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04/27/1976 - Packet AGENDA Tigard Site Development Plan & Architectural Design Review Board April 27, 1976 - 5:00 p.m. 144W General Telephone Building 12460 SW Main St. , Tigard, Oregon 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: April 13, 1976 4. COMMUNICATIONS 5. DESIGN REVIEW 5.1 SDR 5-76 (Gordon Carpenter Apartments - SW 98th) A resubmission by Gordon Carpenter to construct a 32 unit apartment complex on a 2.83 acre parcel on SW 98th St. , south of Greenburg Rd. and directly north of SW Scott Ct. 5.2 A proposed signing program for the Farmers Insurance Planned Development on SW 68th Parkway (will be presented by architect at meeting) . 6. OTHER BUSINESS 7. ADJOURNMENT i' STAFF REPORT Tigard Site Development Plan & Architectural Design Review Board April 27, 1976 Project Review - SDR 5. 76 (Carpenter Apartments - SW 98th) APPLICANT'S REQUEST Request by Gordon Carpenter to construct e. 32 unit apartment complex on a 2,.83 acre parcel on SW 98th St. , south of Greenburg Rd. and directly north of SW Scott Ct. STAFF FINDINGS 1. This project was originally submitted to the Design Review Board on 4/13/76 wherein the submitted plan was denied. The denial was primarily in order to allow the applicant to redesign the project in a fashion which would save as many of the exist- ing large trees on the site as possible. In addition, it was stated that the substantial amenity provided by these trees should be utilized by the site design. 2. On the original plan the access drive was deficient, being 24 ft. wide where 32 ft. is required by the zoning ordinance. The re- submitted plan shows a 32 ft. drive, narrowing to 24 ft. in the rear of the project where 19 units are being served, the reduced standard being adequate to fulfill the access standards. 3. The resubmitted plan shows 4 less parking spaces than the original and meets the code parking requirement of 12 spaces per dwelling unit. 4. Along the access drive there are areas where garages or parking stalls do not abut. Staff is concerned that these locations will be used for informal parallel parking. If this type of parking occurs along the drives, they will reduce the effective width and some means of restriction is therefore necessary. For instance, the owner could be required to sign these areas for "no parking" . Such signing can be purchased from the City of Tigard. 5. Pedestrian scale lighting is shown along the access drive, but is not shown adjacent the recreation areas. For security reasons, lighting should be specified in the recreation areas. 6. The primary plant type used in the landscaping is rhododendron. These are appropriate adjacent the units and recreation areas as specified; however, some locations directly adjacent the pavement and parking garages are not suitable habitats for this type of plant and a more suitable plant type should be selected. Staff would recommend that hardy evergreens be used in these areas (such as Mugo pine) . In addition, some of the page 2 PC Staff Report 4/27/76 landscaped areas adjacent the garage areas could be suitably planted with taller growing plants such as vine maple, which would soften the effects of garage units with a taller growing plant of this variety. In that a large area can be substantially retained in existing vegetation, representing a cost saving, some additional landscaping could be provided around the units, especially adjacent the garage units which sit in front of the units and present plain building surfaces. 7. The applicant shows a 5 ft. wood screen fence on the rear property line and for a distance on both the north and south property lines. This is required as a condition of the A-2 zone change. In addition, the zoning ordinance requires a sight obscuring fence between a multi-family and single family zone. The appli- cant is proposing to plant an arborvitae screen between the two properties in lieu of a fence. A fence will be constructed for the first 140 ft. from the rear property line on the north prop- erty line and the remaining length (to 98th St. ) would be in an arborvitae screen. Staff finds this an acceptable alternative to a fence and from a long term maintenance standpoint is probably superior; however, the planting of the arborvitae must be close enough to ensure an infilling of the plants as they mature. These arborvitae should be planted a maximum of 3 ft. on center in order to eventually infill and provide a privacy screen. Where the screening approaches 98th St. , it should stop 20 ft. low from the right-of-way line in order not to block visibility for traffic entering or leaving at that point. 8. Buildings 4, 5, 6 and 7 could use some evergreen planting adjacent the point where they abut the property line to provide some privacy screening in this area. STAFF RECOMMENDATION To be advised after applicant presentation.