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West End Lofts <br />February S, 2007 <br />Page 4 <br />• Three parking spaces for each unit with a size of 3,201 and larger <br />gross square feet of residential area per unit. <br />This creates a total requirement of eight parking spaces for the project. <br />The parking for the commercial (ground floor) component of the building, <br />as well as any guest parking, would be served by existing street parking <br />and public parking structures. <br />The applicant proposes to supply these eight parking spaces via a <br />stacking parking lift accessed from the rear alley. It has been <br />determined through a study by Kaku and Associates that alley access is a <br />viable solution for this infill project. The parking lift will have <br />assigned spaces per residential unit, and Covenants, Conditions, and <br />Restrictions (CC &Rs) will be in place to educate prospective owners as to <br />any property constraints (Exhibit C). <br />Architecture and Historic Compatibility <br />The proposed building will be designed in a modern architectural style <br />with design details and use of building materials to tie it into the <br />existing fabric of the Historic District, while at the same time <br />providing a strong counterpoint to the historic architecture surrounding <br />it (Exhibit D). <br />The building will feature a shopfront glass facade at the ground level <br />accented with metal canopies over the retail /gallery entry doors. The <br />front facade of the building for the upper residential floors include <br />large roll -up windows clear non - reflective glass. Stone veneer will clad <br />the facade on the bottom three floors in order to tie in to create a feel <br />of permanence and natural materials found in the historic fabric of the <br />block. <br />Through a study performed by an architectural historian, Kaplan Chen <br />Kaplan (Exhibit E), and review by the Historic Resources Commission, it <br />has been determined that the juxtaposition of contemporary style <br />architecture and eclectic historic commercial architecture meets the <br />Secretary of the Interior's Standards as it relates to infill <br />development. Additionally, the Downtown National Register District <br />includes buildings in a variety of heights ranging from single story to <br />six stories. Based on this information and analysis, staff believes that <br />the proposed structure is compatible with the massing and scale of other <br />buildings in the district. <br />4 -4 <br />