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Pine Oaks Concept Plan Submittal Garage SizeMinimum 20 feet in width and 520 We agree to adhere to these square feet in sizerequirements. Garage DesignGarage shall not protrude forward of We are requesting this be waived but the front wall of the house, unless the agree that the garage cannot protrude house includes a front porch that is more than five feet forward the house unenclosed, a minimum of six (6) feet in (further explanation in the paragraph depth, and extends across 100 percent below). of the front façade of the house. The garage shall then not protrude forward of the front porch. Garage DesignThe length of the garage wall facing the Garage walls shall not be greater than street shall not be greater than 50 57 percent of the length of the entire percent of the length of the entire front front façade (further explanation in the façade of the structure for street-facing paragraph below – Garage Design garage doorsStandards). *This flexibility was granted for Natures Refuge and Natures Refuge North. Haywood Drive from Natures Refuge was granted this flexibility, and the proposed development will extend Haywood Drive to the north. This flexibility is being requested for both Street B and Street A. The street width will be the same width as Haywood Drive. **We will provide at least 15 feet between homes. The City currently allows a five-foot setback for garages and ten feet for homes, so this is generally consistent with R-2 zoning. GARAGE DESIGN STANDARDS In order to minimize impacts to trees, wetlands, and wildlife, we are proposing lot sizes consistent with the R-2 zoning standard with a lot width of 60 feet. R-2 zoning has different garage design requirements than the R- 1 zoning district and does not allow the length of the garage to be greater than 50 percent of the length of the entire front façade unless the second floor living space extends over the two-car portion of the garage; the garage doors are decorative and have a strip of windows; garages in excess of two stalls are broken up so the additional stalls are recessed two feet from the main garage stall; and garage width does not exceed 32 feet. Because villas provide single-level living, we cannot provide the living space above the garage on all plans; we only have a few villa plans that are one and a half stories. We also request that we be allowed some flexibility for some of our plans to have garages that protrude no more than five feet forward the house façade. The reason for these requests in flexibility is we cannot get to the 520 square foot garage size with meeting the design standards that are currently in place with single level living homes. In order to meet these requirements, we would need to make the house wider, and we cannot do that with the smaller lots we are proposing in order to conserve as much open space as possible. In summary, we agree to comply with the garage design standards that were approved for Natures Refuge North: Garage shall be allowed to protrude forward of the house, without front porch, a distance of no more than 5’, subject to conformance with an anti-monotony plan that prohibits houses with protruding garages to be placed directly adjacent to or across from one another. Unless 2nd floor living space extends over the garage, the maximum length of the garage wall facing the street shall not exceed 57% of the front façade subject to the following: Decorative garage doors with a strip of windows are required. Garage width in excess of two stalls will be recessed two feet from the main garage facade. Total garage width will not exceed 32 feet. Page 3