Reso24-10 0080 PC Reso 590 Veterans & 91 Winslow Project

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ATTY/RESO.0080/PC RESO 590 VETERANS & 91 WINSLOW PROJECT REV: 11-14-24 JB Page 5 of 8 E. The extent to which natural features, including trees, shrubs, creeks, and rocks, and the natural grade of the site are to be retained. The Project site is flat and does not contain many natural features. The proposal entails the removal of 17 trees around the site’s perimeter and existing parking area, however, 32 new trees will be planted as part of the Project, including new street trees. The proposed Project would enhance the appearance of the site with new landscaping, street trees, and bio-retention planters. F. The accessibility of off-street parking areas and the relation of parking areas with respect to traffic on adjacent streets. The Project includes 135 off-street, residential parking spaces and 15 guest parking spaces, resulting in a total of 150 parking spaces. The parking is located in an above-ground podium parking garage accessed via Veteran’s Boulevard—a high capacity arterial street—rather than on Winslow Street—a lower capacity street adjacent to lower density residential uses—thus maintaining appropriate traffic hierarchy in relation to the City’s street network. G. The reservation of landscaping areas for the purposes of separating or screening service and storage areas from the street and adjoining building sites, breaking up large expanses of paved areas, separating or screening parking lots from the street and adjoining building sites, and separating building areas from paved areas to provide access from buildings to open space areas. The proposed Project does not include expansive paved areas or surface parking lot and does include adequate landscaping between the building and the street and access to open space areas. H. In the case of any commercial or industrial structure, the review authority shall consider its proximity to any R District and shall consider the effect of the proposed structure upon the character and value of the adjacent R District area. This finding is not applicable as the Project is residential. I. The provision of permeable areas and drainage design appropriate to capture and treat stormwater runoff prior to its discharge from the site including, but not limited to, the use of vegetated swales, landscape features, permeable pavement materials, infiltration basins or engineered designs. The project complies with the Zoning Districts pervious area requirements. Engineering staff has reviewed the conceptual drainage plan and found it to be appropriate for the site and consistent with City standards. The Project would