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PROJECT DESCRIPTION The applicant is proposing to develop this vacant lot into forty-five (45) residential condominium units, seven (7) of which are affordable units. Five of the seven are designated for low-income households, and the two are for moderate-income households. The proposed PUD development consists often (10) clusters of buildings with the number of dwelling units in each cluster varying from three to six. The project consists oftwo-, three-, and four-bedroom units ranging in size from 1,269 square feet to 1,979 square feet. Each unit would have a garage for parking two vehicles. As originally presented to the Planning Commission, a total of 13 guest parking spaces would be provided throughout the development. The placement of the tot lot will remove one parking space, providing a total of 12 on-site parking spaces for guest use. The units that front Vineyard Avenue and Birch Creek Drive would have direct access to those streets. The interior units would be accessible via an interior private street. The project's design concept has generally remained the same since the initial submittal: four cluster designs distinguished by building exterior colors, front porches, and roofline variations. The buildings fronting Vineyard Avenue and Birch Creek Drive would be set back 15 feet from the south and east property lines. The interior buildings would be set back 12 feet from the west property line with the courtyard area at five feet from the west property line. This 12-foot setback area would also be used as a vegetated swale area for drainage of the site. All vehicular access to the site would be at Birch Creek Drive and Vine Street, with one-way travel exiting at Birch Creek Drive near Vineyard A venue. A "Y" shaped turn-around area would be located at the rear of the property near the Arroyo Del Valle for vehicles and fire trucks. The applicant proposes to install curb, gutter, and sidewalk along the eastern edge of the project (the west side of Birch Creek Drive), a clustered mail kiosk near the development entrance, and a monument sign at the corner of Vineyard Avenue and Birch Creek Drive identifying the development. The guest parking spaces would be located throughout the side, with five spaces located near the "Y" turn-around at the rear of the site, three spaces in the middle portion of the site, and the remaining three spaces located near the tot lot. Each unit would have two levels of living area above the "tuck-under" garage. The applicant submitted a conceptual landscape plan that shows the general location and density of the new plants along with a plant palette. Except for the trees to be removed to accommodate the proposed development, the trees that are located near the Arroyo Del Valle would be retained. New trees would be planted along Vineyard Avenue, Birch Creek Drive, along the west property line, and throughout the development as conditioned. All landscaped areas would be irrigated with an automatic irrigation system. SR:06:060 Page 4