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The homes would feature individually designed facades incorporating traditional architectural detailing such as wood shingles; wood framed windows; and a combination of board and batten, stucco, and horizontal wood siding materials. Building mass has been reduced through the incorporation of hipped roofs, dormers, and small gables. To further enhance the overall aesthetics and continuity of the project, the homes will be painted with colors chosen from a "historic color palette." The heritage style is further expressed through the incorporation of recessed windows and small front porches. New front yard picket style fencing helps maintain a, pedestrian-oriented atmosphere. Parking The applicants have designed the project to preserve on-street parking to the maximum extent. All required parking is provided onsite with access from the existing driveway; the project requires no new curb cuts. Due to the layout of the new units with the tuck- under garages, the parking will be screened from the First Street streetscape, as recommended in the Downtown Guidelines. The four new residential units would each contain afull-sized, one-car garage on the ground level that would be accessed from the existing common driveway. Tandem parking would be provided in each of the driveways with one additional guest parking space being provided between Lots 3 and 4. The existing home will have two dedicated parking spaces; one covered parking space is located along the north side of the existing home, and one open space is located behind the existing home. Staff has conditioned that the spaces have a minimum dimension of 10 feet by 20 feet. No parking will be allowed in any area of the common access driveway. Staff and the Planning Commission have found the proposed parking plan to be acceptable and appropriate for the development: Downtown Design Guidelines: Siting, Mass, Height, and Garages The following analysis provides a comparison of the proposed development with key features of the Downtown Design Guidelines. ^ Generally align homes with adjacent houses. The front yard setback of the existing home along First Street varies from 16 to 21 feet. The front setback of the houses along First Street range from 10 to 23 feet. The setback for the existing home will not change, thus, is consistent with other existing structures. On high density sites, the Downtown Specific Plan and Design Guidelines encourage retaining single-family homes along the streetscape and adding density to the rear of the site. This project has accomplished that guideline. Page 6 of 9