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Rosemary Apartments Site Plan and CUP Frenchman Place 41h Addition Final Plat Page 8 Streets and Access The development as adequate access from Rosemary Way. Trails/Sidewalks There are sidewalks along both sides of Rosemary Way. The developer is showing a sidewalk connection at Rosemary Way that goes north to the property. There is a sidewalk along the front of the building. The Comprehensive Plan does not show any proposed trails through the site. There are no trails proposed with the development. Building Architecture In 2005, the City Council adopted the Multi -Family Design Guidelines and the developer has provided building elevations and a building rendering for review. The majority of the building will include cement board siding and shake siding, with accents of rock face block and cast stone along the bottom, at the main entrance, and building corners. There is a good color variation in the design. There seems to be a difference in the material colors on the sample board of the colors shown on the building elevations. Staff will continue to work with the developer on the building material colors. There will be a stone sill along the top of the stone as the material transitions to cement board siding. The windows and doors will include a white color frame around the edges and some windows include a header at the top. The architecture includes a pitched roof with asphalt shingles. The building has horizontal and vertical projections, which are encouraged by the Multi -Family Design Guidelines. The sides of the building are broken up by the projections, windows, and color variation. The peaked roof sections could be wider to create a more balanced design, as they are tall and skinny and widening them will help breakup the fagade of the building. The main entrance is on the south side of the building and includes a significant amount of cast stone and a canopy with pillars, creating a clear main entrance. Staff recommends that cast stone be added to the pillars for a more cohesive design. The developer has done a good job of wrapping the cast stone around the corners of the building with the corner design elements. The design guidelines state that buildings should be designed with high quality materials on all sides of the building, consisting of stone and similar materials. There are window headers on some of the windows on the 1st floor and where they are shown headers could be added to the 2nd and 3rd floors to add balance and interest to the building. The north elevation (back of the building) seems to be missing some of the architectural details, such as widow headers and cast stone material the rest of the building includes. Staff recommends that the developer add architectural elements and add the cast stone, to the north elevation to match the other elevations of the building. Staff will continue to work with the developer on the architecture on that portion of the building.