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Victor Gardens North Village 71 Addition Page 4 Staff finds that in general, the proposed units meet the intent of the Victor Gardens PUD and the Multi -family Design Guidelines, however; we note the following for Planning Commission consideration: The patio home units and the twinhome units should provide additional architectural elements, from the front elevations, on the side and rear elevations. This will be different for each elevation, but the architectural elements used on the front elevation (such as brick or stone, shutters, etc) shall be continued on all elevations. • The plans should clearly identify how the mechanical equipment for the townhomes will be screened. The mailbox locations should be shown on the plans and should be designed to be architecturally compatible with the homes in the development. Staff will continue to work with the applicant in these items and has made them conditions of approval. Setbacks The applicant is requesting flexibility on setbacks. The setbacks approved as part of the original PUD are as follows: Minimum front yard setback (from 2ublic street) 15 feet Minimum setback between buildings 20 feet Minimum setback around the perimeter of the site 30 feet (exterior nronerty lines) The applicant is proposing the following setbacks: Minimum front yard setback from private street 20 feet Minimum setback between buildings 10 feet Minimum setback around the perimeter of the site 25 feet Minimum setback around the perimeter of the site 20 feet (Rosemary Wav) Although the applicant is requesting the minimum setback between buildings to be 10 feet, the majority of the buildings are 15 feet apart. There are a few instances where there are 10 feet between buildings. The applicant has a combination of front loaded and side loaded garages. The guidelines discourage garage forward design in an effort to eliminate a garage dominating view from the street. Although the applicant has some garage forward units, they have done a good job eliminating the garage dominating street view by staggering the front setback of each unit and providing side loaded garages.