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P21-1173, PUD-146 and Tract 8631: 475 & 493 St. John Street Planning Commission <br />10 of 32 <br />Parking <br />Lots 1-14 will be constructed with two-car garages and an approximately 534-square-foot5 <br />two-car garage will be constructed on the north side of the Barone’s home. The new private <br />hammerhead street will provide 10 off-site parking spaces, and the commercial lot will have a <br />13-stall parking lot – six standard-size spaces, four compact spaces, two electric vehicle <br />charging spaces, and one American with Disabilities space. <br /> <br />Grading and Drainage <br />As noted, the portion of the project site being redeveloped is relatively flat. However, there is a <br />gradual slope to the south and a relatively steep downward slope leading to the Arroyo del <br />Valle channel to the north. Grading is proposed in areas on the relatively flat portion of the site <br />to maintain residential structure heights similar to adjacent residential properties when creating <br />flat pad lots, in addition to grading for bio-retention areas, a parking lot, and the hammerhead <br />street. <br /> <br />Grading for building pads is expected to reach approximately 6.5 feet below the surface and <br />excavations for utility lines and stormwater infrastructure would reach as much as <br />approximately 9 feet below the surface. Grading would likely result in approximately 4,200 <br />cubic yards of material being exported from the site. <br /> <br />The Arroyo del Valle channel is north of the project site, flowing east-west to convey <br />stormwater and other flows. The project would include construction of residences towards the <br />northern portion of the project site with those proposed lots (Lots 8-14) being set back <br />approximately 20 feet from the top of the existing bank; there would be no modifications to the <br />bed, bank or channel of Arroyo del Valle. The project would have storm drain systems and <br />connections, shown on the civil plans in Exhibit B , described in more detail in the Analysis <br />section, below. <br /> <br />Building Architecture/Design <br />Residential. The new single-family homes are designed to include architectural features found <br />in other existing buildings along St. John Street and in Downtown. Most notably, the applicant <br />is proposing traditional architecture – e.g., entry porches, Juliet balconies on some units, large, <br />recessed windows with grids on the front and back elevations, brick veneer and stucco <br />materials, and composition hip roofs. The massing of the buildings is broken up using <br />projected or recessed building walls and dormer windows on the end units which provide <br />variation in the wall planes. The buildings would feature a stucco and brick combination, and <br />composition roofing. The proposed colors and materials of the buildings are a light cream color <br />with dark accents (window trim, doors, garages, and exterior lighting fixtures) and would <br />complement the existing Barone’s residence and the neighborhood. Figures 8 and 9 provide <br />illustrations of the general plan type for the new homes on Lots 1-14. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />5 The garage square-footage is included in the proposed 1,360-square-foot addition to the Barone’s home.