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recommended.) Projects within downtown must comply with all standards, but may request deviations from the recommended guidelines. As the DTPP states at page 25: In various cases, the Guidelines provide a choice of treatments that will achieve the desired effect, and any one may be selected. Although direct conformance with the Guidelines is the surest route to swift approval, developers are permitted to propose alternative design details if they are able to show that such details implement the overall Plan objectives with respect to the desired character of the Downtown. The 601 Marshall Project complies with all DTPP mandatory standards and all but two of the recommended guidelines. The two guideline deviations were appropriately reviewed as described in the Planning Commission report and further described below. ii. The Project Meets All Applicable Mandatory Standards and All But Two Recommended Guidelines, for Which Deviations May Appropriately Be Approved by the City. As the Planning Commission staff report explains and the Planning Commission found, the Project satisfied all required City review and approval processes including the HRAC and AAC review and Planning Commission approval. Further, the Project meets all applicable DTPP standards, and satisfies all but two recommended guidelines, for which permitted deviations may appropriately be approved, as they were recommended by the AAC and approved by the Planning Commission. The two requested guideline deviations pertain to the guidelines for the “tower” building disposition type. The following discussion further explains the four building disposition types described in the DTPP, how the Project was identified as a “tower” building disposition type, and discusses in detail the two guideline deviations. Chapter 2.7 of the DTPP provides regulations pertaining to building heights and dispositions. In this chapter, the four building disposition types are, in general terms, described as: (1) “rearyard” buildings, which have forward massing and open areas in the back, (2) “courtyard” buildings, which have open spaces encompassed by the building, (3) “towers”, which are tall and typically slender, and (4) “specialized” buildings, which are for other structures located on especially small or irregular lots, or for special uses. The regulations of Chapter 2.7 are intended “to ensure that adequate density and intensity can be achieved in order to support the urban vitality desired for Downtown, while also ensuring compatibility with historic resources and adjacent low-rise residential neighborhoods and minimizing shadow impact.” (DTPP, p. 86.) The DTPP, 7.A. - Page 6