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STAFF ORIGINATOR: P & Z MEETING DATE: TOPIC: BACKGROUND AGENDA ITEM V.F Paul Bengtson October 11, 2006 Amendment to the Planned Unit Development - Final Plan Lakewood Apartments On October 24, 2005 the City Council approved Resolution 05 -161 (attached) which approved the PUD Final Plan for the Lakewood Apartments. Lakewood Apartments is a mixed use building consisting of first floor commercial with apartments also on a portion of the first floor, and the floors above. •Iartford Group Inc. has requested to make some changes to the Lakewood Apartments project to address some issues that have come up while creating construction documents for the project. They are proposing the following changes: • Alter the elevations by removing the balconies and `balconettes' in favor of slider windows. • Eliminate the 2 inch `reveal' trim required surrounding all windows. • Add a third color to the palette • A revised central element to address the condition of approval requiring such. They have submitted revised elevations, revised renderings of the elevation, and some documentation on the proposed removal of the 2 inch reveals for windows on the project. ANALYSIS Balconies: While staff is disappointed to lose the balcony elements which we had hoped would create visual interest and some opportunity to further portray activity. We recognize that these opportunities are probably equaled if not outweighed by the potential for negative impacts on the visual appearance of the building. The balconies would allow residents of the apartment building to store or display materials on the balconies that might detract from the overall aesthetic appearance being created within the Legacy at Woods Edge project area. Balconies are not required by the design standards so the removal of them could be approved without any need to revise the standards. •