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A-98-9; PD-98-3 Appeal -4- May 13, 1999 The unit types are as follows: Plan 1 3 bdrm. 2.5 ba. Plan 2 3 bdrm. 2.5 ba. Plan 3 4 bdrm. 2.5 ba. Plan 4 (Duet) 3 bdrm. 2.5 ba. Plan 5 (Duet) 2 bdrm. 2 ba. 1,553 square feet 1,750 square feet 2,004 square feet 1,360-1,364 square feet 1,094-1,117 Square feet The homes are all two stories with attached two car garages. The exception is the duet homes that have a single car garage with an 18-foot deep apron in front of the garage for additional uncovered parking. The number of parking spaces per unit is 3.6. This includes garage parking, driveway apron parking where applicable, on -street parking and the parking provided at the two proposed parks. All of the units would be two stories with stucco walls and brick and stone veneer accents. The rear and side of the units facing Fremont Avenue have been enhanced to improve their appearance from this arterial street. Roof material would be concrete tiles. An 8-foot high masonry wall would surround the project. The wall would provide security for the residents and noise attenuation from traffic on Fremont Avenue, Washington Avenue, the Southern Pacific railroad, the adjacent shopping center and the Service Center. Landscaping would be placed outside the wall on Fremont Avenue and on Chapman Road. The applicant proposes to make a number of street frontage improvements on both Fremont Avenue and Chapman Road. The improvements would enhance the appearance of the project from the surrounding streets and reduce the impact on the surrounding area: ■ Undergrounding of all overhead utility lines on the project frontage on Fremont Avenue. This will improve significantly the appearance of the development from the street. ■ Construction of an 8-foot high wall along the rear of the existing Floresta Gardens homes that back onto Fremont Avenue and front on Del Monte Way. The wall will extend from Floresta Boulevard on the south to the curve in Fremont Avenue on the north, and will replace the variety of wood fences that currently exist along the rear yards of the affected homes. ■ Planting of 24-inch box specimen trees at 20 feet on -center along the Fremont Avenue frontage of the project. ■ Construction of sidewalk along the Chapman Road frontage of the project. Planning Commission Concerns The Commission supported residential use on the property over industrial or commercial development. However, they had a number of concerns regarding the specific proposal: