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Peer Review The Planning Commission requested the project be evaluated by the City's peer review architect, Cannon Design Group. The peer review indicates that the project is well designed overall and concentrated on suggestions for additional details that could be added to enhance the proposed design, as follows: I) Provide more articulation on the belly band, or make it smaller; 2) Reduce the size of the trim at all sills and around the windows; 3) Add trim to the deck fronts to produce shadow lines; 4) Consider a planter and lattice to soften the deck divider; 5) Add garage doors with windows and detail the second story elevation above the garages with additional lattice and trellis on the St. John Street units; 6) Enlarge columns at porch elements; and, 7) Reduce window size on second floor at unit rear. The applicant agreed to these suggestions with the exception of adding garage doors. Staff agrees that garage doors would not be necessary and may cause the garages to be used for storage instead of parking. Housing Commission The Planning Commission requested the item be reviewed and commented by the Housing Commission. Staff notes that since the project has less than 15 units it is not subject to the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance. On June 16,2005 staff presented the project to the Housing Commission. The Housing Commission expressed support for the project as one that was affordable by design, declared support for the proposed density, added that this is the type of project the City is encouraging developers to build, and acknowledged the project was not subject to the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance. The applicant was congratulated for his efforts and was requested to return to provide the Commission with some numbers related to sales and rents for units of this housing type. Parking The Planning Commission expressed concern related to parking, noting that the proposed project could impact or reduce existing on-street parking currently serving the adjacent commercial uses. Residential developments are generally required to provide two on-site parking spaces per dwelling unit. However, the Downtown Core Area Overlay District requires only I Y, spaces per unit for rental units with two bedrooms. The proposed project consists of four SR:05:258 Page 5