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<br />Amendment Application No. 2005-07 <br />Tentative Tract Map No. 2005-08 <br />Development Agreement No. 2005-03 <br />Site Plan Review No. 2005-03 <br />September 12, 2005 <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />The housing units are a mixture of loft, townhouse and stacked flats <br />organized in both taller buildings and traditional courtyard housing. <br />Courtyard amenities include a community fireplace, fountains within each <br />court, potted plants, built-in benches, and two tree wells to allow for <br />the eventual growth of large mature trees. A community room will also be <br />located on the second floor above the Main Street paseo. <br /> <br />Parking will be accommodated utilizing subterranean parking with access <br />from Twentieth Street in order to utilize the existing traffic signal at <br />Main Street. A total of 102 parking spaces will be located in the garage <br />allowing for two parking spaces per unit and the remainder dedicated to <br />the commercial tenants and guests. Additionally, due to the elimination <br />of existing driveways, on-street parking will be accommodated directly <br />adj acent to the proj ect . pedestrian access to the housing is provided <br />from each street through three paseos. Direct access individual stoops to <br />the ground floor residential units fronting Nineteenth and Twentieth <br />Streets are proposed (Exhibit 3). <br /> <br />As part of a separate transaction, the proposed development site will be <br />exchanged with the existing office site to the north of the Bowers Museum. <br />The terms of the land exchange will facilitate the demolition of the <br />existing office structures to the north, construction of a new surface <br />parking lot and the installation of a traffic signal. The conclusion of <br />this work will allow the transference of 1900 North Main Street to <br />Steadfast Companies for development. <br /> <br />The Specific Development Plan is necessary to maintain the integrity of <br />the existing site and provide consistent uses and appropriate development <br />standards throughout the 1.1-acre site. The establishment of a Specific <br />Development Plan will allow for flexibility in the site planning and <br />design, while ensuring development of a high quality mixed use proj ect <br />(Exhibi t 4) . <br /> <br />The project will change the zoning designation of the existing site from <br />Community Commercial-Museum District (C1-MD) to Specific Development No. <br />79 (Exhibit 5). The intent of the Specific Development Plan is to <br />accommodate a mixed use development within the museum corridor. <br /> <br />75A-5 <br />