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DESIGN REVIEW BOARD STAFF REPORT 5.4
TO: Design Review Board Members February 27, 2020
SUBJECT: Design review associated with PUD18-01, SUB18-01, DEV18-09, and TR18-
26 providing final design review of architectural plans, landscaping plans,
colors and materials, and entry sign for The Collection, the 18-lot
subdivision for Trumark Homes (dba TH Danville Investors) on the 5.05
acre site previously identified as the Tassajara Nursery property, located at
2550 Camino Tassajara
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The development proposal was processed under Preliminary Development Plan -
Rezoning request PUD18-01; Vesting Tentative Map request SD 9479; Final Development
Plan request DEV18-09; and Tree Removal request TR18-26. The approval invoked State
density to allow the Single Family – Residential – Low Density (1-3 units per acre)
property to be developed at an effective density at slightly more than 3.5 units per acre.
The applicant is seeking Design Review Board (DRB) review and approval of the project’s
final architectural plans, final landscaping plans, colors and materials, and entry sign to
allow site work for the Project Improvement Plans to commence and to allow issuance of
building permits.
BACKGROUND AND EVALUATION
The project was approved by the Town Council on May 7, 2019. Project conditions of
approval required final project design features be reviewed and approved by DRB.
Site Plan/Architecture
The project includes two, two-story plans, each with three elevation schemes. The second
story of each residence has been designed to be set back from the ground floor reducing
building massing along the front elevation and at least one side elevation. The below
market rate units that are being provided as the “target units” under density bonus will
take the form of attached accessory dwelling units, with a minimum of eight of the ten
planned Plan 2 units to include an attached accessory dwelling unit.
Through the project conditions of approval, DRB has authority to review the placement
of plan types and elevation schemes for the entire project. The sheet labeled “The
Collection Site Plan” indicates plan type and elevation for each lot. The sheets labeled
The Collection – Final DRB Review 2 February 27, 2020
Street Scene 1 – Camino Tassajara and Street Scene 2 – Sherburne Hills Road depict
project elevations as viewed, respectively, from offsite views taken from Camino
Tassajara and Sherburne Hills Road.
Landscaping
The developer will install front yard and common area landscaping, offsite landscaping
within the abutting Camino Tassajara right of way, grid-scored concrete driveways for
each lot, three C-3 treatment basin facilities, all good neighbor wooden fencing, and
associated irrigation and drainage facilities. A homeowner’s association will be created
to manage and maintain all common facilities.
Following the approval of the project by the Town Council, and at the direction of the
Town Council, the applicant worked with staff to soften the design of the three C-3
treatment basin facilities. In conjunction with the refinement of the treatment basin
facility to be placed along the project’s eastern boundary, the applicant engaged in
discussions with the four abutting property owners east of the project boundary. The
result of that discussion was the preparation of detailed design sections for the proposed
desired wall treatment at the property line and for the landscape treatment between this
wall and Private Alley 3. The review resulted in the processing and approval of a wall
height variance.
Variance request VAR20-0003 authorizes the eastern and western exposures of the sound
wall at the east property line to have wall heights, as measured above to-be-established
finish grade, which exceed the otherwise applicable allowable maximum wall height
under P-1 (R-10 District) zoning standards. With the approval, the wall heights measured
above finish grade on the eastern side of the wall will be in the range of 8.0’ to 10.1’ and
the wall heights on the western side of the wall will be in the range of 8.0’ to 9.3’ where a
wall in this location would otherwise be generally limit ed to a maximum height of 7.0’.
The plans being presented for DRB review depict the planned landscape treatment
between this sound wall and Private Alley 3.
RECOMMENDATION
Approve the final architectural plans, landscaping plans, colors and materials, and entry
sign associated with The Collection.
Prepared by:
Kevin Gailey
Chief of Planning