be generally compatible with the one - and two-story properties on Stanley Boulevard. The project comparison chart in Exhibit D shows the proposed height is generally consistent with other adjacent and/or recently approved projects within the general area of the DSP. Photo simulations have been included within Exhibit B to illustrate the building massing and height along the street. One of the renderings showing the project view along Stanley Boulevard looking slightly west is included in Figure 5. In addition, as required by the Pleasanton Municipal Code, on August 3, 2019 the applicant erected story poles to demonstrate the height and massing of the homes; these are required to remain in place through the final Planning Commission and City Council hearings. A photo of the story poles is also shown below in Figure 6. PUD -133, 3987 Stanley Boulevard Planning Commission 7 of 12