Avon Apartments Village at Avon Design ReviewJune 4, 2019
Village (at Avon) Design Review Board
Attention: Marcus Lindholm
PO Box
Avon, CO 81620
RE: Avon Apartments Submittal, dated April 30, 2019
Avon Planning and Zoning Commission Referral
This purpose of this letter is to document a summary of the Avon Planning and Zoning Commission's comments on
the above-mentioned development proposal. Pursuant to Section 4(e) of the Second Amended and Restated
Village (at Avon) PUD Guide, the Village (at Avon) Design Review Board shall refer to the Planning and Zoning
Commission "for comment only and not for approval, ratification or disapproval, all development proposals submitted
to the Design Review Board for portions of the Property located south of Interstate 70." On May 21, 2019, the Avon
Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed the Avon Apartments development proposal with the architect team. The
following is an overview of the discussion points from that meeting.
Site Planning
- Overall site planning and vehicle entrance locations appear acceptable.
- Increased parking supply will be positive to the development; however, this results in immense parking areas
that could detract from the pedestrian experience and result in a negative visual impact of parking vehicles.
- Icing on the north sides of the buildings in vehicular areas will be an issue.
- Consider a future bus stop toward the west end of the project and pedestrian connections.
Landscaping
- Additional landscaping treatments (i.e. raised planting beds) on the west portions of Building 1 could help
ground the building and massing.
- Breaking up parking with additional landscaping would help the appearance of large parking areas.
Building Design
- Concern with the overarching design theme and compatibility with mountain architecture that surrounds.
- Varying brick color throughout the project is beneficial.
- Add vertical relief to horizontal elements (i.e. pedestrian entrances) would highlight/accentuate.
- More variety with materiality (i.e. wood or wood substitute) could benefit the project and increase compatibility
with surrounding developmentlarchitecture in Avon.
- Roof color is bright and may be reflective; alternatives should be pursued.
The above comments are not intended to be an exhaustive list of the discussion points on the development proposal.
An audio recording of the meeting can be made available at request if so desired. Thank you for the opportunity to
review this proposal.
Avon Planning aniiW g Commission
Cc: Project File