L11 B1 WR Fourplex DesignTown of Avon Planning & Zoning Commission
Staff Report: Final Design Review
Submitted for the August 15, 1995 meeting
Date August 11, 1995
Project Type Fourplex
Legal Description Lot 11, Block 1, Wildridge Subdivision
Zoning PUD
Introduction
The project is a fourplex on a west-southwest facing 2.36 acre site on the east side of Wildridge
Road. The site slopes up from the road. Access is via a single driveway, with covered and surface
parking available for residents and guests. Materials include fiberglass roof shingles, redwood and
stucco siding.
The Planning and Zoning Commission considered the final design at their June 20, 1995 meeting
and tabled the request with a recommendation that the applicant refine the building design and
driveway grades and bring the plan back to a future meeting.
The applicant has added a hipped roof, a stucco accent band, and windows on the west and east
elevations. The north and south elevations have not been changed. The grading plan has a 4
percent and a 6 percent grade in the transition zone and driveway respectively. The site grading
has been modified from a 1:1 slope to a 1:5:1 slope north of the buildings. Two 13 foot rock
retaining wall have been added north of the driveway, with landscape planters to screen part of
the wall. The applicant has submitted a soils report indicating that due to shallow bedrock beneath
the soil surface, a 1:1 slope is acceptable.
Staff Comments
The proposed design results in significant amount of site disturbance, including cutting into the
slope on the north side of the buildings. A re -orientation of the buildings to work with the
topography of the site could eliminate some of the disturbance. The applicant has tried to address
the concerns of both the staff and the Planning & Zoning Commission as noted in the memos of
June 12, 1995 and August 8, 1995. The buildings will screen some of the disturbed slope
immediately north of the buildings while part of the slope will be screened with landscaped
planters located adjacent to boulder walls. The applicant also intends to revegetate this slope,
which if successful, would reduced the visual impacts. However, it will most likely be difficult to
re-establish vegetation on this steep slope.
Design Review Considerations
According to the Commission's Procedures, Rules & Regulations, Section 6.10, the Commission
shall consider the following items in reviewing the design of this project:
1. Conformance with the Zoning Code and other applicable regulations of the Town.
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2. The suitability of the improvement, including type and quality of materials of which it is to be
constructed and the site upon which it is to be located.
3. The compatibility of the design to minimize site impacts to adjacent properties.
4. The compatibility of the proposed improvements with site topography.
5. The visual appearance of any proposed improvement as viewed from adjacent and neighboring
properties and public ways.
6. The objective that no improvement be so similar or dissimilar to others in the vicinity that
values, monetary or aesthetic will be impaired.
7. The general conformance of the proposed improvements with the adopted Goals, Policies and
Programs for the Town of Avon.
Staff Recommendation
Staff presents two options for consideration by the Planning & Zoning Commission:
1. approve the site plan based on the very difficult topography;
2. table the application with the direction that the site plan be redesigned to position the building
to work with the existing topography and reduce the amount of site disturbance.
If you have any questions regarding this project or any community development matter, please
call me at 949-4280 (extension 131), or stop by the Community Development Department.
Respectfully submitted,
Karen Griffith
Town Planner
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Planning & Zoning Commission Action
❑ Approved as submitted Approved with conditions ❑ Denied
❑ Tabled ❑ Withdrawn by applicant
Conditions (if applicable):
Signed:
Date
Jack
Attest:
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Sue Railton, Secretary
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