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PLN2001-00004 2 BACKGROUND 8/21 /2001 • The subject property is located at the northwest corner of Washington Avenue and Castro Street and consists of two parcels totaling 13,500 square feet. Surrounding land uses are as follows: North — older single -story office building, a wheel and brake shop, and a 3-story multi- family Victorian home; East — single-family homes (across Washington Avenue) and Onstad's Manor, a 62-unit apartment complex. To the southeast is a 2-story mixed -use building containing a small restaurant on the ground floor and residential on the second floor; South — service station (across Castro Street) and Cypress Manor, a 15-unit condominium complex; West — commercial building (formerly the Palm Garage and currently containing a heating ventilation and air conditioning business. • The area is not in a Redevelopment Area and the proposed residential project is not required to provide affordable housing. • The subject property will be subdivided into a total of six parcels, ranging in size from approximately 1,750 square feet to 2,699 square feet in size. A three-story residential townhouse would be constructed on each parcel. Three of the units will be attached in a row and face Washington Avenue with three separate driveways on the street frontage providing access to the three attached garages. The same is proposed for the other three units facing Castro Street (see Exhibit A — Site Plan). • All of the units are three-story with the master suite and bathroom on the upper (third) floor and two bedrooms, bath, kitchen, living and dining areas on the main (second) floor, and family room/den/ or extra bedroom with a full bathroom on the lower floor. Square footage of the living area of each unit is 1,942 square feet and the garage is 490 square feet. • The Planning Commission added one condition of approval related to building design and amended the condition related to the hours of construction. The added condition would require that the design of each garage door be different from the others to enhance the building elevations and give the row homes an individual appearance from one another. The amended condition, as requested by the applicant, would allow the applicant to start work at 7:00 a.m. in the morning instead of 8:00 a.m. on Monday through Friday, and to allow construction on Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Current City Council Policy Not applicable. Previous City Council Action is-27