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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes May 11, 2017 Page 3 of 18 Commission Questions of Staff. Sheets asks if there are any guidelines that the PC has in terms of style. It seems more like personal preference. Is there anything in the design guidelines that dictates that we should stay with historic character? Dean says in this area, we have no residential design guidelines. We have minimal residential design guidelines Downtown and design guidelines specific to commercial and industrial development. The design of structures is reviewed and approved through the PUD process for multifamily buildings and subdivisions. Brauneis says regarding the building of the carports and garages, is there loss of open space at that point to account for a slightly larger structure. Do we have a square footage on it? Dean says open space was calculated for the whole North End development. They are over in their open space requirements. There were some minor adjustmen<='` the landscape areas to accommodate carports, but it was not enough to dip into their alloc •n of public open space. We have a site coverage requirement and they do not excee Brauneis asks how we treat a hard surface parking space r ` -n' . n a structured carport or garage space in evaluating this kind of a plan. Dean says the impervious surface, the parking lot, and#ess ways do .unt towards site coverage, but the structure area does. Brauneis clarifies the structure area including c. ` !rts and garages. Dean says yes. Brauneis says it is an increase in site coverage that perspective. Applicant Presentation: Chad Kipfer, Markel Homes, 5723 Arapahoe Avenue, : •er, CO No formal presentation. To answer some questions, the original PUD had one sketch elevation but had no elevations for carports or garages. With this proposal, we are providing sketches of what garages and covered carports look like. We also provided an update on the multifamily project. In terms of open space, we did not change the site layout. Where there were parking spaces, pavement, or covered parking, we are still in the same spaces. We have made minor adjustments. In terms of architectural style, we do a diversity of architecture in North End. This is compatible with Block 10 and Phase One and the rest of the development. Commission Questions of Applicant: Brauneis says there is a difference between a paved parking space as opposed to a structure, whether carport or garage. How do you evaluate that sense of place? Kipfer says we are trying to provide a higher quality development with garage spaces with cars Tess visible. The diversity of the garages being built with color variation and roof variation will have a od look. We still have carports. Moline I recall the open space dedication for this development was the area around Hecla Lake. Kipfer says North End came in a long time ago, we dedicated about 20% of the entire project. A portion was Hecla Lake and strips of open space throughout all different phases. In terms of the open space on this little area of Parcel B on Block 10, we did not make any adjustments. Public Comment: Andrew Christensen, 1349 Snowberry Lane, Louisville, CO I live in this neighborhood. Since this has been presented at the HOA meetings, does this change of plan change the number of units in the living structures? Does it change the number of available parking spaces from the previous plans? Dean says no, it does not change the number of units. They are meeting their parking requirements. 90 spaces are required and they are proposing 97 spaces. Christensen asks if this is a change from the plan that had only carports. Dean says it is a small change. 5