L21 B1 WR final designTown of Avon
Final Design Staff Report
June 1, 1999 Planning & Zoning Commission meeting
Report date
December 20, 2019
Project type
Duplex
Legal description
Lot 21, Block 1, Wildridge Subdivision
Zoning
PUD-Duplex
Address
2165 Saddleridge Loop
Introduction
The proposed duplex can be described as a contemporary southwest style featuring stucco siding and flat gravel roof and sloped tile roofs. The proposed colors are earth tone with “Casa”
as the field color, “Dry River” as the trim color and a "Slate Green" tile roof.
The site has moderate slopes of 14 percent and faces east.
Design Review Considerations
According to the Commission’s Procedures, Rules & Regulations, Section 4.10, the Commission shall consider the following items in reviewing the design of this project:
The conformance with setbacks, massing, access, land use and other provisions of the Zoning Code.
Allowed use: Conforms with the allowed residential use.
Density: Duplex use complies with this lot’s 2 dwelling unit designation.
Lot Coverage: The proposed 29% of building coverage complies with the 50% maximum.
Setbacks: No proposed encroachments.
Easements: No proposed encroachments and proposed grading in the 10' Slope Maintenance and Snow Storage Easement is acceptable.
Building Height: The largest height of 30.5 complies with the 35' maximum limit.
Grading: All proposed grades conform with the maximum of 2:1 slope guideline and the proposed driveway grades comply with Town standards. The grading plan has numerous technical difficulties.
If this plan is approved staff will require that a Professional Engineer stamp the grading plan.
Parking: The four garage and the five surface parking spaces exceed with the minimum requirement for three spaces.
Snow Storage: Submitted plans show snow storage area exceed the minimum standard of 20% of the proposed impermeable surface area.
Landscaping: Submitted landscape plan appears suitable.
The conformance with other applicable rules and regulations of the Town of Avon.
The type and quality of materials of which the structure is to be constructed.
The building siding will be primarily stucco, with wood trim and wooden garage doors and flat asphalt roofs and pitched tile roofs. The predominant building material used in the neighborhood
is wood siding. Although the materials proposed are of high quality, they are dissimilar to other materials in the immediate neighborhood.
The design of site grading and drainage to minimize impacts to adjacent sites, rights-of-way and easements.
The grading is not anticipated to negatively impact other properties. The grading plan must be re-designed so that it is technically accurate and directs drainage away from the structure.
The compatibility of proposed improvements with site topography, to minimize site disturbance, orient with slope, step building with slope, and minimize benching or other significant
alteration of existing topography.
The building is very large and will result in disturbance of almost the entire site.
The appearance of proposed improvements as viewed from adjacent and neighboring properties and public ways, with respect to architectural style, massing, height, orientation to street,
quality of materials, and colors.
Though the buildings in the immediate neighborhood vary in their specific styles, the majority share certain alpine characteristics including pitched roofs (both gabled and sheds) with
overhangs, substantial vertical articulation, and primarily wood siding with a mixture of trim materials.
The project’s eveless flat roofs and stucco exterior accentuate the structure’s vertical mass resulting in a boxy appearance from the rear and the side of the building. Though, the structure
may be attractive by itself, in staff’s opinion its style and massing are not compatible with the alpine style buildings in the immediate neighborhood.
The objective that no improvement be so similar or dissimilar to others in the vicinity that monetary or aesthetic values will be impaired.
In staff’s opinion the design of the structure is so significantly different from others found in the neighborhood that aesthetic values would be impaired.
The general conformance of the proposed improvements with the adopted Goals, Policies and Programs for the Town of Avon.
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends that the project be denied because it does not conform to Design Review Considerations 1, 3, 6, and 7.
Recommended Motion
“I move to deny the proposed duplex design for Lot 21, Block 1, Wildridge Subdivision as depicted on the application and plan set dated April 5, 1999 and May 14, 1999 based on the finding
that it does not conform to Review Considerations 1, 3, 6, and 7 as discussed in the staff report to the Planning and Zoning Commission dated May 26, 1999.
If you have any questions regarding this project or any planning matter, please call me at
748-4030, or stop by the Community Development Department.
Respectfully submitted,
Karen Griffith, AICP
Town Planner
Planning & Zoning Commission Action
( Approved as submitted ( Approved with conditions (noted below)
( Denied ( Tabled ( Withdrawn by applicant
Conditions of approval, reasons for tabling or withdrawal of application, or basis for denial (refer to code or guidelines by number):
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Signed:
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Chris Evans, Chair
Attest:
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Greg Macik, Secretary