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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCU2021-19r# Womack + Hampton ARCHITECTS, LLC August 9, 2021 Ron Stombaugh Planning & Zoning Assistant Director 200 S. Main Street Grapevine, Texas 76051 Re: 809 Dooley Street Grapevine, Texas Architect's Project No. 20017 Dear Mr. Stombaugh, Thank you for your assistance with our Zoning Change Application for the Property at the Northeast corner of the intersection at Dallas Road and Dooley Street (809 Dooley Street). Per your request through Jackson Walker, I am forwarding this letter to confirm the status of the proposed development's compliance with the City's Design Standards. Attached with this letter is our completed checklists for the Transit Overlay District Development and Design Standards. As you will see from reviewing the attached checklists, we are pleased to confirm that we are in compliance with almost every item listed, including items that may not be required of this property, but that we felt we needed to provide to keep within the spirit of the design standards and the character of Grapevine's Transit District Overlay. We are still in the first stages of the zoning and entitlement phase, and as is normal during the development process, allowances need to be made for reasonable modifications as the design is further developed in greater detail. It is our intention to remain in compliance with the spirit and intent of the Transit Overlay District Development and Design Standards throughout the development process. Thank you for your consideration of the accompanying checklists and we look forward to continuing our dialogue with City Staff as we progress through this process. Sincerely, D•ARc Womack+Hampton ARCHITECTS, L.L.C. �C9: lot � ��;•: on Danny Baker, AIA, NCARB, LEED®AP BD+C �' •''•• ?�ao� .••' Q' Vice President F.O IF 1 08.09.2021 4311 OAK LAWN AVENUE SUITE 50, LOCK BOX 5 DALLAS, TEXAS 75219 (214)252-9000 FAX (214) 252-9080 dannwEDwomackhampton com www.womackhampton com TRANSIT OVERLAY DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS Applicant: Trinsic Development Group Project: NE Corner of Dallas & Doolev Location: NE Corner of Dallas & Dooley Architect: Womack + Hampton Architects, LLC Date: July 15, 2021 I. SPECIFIC STANDARDS 1. Rail/ Street Definition Standards a. Addressment of Rail frontage It is the intent of these standards to create an active urban context along the rail frontage east of Main Street to west of Dooley Street, and west of Main Street to the intersection of Ira E. Woods and Dallas Rd. Therefore, all development, in this area having frontage on the Rail Right of Way must anticipate and provide for an extension of the Grapevine Main Transit Plaza at the Station and Hotel (hereinafter called Transit Plaza). This Transit Plaza will in effect continue east and west from Grapevine Main Station along the south side of the Rail ROW, thereby creating an extension of the Transit Plaza in such a way that the Transit Plaza and Station connect directly with the trail. Thereby the Transit Plaza becomes the primary and central public space feature engaging development in the core of the Transit District and along the rail line. Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ Comments: Per the TDO, the plan extends the Transit Plaza along the north side of the property. See clip below: AT ON 8 STOREBAT HAT AT HATCH -�'" \ NIB. PLA71 l ', i. Set back: All parcels having frontage on the rail line must maintain a minimum 26-foot set back from the rail track right of way as shown on the Urban Design Plan, Appendix "C", Section #4. 'p�`t pR�RtY amp 'gym'"`aPo+�' ii. Continuity of Ground Plane: The ground plane within this setback must be at the elevation of the track but a slope grade transition is permitted provided that the following are accomplished in the design thereof: 1. The slope is held to approximately two percent between the rail safety fence or an adjacent setback plaza development and lowest point in the 26 ft. setback on any site when there are no intervening retainage structures. Comments: 2. The connection from track or any adjacent setback plaza development to the lowest grade within the required 26 ft. setback on any site complies with all requirements of the American Disabilities Act (ADA). Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA a❑❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ © ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: Small (approx 24") retaining wall needed to transition from Rail Track property to the Transit Plaza similar to the Hotel Vin property. Entirety of Transit Rail Plaza to adjacent development complies. 3. When retaining walls are employed to make Complies: decorative grade change, the material of any visible retaining wall must be brick matching the Yes No In Spirit NA brick employed for plaza improvements at ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Grapevine Main. No retainage structure shall prevent the creation of a fire lane as shown on the Urban Design Plan, Street Section #4. 2 Comments: 4. In addition, any plaza development of the required 26 ft. setback must be paved in a material that, at a minimum, matches the pattern and design of the materials used at the Transit Plaza and Station and creates a coherent overall plaza identity. Pavement may be partially eliminated for landscaping relief and features. Comments: iii. Architectural recognition: All development of parcels with rail frontage must build to the required rail setback with an architectural building frontage. Addressment of the rail frontage with rear yards, parking lots, storage areas or other utilitarian use of the site is prohibited. If a proposed site plan places landscape or activity amenities at this frontage they may be permitted with City approval and such approval may allow the creation of site amenities to replace the minimum setback. Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: Transit rail plaza is open and provides connection to three on site amenity areas, see clip below from Site Plan: Epp tRN+S'( PR�,iSY ytTAD AQn`•..' 1lON � �. AGV W„STH� TOM HATCH.r J I 3 iv. Activity Association: Development of the rail frontage, in accordance with the above standards, must also locate some portion of the pedestrian active aspects of the proposed overall development at the rail frontage, transit plaza extension. If continuity of the plaza is not such that a connection with the rail station exists at the time of development, then the proposed project must retain the capability to locate such activities at the rail frontage when the needed continuity is achieved. Comments: See above clip. v. Street/ Rail Connections: Those parcels with dual frontage on both the rail and a parallel or intersecting street must provide a means of pedestrian connection between the rail frontage and street frontage within the project design. Such connection must be legible, public and identified with a portal treatment. This requirement could be accomplished with the private development of King Street by one or more properties, if abandonment of King Street is approved by the City of Grapevine for the purpose of its incorporation into private development as an enhancement pedestrian connectivity. Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: King Street is to the West. Proposed Development has no public R.O.W. within its boundaries. b. Main Street and Dallas Road Frontage: All development fronting Main Street and/or Dallas Road (as identified in the Urban Design Plan, Street Sections 1 and 2) must provide for an extension of a Thematic Streetscape and accommodation of anticipated pedestrian activity (hereinafter called Thematic Street Space). This Thematic Street Space will continue east and west along the north and south sides of Dallas Road as well as north and south along the east and west sides of Main Street; thereby creating an extension of the Transit Hub in such a way that the Transit Station is the center of a pedestrian space network engaging development along the streets radiating from it. Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ 4 Comments: See clip below for rendering of Dallas Road frontage: Build -to line for frontage along Transit District Streets: Structures fronting a street within the Grapevine Transit District, must build to a "Build -to" line as specified in table 2 below (also, as indicated on the Urban Design Plan, Appendix "C" Street Sections #1 through #10). The build -to line sets a distance between the location of a structure and the street (hereinafter the "Street Zone"). The Street Zone is divided into four parts as follows: Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: See clip below of site plan with Build -to Line highlighted: 5 1. A Permitted Encroachment Zone: Certain Building Features, namely supported canopies, marquee signs, horizontal mast signs, building arcades (provided that the space within the covered area of the arcade is no less than eight feet wide), marquee signs, building architectural features, sidewalk seating areas, portion of required on -site utility easements, and certain building offsets/ projections required by this ordinance. Such Building Features may encroach into the street zone up to a maximum encroachment of five ft. (hereinafter the "Encroachment Zone"). Other 6 Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA shade producing elements such as arbors, canopies, awnings, etc. may, and are encouraged to encroach beyond all setback lines and may extend all of the way to the front property line. Canopies and awnings may extend into the public right-of-way, provided a minimum 12'-0" clear height is maintained, the structure is at least 5' from the back of curb, and such structure is approved by the Public Works and Development Services Departments, public utility companies, and the Planning and Zoning Commission/City Council through the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit. Comments: Encroachment occurs at Corner Feature building with 8' deep arcade: la '` g�, � ► IYA� i'r ml) ICOVERED - s iPATIO i - � y DALLAS ROAD to VARIABLE W,,,H RlGHT.6F_yyAY� 2. An Unobstructed Pathway: A clear walkway, free of any obstruction or encroachment except public signage and public lighting and the hardware associated therewith; must be maintained along the street. Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA 7 Comments: 3. Landscape Zone: A portion of the Street -space is reserved for thematic landscaping and other landscape enhancements of the public way. Comments: See clip below for image of Dallas Streetscape. Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA D 4. Street Parking: Along certain streets, a portion of Complies: the street space may be used to provide head -in or parallel parking (such head -in parking options Yes No In Spirit NA are indicated on Street Sections #1 through #10 of the Urban Design Plan in Appendix "C"). Comments: The plan proposes no street parking, as none are allowed by the TDO requirements. 5. THEMATIC STREET SPACE STANDARDS: Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA 1) Dallas Road North Side a) Build -to Line (measured from Street ROW): 20 ft. Complies: E:3 b) Permitted Encroachment: 5 ft. c) Unobstructed Path: 10 ft. d) Landscape Zone: 5 ft. e) Street Parking: No f) Street Section: #1 Yes © No ❑ In Spirit ❑ NA ❑ Complies: Yes © No ❑ In Spirit ❑ NA ❑ Complies: Yes © No ❑ In Spirit ❑ NA ❑ Complies: Yes ❑ No ❑ In Spirit ❑ NA ❑ Complies: Yes © No ❑ In Spirit ❑ NA ❑ Complies: Yes © No In Spirit ❑ NA ❑ ❑ 2) Dooley Street East Side a) Build -to Line (measured from Street ROW): 15 ft. Complies: Yes No © ❑ In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ b) Permitted Encroachment: 5 ft. Complies: Yes No © ❑ In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ c) Unobstructed Path: 10 ft. Complies: Yes No © ❑ In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ d) Landscape Zone: 5 ft. Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ t7 e) Street Parking: No Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA fl Street Section: #5 Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA P Comments: ii. Modification of Build -To Line: Where build -to lines Complies: apply, buildings may be set back from the build to line a maximum of 15 feet for up to 50 percent of the Yes No In Spirit NA building fagade to provide pedestrian amenities such F� ❑ ❑ ❑ as outdoor seating, public plazas, landscaping and public art or art exhibits. Where porches and stoops are built in compliance with Standard 1f, below, such porches may abut the build -to line or extend into the Encroachment Zone (where such encroachment is permitted) and the rest of the structure may set back from the Build -to -Line a distance no greater than six feet. Also, Build -to -Lines may be modified as required to avoid encroachment on an existing utility easement. Comments: iii. Street Corners: Building Facades shall be parallel to Complies: the street frontage except street intersections, where a corner fagade containing a primary building Yes No In Spirit NA entrance may be curved or angled toward the 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ intersection Comments: See clip below to show building parallel to streets and angled toward intersection on the SW corner: 10 iv. Feature Buildings: Buildings in the High and Medium Intensity Districts located on axis with a terminating street, plaza, or open space; or at any street intersection with Main Street or Dallas Road, are considered "Feature Buildings". Feature Buildings shall be designed with accentuated/ distinctive entrances and articulation that is offset from the wall planes and extends above the eave or parapet line of the main building, hereinafter called "Feature Articulation". Feature Articulations may be used to satisfy the requirement for building articulation and massing (Standard 1 ai in the Generally Applicable Standards Section of this document). Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: See below for clip from rendering of Feature building at corner of Dallas & Dooley: 11 v. A Feature Building height may be increased up to 20 percent more than the maximum permitted height (standard 1 aiv in the Generally Applicable Standards Section of this document) with the approval of the City, if such increased height is used to create a landmark distinction. Where additional building height is allowed for creating a landmark distinction, the building plane of the distinctive element should be set forward from the plane of the host structure a minimum of three feet and may encroach beyond the build -to line but may not encroach into the unobstructed street zone specified above. If adjustment to the "Build -To" line is required to accomplish this standard, the applicant may propose such adjustment where necessary, for consideration by the City of Grapevine. Comments: See clip above. c. Other Street Frontage: All development fronting streets designated in the urban Design Plan (other than Main Street and Dallas Road) must facilitate transformation of such street into a place more attractive to, and nurturing of, pedestrian activity. These Streets generally connect to Main Street, Dallas Road, and/or the Rail Plaza and thereby Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ 12 offer potential to extend the range of pedestrian activity flowing from Grapevine Main Station, Hotel Vin, Main Street, and Dallas Road. Some of these Streets connect Main Street/ Dallas Road to the Transit Plaza and are of particular importance in supporting pedestrian connectivity and interchange. Secondary Streets identified in the Street Hierarchy Plan shall meet the following: Comments: See below for clip of rendering showing Dallas Road frontage and view toward the intersection with Main Street in the background: Build -to line for Other Designated Streets: Structures fronting a Designated Street, as indicated on the Urban Design Plan, must build to a "build -to -line (as shown in Table 2 and the Urban Design Plan Street Sections 3,4,5,7,8,9, and 10). The pedestrian space provided is intended to transform these streets into more pedestrian friendly walkways. The additional unobstructed street zone shall provide space for less directed use of the walkway such as outdoorvending. Comments: ii. Other Applicable Standards: The Standards applicable to Modification of the Building Line (bii), Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA q Complies: 13 and Street Corners (biii), shall also apply to Other Yes No In Spirit NA Designated Streets. ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: d. Lot occupancy in Urban Areas (exclusive of fee simple Complies: housing in the Medium and Low Intensity Sub - Districts) Yes No In Spirit NA ❑❑© ❑ The present-day physical fabric of Grapevine's Transit District is a typical "open space dominated" suburban setting. To move toward a more "building dominated", urban pattern, the following apply (in addition to the standards specified in 1 bi, 1 bii, and 1 biii; above): Comments: Development is bound by designated Street Frontages on the West and South sides, Transit Rail Plaza on North side, and has a 10' Utility Easement on the East side. Zero Side Yard: Development within the High Intensity and Medium Intensity Sub -Districts shall build to both side lot lines whenever access to interior parking and loading can be acquired from a point other than the front property line and when the placement of utilities allows this. When "side driveways" preclude building to both side lot lines, the structure shall be to one side lot line and the following shall apply to the remaining side yard. Two access drives which separate the structure from both side lot lines will only be permitted when such is required by the City of Grapevine for Emergency Access purposes. Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: Development is bound by designated Street Frontages on the West and South sides, Transit Rail Plaza on North side, and has a 10' Utility Easement on the East side. 2. Extension of the building plane to both side lot Complies: lines: When needed front yard drive access prevents a structure from building to both side lot Yes No In Spirit NA lines, the span of the resulting side yard shall be ❑ F1 © ❑ screened with a vehicular portal that is a horizontal 14 extension of the primary building plane anddefines a vehicular portal at the "Build -To Line. Subject to final approval by the City of Grapevine Fire Marshal. Comments: Development is bound by designated Street Frontages on the West and South sides, Transit Rail Plaza on North side, and has a 10' Utility Easement on the East side. e. Lot Occupancy for single-family detached Complies development in the Low Intensity Sub -District Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: The plan does not propose single-family detached development f. Lot occupancy for single family attached structures Where attached units are proposed, the encroachment zone provision (identified in applicable street sections) is no longer applicable and a front yard shall be provided which separates the unit from the unobstructed walkway with transition space no greater than eight -feet and no less than five feet. This space may be encroached upon by required porches or stoops. (see standard 2e, below). When at least eight contiguous lots are proposed, units may be attached, provided that any adjacent single-family front yard setback is maintained. Also, where at least eight contiguous lots are proposed for development, the rear yard may be reduced to ten ft. provided that a drive apron of at least 18 ft. is maintained at any rear entry garage. The minimum lot width for an attached single-family product is 30 ft. providing that the lots abutting any single-family detached use with two side yards maintains a side yard setback at the common lot line equal to the side yard of the adjacent single family detached property. Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: The plan does not propose single-family detached development g. Extension of the established streetscape themes Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA 15 For development along streets where a general streetscape has been established, subsequent development must maintain a visual continuity with that streetscape. This means that where a canopy type is established and the current development under consideration proposes a canopy, that canopy must bear relationships (such as width, height, and general style) to the established canopy pattern. The same is true for pedestrian furniture and hardware, which must be selected from the City of Grapevine approved list of vendors and products. Comments: 2. Circulation and Connectivity a. A general circulation plan: The City of Grapevine seeks to enhance value and connectivity within the Grapevine Transit District by promoting multiple pedestrian connections to the Transit Station from/across/ through larger properties in the High and Medium Intensity Sub -District. Therefore, any proposed project located in the High Intensity or Medium Intensity Sub- Districts shall provide a General Circulation Plan with the proposed development submittal. This General Circulation Plan shall identify: Comments: See below clip for Circulation Plan: I �uu Complies: u Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ IN a Corr, ii. Connection to land uses and pedestrian facilities within the project when the project and the site is developed with such uses and/or facilities. Comments: iii. Street connections and driveways for vehicle access and their intersection with pedestrian systems Comments: iv. On -site parking facilities Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: All Parking located within structured parking facility or within townhouse tuck under garages. v. Loading facilities and loading areas. Comments: Located outside of Parking Facility: z 9 � .I Z )mom ZCC S� 4 ---+ tGp�-0^SiORAG' r»+•a75v�+ur � AV r✓ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ im vi. Relation of land uses to street frontage and street Complies: level pedestrian amenities. Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: vii. Multiple Pedestrian Connection: Where alternate Complies: pedestrian connections (connections other than street or rail frontage) can occur, these shall be Yes No In Spirit NA indicated on the required Circulation Plan © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: See above for clip from circulation plan b. Sidewalks and walkways: Sidewalks and walkways Complies: shall comply with the following: Yes © No ❑ In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ i. All sidewalks along streets designated on the Complies: Urban Design Plan shall maintain the unobstructed pathway as indicated in Table 2 (Standard 1 bi) and Yes No In Spirit NA a total paved walkway as specified on the © El R ❑ applicable Urban Design Plan Street Section. Comments: ii. Sidewalks along streets within the Transit District Complies: and not designated on the Urban Design shall comply with applicable City of Grapevine Sidewalk Yes No In Spirit NA Standards. ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: Both streets are designated on Urban Design Plan. iii. All walkways connecting to the street from any Complies: interior pedestrian amenity (provided to meet the Pedestrian Amenity Standard 2Ci) shall have a Yes No In Spirit NA minimum width of eight feet. © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: Site is not located in High Intensity Zone; however proposed design complies with this requirement. iv. All walkways shall be continued across vehicular Complies: Wee access drives by continuation of the sidewalk demarcation and pavement texture/material/pattern across the drive width to Yes No In Spirit NA link the sidewalk on both sides as if not interrupted. ❑ El ❑ El Comments: v. All sidewalks along streets designated on the Urban Design Plan shall maintain the unobstructed pathway as indicated in Table 2 (Standard 1 bi) and a total paved walkway as specified on the applicable Urban Design Plan Street Section. Comments: vi. Sidewalks along streets within the Transit District and not designated on the Urban Design shall comply with applicable City of Grapevine Sidewalk Standards. Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA Comments: Both streets are designated on Urban Design Plan. c. Creation of a semi-public domain The vision of the High Intensity Sub -District is to achieve both intensity in development and intensity in pedestrian activity, focusing on pedestrian use of the street/sidewalk space. To accomplish this, development must provide at least one of the following: Pedestrian Amenity: Pedestrian amenities, including pedestrian open spaces, and/or plazas, and/or pedestrian landscaping shall be provided to enhance the pedestrian environment by creating an aesthetic visual experience and providing spatial opportunities for pedestrians to walk and gather. Space provided for public art qualifies as a pedestrian amenity. Pedestrian amenities shall be designed to provide adequate space for pedestrians, pedestrian furniture, and landscaping to enhance the pedestrian experience and maintain the minimum unobstructed walkway as Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ M11 specified in Table 2 (Standard 1 bi). Space provided for at street sales, public art, or dining qualifies as meeting this standard provided that the specified clear path is maintained. A pedestrian amenity shall have a minimum area of 200 sq. ft. and may be located under a canopy or arcade or created within a permitted building offset (as permitted in this ordinance). Pedestrian amenities may be located within the site if they are connected to the street and publicly accessible from the street. Provision of a Pedestrian Amenity must not alter the Build -To Line more than permitted by Standard 1 bii, above. Comments: Site is not located in High Intensity Zone; however proposed design complies with this requirement. Public Arcade: A semi-public space can be created within the architectural envelope of the structure as an Arcade. Such spaces typically parallel the unobstructed walkway and are a lateral expansion of the walkway into the first - floor plate of the structure. Arcades may occupy the encroachment Zone where permitted by Table 2 (see Standard 1bi1 and 1ci, above). Such spaces are often used for outdoor sales or pedestrian furniture. If an Arcade encroaches into the permitted encroachment zone, it must be eight feet wide within the arcade. Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: Site is not located in High Intensity Zone; however proposed design complies with this requirement at the corner of Dallas & Dooley (Feature Building). iii. Pedestrian Streetscape: A widened walkway Complies: permitting the placement of pedestrian furniture along the unobstructed path that does not encroach Yes No In Spirit NA on the Unobstructed Path and allows people to F� ❑ ❑ break from Directed movement patterns and enjoy the presence of urban activity while engaging in alternate activity. Comments: Site is not located in High Intensity Zone; however proposed design complies with this requirement. See below for clip highlighting three areas for pedestrians to break from directed movement patterns with pocket parks in addition to the transit rail plaza: 21 d. Open Space Complies: Site Open Space shall be provided for Development. Yes No In Spirit NA Such open space may include rooftop gardens and upper story terraces created by required upper story setback. Open space may be a landscaped area (which can include landscaped areas intended to enhance or screen parking) or activity area or include any Pedestrian Amenity provided in compliance with the Pedestrian Amenity Standard. Open Space (achieved as a single space or a combination of required spaces and landscaped areas) shall encompass a total square footage equal to a minimum of ten percent of the development site area. 22 Comments: Open Space on site is approximately 35% e. Porches and Stoops Complies: The street front characteristic of urban settings where Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ attached dwelling units are prevalent is distinguished El by the interface between the domestic domain and public domain achieved with the transitional function of porches and stoops. Therefore, where single-family attached housing is provided that complies with standard 1e and 1f, these transitional devices are required as follows: Comments: Single-family attached housing is not proposed. i. Porches: Porches must be at least five ft. deep and Complies: architecturally enclosed. Yes No In Spirit NA ❑❑❑ a Comments: Single-family attached housing is not proposed. ii. Stoop: a stoop must be at least six feet deep and Complies: covered with a roof extending from the primary structure. Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ Fq Comments: Single-family attached housing is not proposed. iii. Necessary modification of applicable Build -to -lines Complies: must conform to Standard 1 bii, or Ici above (Modification of the Build -to -Line). Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: Single-family attached housing is not proposed. f. Thematic Articulation of the Sidewalk Space Complies: 0491 Yes No In Spirit NA The sidewalk along any street shall maintain a © ❑ ❑ ❑ consistent theme that complies with the Urban Design Plan in the following ways: i. Continuity of pavement material Comments: ii. Continuity of pavement pattern Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: iii. Continuity of, and placement of, street furniture Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: iv. Continuity of street tree spacing, street tree size, Complies: and street tree species. Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: v. Continuity of pavement material Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: g. Street furniture and appointments Complies: Every building site required to meet standard 2c (above) must serve the pedestrian activity encouraged Yes No In Spirit NA by the provision of a "Semi-public Domain" with ❑ ❑ © ❑ 24 appropriate street furniture and fixtures. Where a "Semi -Public Domain" is provided, the following pedestrian furniture and fixtures must also be provided: Comments: Development will have site furniture and appointments; however site is not within High Intensity sub -district required to have "Semi -Public Domain " i. Benches: Any type of Semi -Public Domain space Complies: provided must provide at least one bench for every 200 sq. ft. of such space. Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ © ❑ Comments: Development will have site furniture and appointments; however site is not within High Intensity sub -district required to have "Semi -Public Domain " Trash Receptacles: Any type of Semi -Public Complies: Domain space provided must provide at least one trash receptacle and an additional trash receptacle Yes No In Spirit NA for every three benches. © ❑ Comments: Development will have site furniture and appointments; however site is not within High Intensity sub -district required to have "Semi -Public Domain " iii. Drinking Fountain: Any type of Semi -Public Complies: Domain space provided must provide at least one public drinking fountain if that Semi -Public Domain Yes No In Spirit NA is greater than 1,000 sf. Any drinking fountain ❑ ❑ © ❑ provided must include a pet watering feature and meet ADA requirements. Comments: Development will have site furniture and appointments; however site is not within High Intensity sub -district required to have "Semi -Public Domain " iv. Pedestrian lighting: Any Public Amenity provided Complies: to meet the Semi -Public Domain standard must provide pedestrian lighting. Pedestrian lighting Yes No In Spirit NA does not have to provide a uniform light level © ❑ ❑ ❑ across the Pedestrian Amenity but can provide islands of light around pedestrian furniture. Pedestrian lighting may be either: Landscape Down Lighting which illuminates Complies: NO the pedestrian seating area, or Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: Development will have site furniture and appointments; however site is not within High Intensity sub -district required to have "Semi -Public Domain " Pedestrian scale light standards and fixtures Complies which complement the streetscape hardware motif. This does not apply to Semi -Public Yes No In Spirit NA Domain created within an arcade of lateral ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ expansion of the unobstructed walkway. Comments: Development will have site furniture and appointments; however site is not within High Intensity sub -district required to have "Semi -Public Domain " Building sconces or soffit down lights within an Complies: arcade. This is typically applicable to arcades and lateral expansions of the unobstructed Yes No In Spirit NA walkway. © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: Development will have site furniture and appointments; however site is not within High Intensity sub -district required to have "Semi -Public Domain " • All pedestrian amenities shall be selected Complies: from the City of Grapevine approved list of vendors and products. Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: Development will have site furniture and appointments; however site is not within High Intensity sub -district required to have "Semi -Public Domain " h. Alleyway Connection Complies: Development adjacent to an alley shall be designed to incorporate alley access (thereby relieving the Yes No In Spirit NA burden on street access). ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: L Vehicular access Complies: Where vehicular access to a proposed development is acquired from a street, adjacent developments shall Yes No In Spirit NA 26 use shared drive entrances where -ever possible. ❑ r� ❑ ❑ Comments: Only adjacent property is to the East, not developed to the TDO standards. II. GENERAL STANDARDS 1. Street Facing Building Standards: a. Building Articulation and Massing: The Grapevine Transit District is in the process of transitioning from an historically suburban to a more urban/transit oriented fabric. Therefore, each proposed development or redevelopment must contribute to this transformation and movement toward a transit oriented context in the following ways: Comments: Relationship to the transit oriented pattern and adjacent contexts: To help define a development's relationship with the vision of the Transit District, buildings other than a fee simple housing form shall be articulated and subdivided into a massing that is reflective of the mass modulations (hereinafter Bay Modulation) of the Historic Grapevine Downtown Core. Therefore, if a building exceeds 60 feet in width, its fagade articulation shall be visually divided to appear as though it is multiple buildings. See standard 2gii for horizontal offset requirements that must be met within this Bay Modulation when applicable. Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: Portions of the building are slightly over the 60' due to architectural proportions and style. 27 ii. Tri-partite architecture: All buildings other than fee simple housing forms fronting a street shall architecturally differentiate the street level space from second story spaces through the following: • Void to solid ratio where the percent of void is greater than the percent of solid in the first - floor wall plane. The void to solid ratio shall not be less than 1.5:1, and • A minimum first floor plate height of 15 feet, and • Canopies or arcade, or • Architectural expression of a podium, or • Material differentiation which complies with the Material change standard of this document. Buildings that are two stories or greater shall be designed so that the building elevation presents a clear base, middle and top (cap) Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ 28 in a holistic architectural composition. While these attributes are clearly visible in the historic architecture of Grapevine's downtown core, they may also be interpreted in more contemporary design, subject tothe approval of the City. Comments: iii. Upper Story Setback: To create a pedestrian scale, and establish an architectural complexity that is responsive to the design of Grapevine Main Station, at least 50 percent of the street -facing elevation of all upper stories of a building that exceeds three stories in height shall be set back a minimum of ten feet from the street facing lower stories. It is recommended that the terrace space created by this setback be used for patios, rooftop gardens, or other such people spaces. Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: See clip below of rendering showing the upper story setback from the highlighted red areas: iv. Maximum Building Height: 1) 55 feet (Exclusive of roof top mechanical penthouses) Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA PR Comments: 2) 4 stories Comments: v. Height Transition: Development of any parcel abutting a Low Intensity Sub -District at a property line or alleyway is required to comply with the following Height Transition. In cases where Height Transition applies, the permitted height of development must fit with a height -to -setback envelope created by a sloping line extending from the common property line of the Low Intensity Sub -District property or alley way right of way line abutting the Low Intensity Sub- District, and starting at a height of 30 ft above grade. This line shall slope at an angle equal to one ft. of height for every one and one-half ft. of set- back up to the maximum permitted building height in the Medium Intensity Sub -District and shall apply up to a maximum of 55 ft. from the property line affected by this standard, in the High Intensity Sub -District. Any development required to meet this standard must be set back from the Low Intensity -Sub - District property line a distance no less than of 15 ft. Complies. - Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑❑❑ Comments: Even though the plan is not required to provide a height transition, the Applicant is proposing a transition with three story structures closer to the single family uses to the north and increasing height as development gets closer to Dallas Road. See image below for proposed rendering: 30 b. Vehicle and bicycle Parking i. Required Parking: All parking shall comply with the appropriate Section of the Grapevine Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. This section may be updated for due cause following a parking study(s) conducted by the City of Grapevine. Comments: ii. Parking Study: City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission may consider modifications to the parking requirements of the Zoning Ordinance for unusual circumstances when supported by a parking study. Unless strict compliance with the Parking Standards of the Zoning Ordinance is proposed, such study must substantiate the combination of parking provisions being applied against parking requirements, and shall identify, at a minimum: • Parking demand • Off -site Parking • On -site Parking Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ 31 Hours of peak use as compared to hours pf peak use within % mile Ingress and egress to on -site parking and relationship to adjacent properties. Comments: iii. On -site Surface Parking: Surface Parking areas shall be located so that they are not directly fronting the rail frontage (within the High Intensity District) or a street. There shall be an intervening building and/or building in combination with pedestrian activity space between the proposed parking area and any frontage defined above. Any portions of a surface parking facility visible to a street or rail row must be screened with a built six-foot masonry screen extending from a structure so as to appear as part of that structure or a built screen in combination with a landscape screen. Any surface parking area fronting a public pedestrian way must be screened. A landscaped open space screen with 75 percent screening efficiency may be used to satisfy this requirement if meeting other requirements of this ordinance prevent the use of a building and/or pedestrian amenity as described above. Comments: The plan does not propose surface parking. Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ iv. Bicycle Parking: Bicycle parking shall be provided Complies: equal to ten percent of the vehicular spaces required. Yes No In Spirit NA ©❑❑ ❑ Comments: v. On -site Structured Parking: Any portion of an on- Complies: site parking structure which fronts any street or rail right-of-way must have an architectural elevation Yes No In Spirit NA which meets all the requirements of these © ❑ ❑ ❑ standards and is substantially consistent with the 32 building elevations fronting the same street or rail right-of-way. 50 percent of the ground floor fronting a street or rail right-of-way within the High Intensity Sub- District must contain commercial lease space, or (with the approval of the City of Grapevine) be so constructed that this portion of the ground floor could be converted to commercial use when demand for such space is available to the project. Structured parking (including podium parking) is required for any residential project with a density greater than 30 units per acre or any development where: • the on -site accommodation exceeds 30 vehicles. • the on -site demand cannot be met, through surface parking, in a way that allows compliance with the other conditions of this ordinance. Comments: c. Loading and Drive Through Facilities i. Loading: Dedicated on -site loading areas shall not be visible to any street or rail right-of-way frontage. Such facilities shall be incorporated into the vehicle access and parking design. Where alley access is available, all loading facilities shall be accessed from the alleyway. Loading service from the street is permitted for loading vehicles no larger than 26,000 lbs. If facilities for loading by larger vehicles (larger than 26,000 lbs.) or any vehicle requiring a loading dock is proposed, all such loading shall be completely off street and not visible to the street or rail right-of-way. Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑❑© ❑ Comments: Loading space is off Dallas Street, behind building massing, and will be screened with landscaping. 33 sner�, 1 ii. Drive -up and Drive -through Facilities: Drive- up/Drive-through facilities and windows are only allowed in conjunction with financial uses having an existing drive -through service which is being re- developed, and are subject to the following: The number of drive -through lanes shall not be increased No menu/order boards are allowed unless they comply with the sign standards of this ordinance and do not encroach into the space between the building and the street or the building and the rail line. The drive -up lane shall be adequately screened through the use of materials matching the materials of the primary building. The drive -up aisle shall not be Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ 34 entered or exited to Dallas Road or Main Street. The Drive -up lane shall not conflict with pedestrian or vehicle access or parking. Comments: 2. Building Design a. Integrity of Architectural Form Articulation: Most style associated features of a building are associated with the roof, the edges, the openings, and closures to weather (such as the cornice or parapet). Therefore, the employment of architectural detailing associated with a style must use the characteristic detailing of that style in ways authentic to the style, especially as it relates to cornice, parapet, corner, opening, entry, belt -courses, mid story bands, and first floor expression as applicable. Comments: b. Integrity of Material Usage: Most styles, whether the style is traditional or contemporary, employ materials by which crafted construction (a key aspect of the building quality sought by the City of Grapevine) can be executed. Therefore, construction details which are traditionally derived from the work of the stone mason, the carpenter, the glass artisan, the metal worker, etc. must use a material that the characteristic craftsperson can work in. The employment of systems or materials that replicate the work of a trade or artisan are prohibited. Comments: Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © F F ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ 35 C. Storefronts: The first floor of a street or rail right- of-way frontage of any structure must create a first - floor articulation that visually reads as a "store front". This standard does not apply to any form of fee simple residential construction. To attain this visual distinction the first floor must architecturally express the following qualities: • Set within a minimum first floor plate height of 15 feet. Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: Per Section 1.a.ii - minimum 15' first floor height is applicable to building forms fronting a street. • Have void to solid ratio no less than 1.5:1 in Complies: which the unsupported area of glazing is no larger than 28 sf. Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ © ❑ ❑ Comments: Per Section 2.g.i - the void to solid ratio of 1.5:1 is applicable to structures with commercial use as required by these standards. • Vertical and horizontal subdivision of storefront glazing shall be at least two inches wide at the frame and one inch wide at the mullion. Comments: d. Continuity of openings and features within the building form: The elements of form that comprise a building elevation must derive from a common justification (e.g. function, proportion, alignment, balance) that visually explains their placement within the fagade composition. Continuity within the building form includes: Comments: Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ 9.1 Openings: The articulation of openings is a key aspect of building design. Openings are a primary focus of architectural detail and treatment of openings reveals consideration to detail and investment in the craftsmanship of construction. Therefore, the following standards apply to the positioning of, and articulation of, openings in the architectural facade: Comments: Comments: Relationship to cornice or Parapet: All windows shall be below the cornice/parapet detail except for dormer windows when a pitched roof design is employed and at least three feet below the parapet when a flat roof design is employed. When the design employs both roof types in the same elevation, the window heads of the windows regulated by this standard must align horizontally. Windows may abut a cornice detail or be engaged with it if the window header modulates with the banding or detailing of the cornice. Purposeful Design: To maintain a sense of purposeful design and compositional continuity, it is required that the openings within an elevation have a common reference line that engages the sill or head. In addition, windows within an elevation must have a common vertical reference line from the first to the top floor. Therefore, the random placement of windows is prohibited. However, a difference reference line for first floor store front and upper story windows is permitted where storefront is employed. Where internal functions require that the positioning of an opening deviates from the regulating lines, 37 Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: Comments: Comments: described above, those windows must be decorative or otherwise have a shape that does not require a reference line (e.g. round, ocular, or square windows). Alternate window arrangements may be permitted if such arrangement is the result of purposeful exterior design and is approved by the City of Grapevine. Openings in the elevation: Such openings must be coordinated with the articulations of mass in the architecture. Therefore, windows must align with the features that define the architectural form. For example, windows in a gable shall not be arbitrarily distributed within the face of the gable so that they are not responsive to the symmetry of the gable. However, deviations are permitted when such deviations are a purposeful act of exterior design and approved by the City of Grapevine. Orientation of openings: All openings shall be square or portrait orientation. This does not limit the joining of portrait units in a single assembly to create an area of glazing or a balcony/patio entrance provided that the structure that joins units is clearly expressed in the elevation. This provision does not include first floor storefronts where such storefronts are required or used. Articulation of openings: Windows, doors, and other openings or portals shall be articulated with a projected surround or header unless the absence thereof is deemed by the City of Grapevine to be characteristic of Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ 38 the style being proposed and such style is acceptable in the applicable context. Comments: e. Holistic visual treatment of structure: The City of Complies: Grapevine seeks to eliminate the architectural outcome common to most suburban development, Yes No In Spirit NA wherein the street facing fagade is the recipient of © ❑ ❑ ❑ full investment in style articulation and other facades are given a lesser treatment. The City of Grapevine prohibits "facadism" and requires consistent treatment of style on all elevations of a structure. Herein called Four -Sided Architecture. Comments: f. Architectural Enclosure: All projected stair ways, Complies: elevator shafts, cantilevered building projections, and bays must be contained within an architectural Yes No In Spirit NA enclosure that meets the following conditions: i. Enclosed within an architectural skin, and Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: ii. is either expressed within the roof massing or fully Complies: contained within a mass defined by a larger form. Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: g. Motif and Context Continuity: Continuity within Complies: the Block -face shall be maintained as follows: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ i. Void -to -solid Ratio: The relationship of the area of Complies: void (openings) to the area of solid (wall) is a key manifestation of the influence of historic styles in Yes No In Spirit NA Grapevine's present day urban streetscape. 39 Therefore, a void to solid ration is established to U U U maintain continuity with the existing fabric of the City and the following void to solid ratios shall apply to all construction other than fee simple housing in the low intensity sub -district: Comments: First floor of any structure designed to accommodate a commercial use as required by these standards: The amount of void shall be greater than the amount of solid. The general void to solid ratio shall not be less than 1.5:1, meaning that there shall should be at least 1.5 times more void than solid unless another void -to -solid ratio is approved by the City to maintain consistency with other buildings in the block -face context. The solid portions of the first -floor fagade must extend vertically to the floors above and to the parapet detail. Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: Structure is not designed to accommodate a commercial use as required by these standards (requirement of High Intensity Sub -District). Upper Floors: Floors above the first floor of any structure except fee simple residential structures in the Low Intensity Sub -District; shall have a solid to void ratio wherein the amount of solid shall be greater than the amount of void and not exceed 1:2, meaning that there should be at least two times more solid than void unless another void -to -solid ratio is permitted by the City for design expression. Comments: ii. Building Wall Complexity: Except as specified above in Standard 1 ai (Relationship to Transit Oriented Pattern and adjacent contexts), a fagade complexity is required to mitigate the potential massiveness of larger building blocks. Mitigation of massiveness is achieved by a complexity of plan that reduces the presentation of mass to the 40 Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ © ❑ pedestrian. Therefore, a minimum four foot, horizontal offset must be provided an any building wall exceeding 60 feet. These offsets can include architectural treatments/ enclosure of balconies. However, projected balconies which are not enclosed in and architectural form do not qualify to meet this standard. The Encroachment Zone can be used to comply with this standard. Comments: Four foot offsets are used, however some building masses exceed 60' in length. h. Building Entrances: Building entrances of structures other than fee simple housing structures are considered a primary place of architectural articulation. Therefore, building entrances shall be clearly defined within the street fronting or rail fronting elevation. Comments: i. Relief -In -Articulation: Relief in Articulation means the dimensional aspects of exterior materials assembly. Therefore, the minimum projection of any element in a built-up profile or decorative assembly shall be % inch per element of the assembly. Therefore, a parapet cap comprised of Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ 41 corbeled brick and containing a series of six projected rows of brick will have an overall projection of 6 X 3/4 = 4.5 -inches. Variations of this which include double/ pared rows are permitted upon approval of the City of Grapevine. The minimum Relief in Articulation requirements are: Comments: Cornice Detail In any pitched roof design: A Complies: wall termination at the roof shall have a cornice detail comprised of at least three projected Yes No In Spirit NA elements. Single Family structures in the Low © ❑ ❑ ❑ Intensity Sub -District are required to only have two elements. Comments: ii. Parapet Caps: Parapet caps must be comprised Complies: of four projected elements. This may be reduced to three projected elements when the parapet is Yes No in Spirit NA used to conceal a flat roof of a secondary © ❑ ❑ ❑ component of a larger pitched, roof structure. Comments: j. Window Surrounds and belt courses: All Complies: openings in the exterior skin shall have an architecturally appropriate header and sill with an Yes No In Spirit NA optional jamb except where the style of the D ❑1-1 ❑ architecture is associated with the absence of such detailing (such as contemporary industrial styles). The required header and sill shall project at least 3/4 inch beyond the wall veneer (full surrounds are encouraged). Window headers/ sills/ surrounds may be either of the following: Comments: Stone, Cast Stone, Terra cotta in all structures Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ © ❑ ❑ 42 Comments: Windows in metal panel material will have articulated surround, but will not be composed of stone, cast stone, or terra cotta . ii. Heavy Timber or carpentered wood for fee simple Complies: residential buildings located in the Medium Intensity or Low Intensity Sub- Districts. Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ Other architectural details such as belt courses and base courses shall also be executed in the above listed materials (as applicable) when such details are employed and have a minimum projection of % inch for each element of the detail as stated in standard "i" above. When an opening header/ sill/ surround is not used because such detail is not typical of the style, and approved by the City, standards related to the required offset between the plane of the exterior wall and face of the door or window still apply. Comments: k. Material Change: Material Change: Material Complies: changes in any elevation may only occur under the following conditions: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ Material change at an inside corner Complies Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: ii. Material change that addresses an outside corner Complies: must wrap the corner and change at a location as specified below and is designed as the termination Yes No In Spirit NA of an architectural detail/element (such as a ❑ F 1 ❑ ❑ pilaster corner): • 24 inches from the outside corner for all 43 construction except the construction identified below, 12 inches from the outside corner for all fee simple residential construction in the Medium and Low Intensity Sub -Districts. Comments: iii. Material change wherein the different material is Complies: contained within a distinct architectural form that projects from the primary architectural mass. Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: iv. Material change reflecting an offset between a Complies: lower floor and an upper floor that is at least eight inches for structures two floors or less and ten Yes No In Spirit NA inches for structures three floors or more. © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: Roof Screening and Appurtenances: Roof elements (projections and appurtenances) shall be screened from street level view as follows: Roof Projections: No plumbing stacks, venting stacks, skylights, cell phone equipment, dishes, or ventilators shall penetrate the roof surfaces of pitched roofs which face the street unless multiple street exposures make compliance impossible and an alternative addressment of the projections is approved by the City of Grapevine. All such devices shall be mounted straight and perpendicular to the ground (except for skylights and ventilators) and be painted to blend with the roof color. Turbine vents are prohibited except when used on buildings with an industrial theme. When Roof projections occur on flat roof structures, they must be hidden from street view by being set back Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA D ❑ 44 from the building a distance which makes public view impossible. Comments: Roof Mechanical: Roof top mechanical must be screened behind a parapet wall, set back from the building edge so that street view is impossible, screened by a City approved/ architecturally appropriate screed structure (mechanical penthouse) or recessed into a pitched roof so that the incline of the roof created a screen. Mechanical penthouses must be designed to appear as integral to the architecture design, utilitarian screen structures added to the roof of a building, which do not appear to be an extension of/ element of the architectural design/style, are prohibited. Comments: 3. Building Construction a. Primary Veneer Material: All buildings shall comply with the following permitted use of veneer material as the dominant material of the proposed structure. At least 80 percent (exclusive of openings) of a structure over three stories in the Medium Intensity Sub -District or 100 percent (exclusive of openings) of any structure in the High Intensity Sub -District, any structure less than three stories, or any structure (regardless of height) fronting a street or the rail right-of-way; shall be one of the following primary materials. This primary material requirement does not include secondary architectural features (defined as cantilevered bays, rooftop structures, upper story exterior walls fully located within an architectural enclosure, and/or other feature approved by the City and consistent with this example) where a secondary material is permitted. The permitted Primary Materials are: Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ 45 Comments: Brick: Clay brick, modular size or other sizes that can modulate with the brick detailing/articulation of openings, cornice, and/or parapet, and/or other decorative brick details. All brick shall be hard -fired brick, meeting severe weather standards. Embossed or molded brick which seeks to creates a sense of aged/ distressed brick material is generally prohibited unless approved by the City. All brick shall be laid in a manner as to avoid stacked joints. All building corners (inside and outside corners) shall be executed in a "toothed" masonry fashion. Mortar joints shall not generally exceed what is specified in the diagram below. Weeping or slumped joints are prohibited. Comments: ii. Stone: Stone laid in a Pattern appropriate to the Commercial Romanesque styles that dominate the urban fabric of Grapevine. The general characteristics of this stylistic use include: a) Tightly coursed pattern such as an ashlar or other coursed pattern that employs a cut stone, with b) Worked surface treatments which includes Chisel drafting, surface tooling (such as struggle face, Broached face, Drove face, Sparrow pecked, etc.) or smooth face, or c) Artificial rustication, as well as d) Carved stone to create a decorative motif or elements of a classical order e) All stone -work shall be laid in a manner as Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ 46 to avoid stacked joints. All building corners (inside and outside corners) shall be executed in a "toothed" masonry fashion. Such stones are typically used in combination with brick to articulate architectural features or secondary forms or specialty components of the design. Where stone is used as the dominant material the architectural style generally leans toward classicism or Richardsonian Romanesque. Where stone is used as a veneer material, the City of Grapevine may approve the use of a stone system that is mechanically attached, provided that the system uses a true stone. Comments: Stone is not proposed. iii. Metal: Metal panels may be used as a primary exterior material where the industrial nature of the design justifies such use, provided that: • The metal panel is part of a wall system where joints between panels are well crafted (e.g. framed by structural elements, "butt joint' or join at an architectural reveal). The overlapping of metal panels, as is typical with agricultural structures and metal utility buildings is prohibited unless such use of metal is approved by the City of Grapevine because it represents an historic restoration or reconstruction. • The metal has a thickness equal to or greater than 18 gauge Comments: Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ 47 iv. Siding: Wood siding and/or a cementitious siding may be used as a material for fee simple housing forms in the Low Intensity Sub- Districts only. When siding is used, the corners may be either: Mitered: When a wood siding material is being used, corners may be mitered of the mitered corner is fully blocked and properly nailed. The detail for closure must be approved by the City of Grapevine. Addressed with a corner board: When a corner board is used to make corners or terminate siding against openings, the siding must abut the corner board. In no case shall a corner board that overlaps the siding be permitted. In all cases, the corner board material must have sufficient thickness to fully cover the edge of lapped siding with a % in. projection beyond that siding but may not be less than 1.5 inches thick. Corner boards joined to complete a tall corner must be connected with a "spline" joint. Mechanical attachment clips or prefabricated corner strips for siding are not permitted. Comments: V. Stucco: Three coat stucco on metal lath over a structural framewith expansion joints concealed by filling the joint with an expandable filler that is troweled flat with the stucco, is the same color as the stucco, and matches the surface of the stucco texture may be used as a primary material for fee simple housing forms in the Low Intensity Sub -Districts only. Drivit/ EFS type systems are prohibited. 48 Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA a❑❑ ❑ Comments: b. Secondary Veneer Material: Any portion of a structure not required to be veneered with a primary material, may be veneered in a secondary material. Secondary Materials include the following: Comments: i. Stucco: Three coat stucco on metal lath over a structural framewith expansion joints concealed by filling the joint with an expandable filler that is troweled flat with the stucco, is the same color as the stucco, and matches the surface of the stucco texture. Dryvit/ EFS type systems are prohibited. Comments: ii. Metal: Architectural metal wall systems. Also, fabricated decorative metal panels, opening frames, pediments, edging, columns, bases, and entablatures are permitted. Comments: iii. Siding: Wood or cementitious siding complying with the restrictions on its use specified above in Standard 3aiii. Comments: C. Prohibited Materials: For the purpose of establishing an enduring building stock that is reflective of the civic commitment to this Transit District as well as promoting excellence in construction, the following materials are prohibited for any application visible on the exterior of a building: Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA a❑❑ ❑ 49 i. Fiber Glass ii. Styrofoam or stucco over Styrofoam iii. Plastic iv. Aluminum V. Stucco applied to look like a projected stone, cast stone, or terra cotta vi. Cementitious material used in any application which makes aspline, corner, miter, or decorative shape. vii. Stucco board or cementitious panels other than siding used as specified above. viii. Masonite and Masonite products ix. Composition wood products used as an exterior material with the exception of exterior grade finished veneer plywood, trim craft used as a soffit board, or other smooth finish soffit board that is not Masonite like product. X. Dryvit/ EFS type systems. xi. Cast in place concrete xii. Precast concrete (other than cast stone) xiii. Concrete masonry units, except when used as part of an industrial themed design upon approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council. 50 Comments: d. Roof Material: Acceptable Roof materials include: i. Flat roof: Flat roofs may be either a built-up Complies: bituminous roof or a membrane roof provided it is installed in accordance with manufacturer's Yes No In Spirit NA specifications and issued a 30 yr. warranty. All flat ❑ ❑ ❑ roofs shall be hidden from view, behind a minimum 12-inch parapet. Comments: ii. Pitched Roof: Pitched roofs may be either a true Complies: standing seam (standing, folded and soldered seams), a commercial metal roof system that looks Yes No In Spirit NA like a traditional hand-crafted metal roof and is © ❑ ❑ ❑ approved by the City of Grapevine, slate, simulated slate, clay tile for any pitched roof. A 40-year warranty, high profile Composition Shingle may be used for pitched roofs on fee simple housing in both the Medium Intensity and all housing in the Low Intensity Sub- Districts. Comments: iii. Parapet cap: Parapet caps shall be either clay Complies: brick, cut stone, cast stone, tile, or terra cotta. In addition, Pressed Metal (specifically created to Yes No In Spirit NA decoratively cap a parapet) may be used when P ❑ El ❑ approved by the City Comments: e. Window Glazing: All Glazing and Glazing Complies: systems shall comply with the following: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ i. Glass: Reflective Glass is prohibited. Tinted glass Complies: 51 and dark adhesive films where the transmission coefficient exceeds 27 percent is prohibited. Comments: Stained Glass: Stained Glass is permitted if the glass unit is crafted in accordance with one of the following techniques: Soldered camming "H" camming Comments: iii. Prohibited Glazing Materials: No acrylic or pourable decorative glass is allowed. Glazing systems (such as a Pilkington System) may be used in certain accent areas of a more contemporary design if approved by the City. Comments: Carpentered Exterior Trim: All carpentered exterior trim shall be a high quality finished grade wood stock. Composition wood products are prohibited with the exception that exterior grade finished veneer plywood, smooth finished soffit board, or trim craft soffit board may be used for soffits. Masonite type products are prohibited for exterior use. If a trim installation is to be joined along any continuous run of material, the necessary joint must be a "spline" joint. All outside corners must be mitered and blocked, having sufficient closure that that the joint is not visible from the street. Corners may not be closed by any other means than a carpentered joint or decorative detail. Trim clips and prefabricated corner devices are prohibited. Fascia and gable molds must be stepped at the drip mold unless hidden by a gutter. Carpentered trim that forms a masonry/veneer pocket must have a complexity achieved in one of the following ways: Trim Mold Yes No In Spirit NA ©❑❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ © ❑ 6YA Built-up step molding iii. Other traditional detail such as dentil mold Comments: We prefer to use fiber cement trim (i.e. Hardietrim) which will require less maintenance and replacement, and it does not warp or cup over time as carpentered wood trim would. g. Wall Construction: For the purpose of higher Complies: energy ratings, depth of offset at facade openings, and more enduring construction; all wood framed Yes No In Spirit NA exterior walls must be constructed as follows: © ❑ ❑ When Shim mounted or Flange mounted Complies: windows are used in brick or stone veneered walls, framing may be conventional 2 x 4 framing Yes No In Spirit NA provided that a minimum offset between the © ❑ ❑ surface of the opening and the surface of the exterior wall is 3.5 inches. Comments: When shim mounted windows are used in walls Complies: veneered with any permitted material other than brick or stone, the required 3.5-inch offset from Yes No In Spirit NA the face of the window or door unit from the © R ❑ exterior face of the veneer, exterior walls must be framed with 2 x 6 members in order to achieve a 3.5-half -inch minimum off set within the opening. Comments: iii. When flange mounted windows are used in walls Complies: veneered with any permitted material other than brick or stone, the required 3.5-inch offset from Yes No In Spirit NA the face of the window or door unit, exterior walls © ❑ ❑ ❑ must be framed with: 2 x 6 members and the flange mounted window attached to a nailing frame that flushes with the interior face of the 2 x 6 53 framing member, in order to achieve a 3.5-inch minimum off set within the opening. • Double 2 x 4 members and the flange mounted window attached to inner 2 x 4 section and the second 2 x 4 section providing the required 3.5-inch minimum offset from the window sash or door opening. Comments: iv. The required offset may be achieved by the projection of a brick, stone, cast stone, or terracotta window surround for fee simple residential structures in the Medium Intensity and Low Intensity Sub- Districts. Carpentered Wood may be used as a window surround to achieve the required 3.5-inch offset for single family detached structures in the Low Intensity Sub -Districts only. Comments: 4. Landscaping: a. Street and rail frontage landscaping: Each property fronting a street or rail line must plant trees that extend and contribute to the public streetscape/ rail scape. The specie of tree (hereinafter "Thematic ROW Tree") to be planted and placement of such trees shall conform to the Urban Design Plan attached to this ordinance. Thematic ROW Trees are required along all street and rail frontage. Thematic ROW Trees shall be spaced no further than 30 feet on center and shall be located in either: Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: See clip below of landscape plan from submittal with street trees highlighted: 54 Comments: A five-foot wide planter strip (hereinafter Complies: streetscape 1planting zone) between thel back of curb and the unobstructed) Yes No In Spirit NA walkway, as shown of Urban Design Planl D Sections #1,#2,#3,#5,#6,#8,#9,#10; or al wider landscape strop along the rail ROW as shown on the Urban Design Planj Section #4. 55 ii. Within tree -wells, the center of which is located no more than three ft. from the street curb or in tree wells along the rail ROW as shown on the Urban Design plan. Comments: iii. Within four feet of public connections/walkways on private parcels. Comments: b. Other planting in the Streetscape Planting Zone: Where Thematic ROW Trees are located in Streetscape Planting Zones rather than tree grates, programs of ornamental flowers are permitted provided that they are properly irrigated and maintained by the fronting property owner and approved by the City of Grapevine. Otherwise, the infill planting shall be the Thematic ground cover and understory plants specified in the Urban Design plan. Comments: C. Installation and Maintenance of Thematic ROW Trees and the Streetscape Planting Zone: All planting shall conform to the installation standards indicated in the typical planting section illustrated below. All installation and maintenance of Thematic ROW Trees and Streetscape Planting Zone shall be the responsibility of the fronting property owner as part of the development of any parcel unless such landscape is part of a Public Improvement Project approved by the City of Grapevine. Comments: Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ R ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA 56 d. Park and Plaza Landscaping: Parks and Complies: plazas should provide adequate landscape enhancement for pedestrians. Therefore, all Yes No In Spirit NA plazas, open spaces, and/or Pedestrian Amenities provided in accordance with this ordinance shall provide one of or a combination of the following: One canopy tree for every 350 sf. This Complies: standard does not apply to Arcades or Pedestrian Streetscapes as described in Yes No In Spirit NA standard 2ci and 2cii under District 0 Specific Guidelines. Approved canopy trees are specified on the Plant list attached to this ordinance. Comments: ii. Ornamental landscape containing Complies: ornamental trees (as specified in the attached plant list) and other decorative Yes No In Spirit NA planting. Comments: e. Parking lot landscaping: All parking lots must have trees planted such that no parking space is more than four contiguous parking spaces away from a tree. Additionally, all parking lots should be screened from streets as specified in standard 1 biii (above). Comments: f. Maintenance: All landscaping installed in accordance with this ordinance shall be maintained by the property owner as provided in Sec 53, Landscaping Regulations of the Grapevine Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. An automatic in -ground irrigation system with rain and freeze sensory capability shall be provided for all landscaping. Complies: WIMMIE! .. Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA 57 Comments: g. Submission of a Site Landscape Plan: All properties seeking approval under this ordinance must submit a complete site landscape plan for City approval, showing: Plants and Plant List Comments: Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ All landscape features that comply with Complies: this ordinance Comments: All other proposed landscaping Comments: 5. Lighting: The purpose of lighting in the Grapevine Transit District is to enhance its night-time form by creating: A. a lower ambient light level at the ground, in street and rail frontage settings, that allows the internal lighting of retail and entertainment activity to be highly visible to the street and B. provide security in those areas that do not have rail or street frontage. In the street and rail setting, lighting is also meant to accentuate signage as a key visual expression of activity and use ... as well as highlight distinctive architecture. Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: 58 a. The following types of lighting are prohibited: Yes No In Spirit NA complies: i. Sodium Vapor Light Source 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ii. Flood lights on building facades with street or rail frontage iii. Internally lit signage iv. Building down lights and utility lights (exclusive of building sconces and other decorative fixtures specified below) on any street or rail fronting fagade. Comments: b. The following types of lighting are permitted: complies: i. Building down lighting achieved through Yes No In Spirit NA decorative light fixtures projected from the building fagade by ornamental light arms. Parapet or Building mounted security lighting meant to light the ground plane or the street/ rail fronting fagade that is not a decorative fixture is prohibited. ii. Soffit lighting in canopies, arcades, entryways, or other permitted cover of an activity area. iii. Front lighting for building mounted signs and horizontal mast signs iv. Halo light for building mounted signs 59 V. Temporary, portable area lighting meant for special purpose activity vi. Marquee lighting vii. Neon signage viii. Patio String Lights ix. Landscape lighting X. Pedestrian lighting standards and fixtures that are compatible with the thematic street lighting selected by the City of Grapevine for the Transit District. xi. Parking lot lighting necessary to create the ambient light level required by code. Comments: �i: ;h:1;a.. ..i 1 :..h# Q..........• All .. ..+.,,J I�r.h+iron (mmnliac C. YI.71tl11ItE of Llg11t Source f-%11 projected 11i 11llIny�-- or front lighting shall be hooded by an ornamental fixture that prevents visibility of the Yes No In Spirit NA I ight source from neighboring properties. © ❑ ❑ ❑ Comments: d. Excluded from this regulation: i. Emergency lighting required by any code ii. Other lighting required by any code iii. Special lighting required for safety, such as step lights. Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ W Comments: 6. Outdoor Furnishings bollards, freestanding watering stations, trash/recycling recept� provided for the publi utilized from the City public elements. Comments: , Benches and other public seating, light fixtures, water fountains, pet directional/wayfinding signs, icles, and other outdoor elements or semi-public domain shall be of Grapevine's list of approved III. SIGN STANDARDS Permitted Signs: The Permitted Attached/Building Mounted Sign Types in the High Intensity and Medium Intensity Development Districts include: Awning Signs, Corner Building Signs, Header Signs, Horizontal Blade Signs, Mid Story Building Signs, Parapet Building Signs, Window Signs, Marquee Signs, Parapet Cap Signs, Flags and Banners. Comments: b. Sign regulations for Sign Types and creating a Sign Space Envelope Comments: Building Signs (exclusive of Marquee Signs and Parapet Cap Signs): A sign placed on a building must be located in architecturally meaningful location on the building fagade, hereinafter referred to as a "Sign Space Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © El ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ® ❑ ❑ ❑ 61 Envelope". Therefore, all permitted building signs must be located within a "Sign Space Envelope" as illustrated below. Any Building Sign located within a Sign Space Envelope must maintain a minimum edge distance as specified in the diagram below. Permitted Building signs are: • Painted Sign • Pin mounted pierced metal • Framed panel mounted on brackets or pins • Individual pin mounted letters All building signs may be front lit, or halo lit. Internal illumination is prohibited for building mounted signs except for Marquee Signs. Building signs may have more than one tenant in the same sign provided there is only one Building Sign per building, or individual Building Signs for each tenant may be permitted below the second floor, provided they are all placed within the Sign Space Envelope. Comments: ii. Horizontal Blade Signs: Horizontal Blade signs are signs boards and shapes hung from a sign arm mounted to a building arcade, or canopy. Post mounted blade signs are prohibited. All Horizontal Blade Signs shall meet the specifications laid out in the following diagram. These specifications 64 address size, ground clearance and maximum projection. In no case shall a blade sign: • Project over a vehicular way (including private drives) • Project over a fire lane or utility easement Comments: • Project over a street right of way or the minimum unobstructed pathway Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ©❑F-1 ❑ [�A iii. Awning Signs: Awning Signs shall comply Complies: with the specifications laid out in the following diagram. These specifications Yes No In Spirit NA address: © ❑ ❑ • Awning Sign Area • Awning Fascia • Awning projection • Ground Clearance • Awning side Comments: iv. Marquee Signs: Marquee Signs shall Complies: comply with the specifications laid out in the following diagram. These Yes No In Spirit NA specifications address: • Minimum Ground Clearance • Maximum Vertical Projection above the parapet • Maximum Horizontal Projection Comments: No Marquee sign proposed. v. Header Signs. Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ©❑ F 0 Comments: vi. Parapet Cap Signs: Parapet Cap Signs are permitted and may extend above the parapet line a maximum distance of four feet provided the location of the sign reinforces a significant architectural element of the building it serves (such as located over the main entry, or on a landmark feature). Internal illumination of letters is prohibited in a Parapet Cap Signs (except for neon letters permitted below). The following 63 types of illumination are permitted: • External up or down lighting • Neon letters and decorative elements • Individual light bulbs infilling a frame • Halo lighting Comments: vi. Parapet Cap Signs: Parapet Cap Signs are permitted and may extend above the parapet line a maximum distance of four feet provided the location of the sign reinforces a significant architectural element of the building it serves (such as located over the main entry, or on a landmark feature). Internal illumination of letters is prohibited in a Parapet Cap Signs (except for neon letters permitted below). The following types of illumination are permitted: • External up or down lighting • Neon letters and decorative elements • Individual light bulbs infilling a frame • Halo lighting. Comments: vii. Portable Sandwich Board Sign: A portable sign, consisting of two panels of equal size, made of painted, decay resistant wood, which are hinged at the top and placed on the ground or pavement so as to be self-supporting. Portable Sandwich Boards must conform to the following regulations: Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑❑❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA ❑ ❑ ❑ Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA 64 • Maximum sign height shall be three feet. • Maximum sign width shall be two feet. • Signs shall not be placed in front of adjoining property. • A minimum clear sidewalk width of 48 inches shall be maintained. • Chalkboards may be used for daily changing messages. No changeable letters on tracks may be used. • Sign must be removed after business hours. Comments: vii. Flag and Banners: Bicycle Parking: Flags Complies: and Banners are allowed provided that: • A Temporary Sign permit is obtained Yes No In Spirit NA accordance with the City of Grapevine © ❑ ❑ ❑ Sign Ordinance • That the installation of Flags and Banners complies with standards for Flags and Banners established in the City of Grapevine Sign Ordinance Comments: ix. Applicability: The number of permitted signs per building are as follows: • Corner, Parapet, Mid -story signs: one per building (where there are multiple tenants to be represented in a Building Corner, Parapet, or Mid -Story Sign' such tenants must be identified in a single sign). Mid - Story signs between the first and second floor, and header and parapet signs on one story 65 Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ buildings are not limited when advertising multiple tenants, but must remain within the sign space as identified in bi above. • Marquee signs: one per building • Awning signs: one per awning in each permitted location • Horizontal Blade Signs: one per premise, or one per tenant when there are more than one tenant per building • Window Signs: Located on the storefront only and no sign, or combination of signs, may cover more than 50 percent of the glazed area in which the sign is located. Comments: x. Excluded from this regulation: • Any signage required by any code • Directional signage as needed for circulation management • Any cautionary or warning sign • Signs indicating "open" or "closed" • City owned and sponsored signs • Any sign that replicates a historic sign, or any sign with historic significance when approved by the Historic • Preservation Officer and the Building Official ® Any sign approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council through the Conditional Use Permit process Comments: Complies: Yes No In Spirit NA © ❑ ❑ ❑ r# Womack + Hampton ARCHITECTS, LLC August 9, 2021 Ron Stombaugh Planning & Zoning Assistant Director 200 S. Main Street Grapevine, Texas 76051 Re: 809 Dooley Street Grapevine, Texas Architect's Project No. 20017 Dear Mr. Stombaugh, Thank you for your assistance with our Zoning Change Application for the Property at the Northeast corner of the intersection at Dallas Road and Dooley Street (809 Dooley Street). Per your request through Jackson Walker, I am forwarding this letter to confirm the status of the proposed development's compliance with the City's Design Standards. Attached with this letter is our completed checklist for the MF General Guidelines. As you will see from reviewing the attached checklists, we are pleased to confirm that we are in compliance with almost every item listed, including items that may not be required of this property, but that we felt we needed to provide to keep within the spirit of the design standards and the character of Grapevine's Transit District Overlay. We are still in the first stages of the zoning and entitlement phase, and as is normal during the development process, allowances need to be made for reasonable modifications as the design is further developed in greater detail. It is our intention to remain in compliance with the spirit and intent of the MF General Guidelines throughout the development process. Thank you for your consideration of the accompanying checklists and we look forward to continuing our dialogue with City Staff as we progress through this process. Sincerely, Womack+Hampton ARCHITECTS, L.L.C. Danny B er, AIA, NCARB, LEED®AP BD+C Vice President D ARC 5 , av •P •eq4 C-) `��c•0 F 08.09.2021 4311 OAK LAWN AVENUE SUITE 50, LOCK BOX 5 DALLAS, TEXAS 75219 (214) 252-9000 FAX (214) 252-9080 dannv,awomackhamoton com ww+a.womackhampton com District -Specific Design Standards Architectural Accommodations of Grade Change Does the plan retain grade to support the building plate including terraces, pati- os, decks and any accessory buildings adjoined to the primary structure? Comments: N/A to the Central Transit District 2. Pedestrian Connection Beyond The Project And District Does the plan provide pedestrian connections from units within the project to existing trails, sidewalks or other public and private walkways. Does the plan provide pedestrian connections to places within the development that abut pedestrian walkways that the City's approved plans identify for the future? Comments: Complies: Yes No In Spirit 11 F Complies: Yes No In Spirit 7 71 Pursuant to the City's Transit District Overlay, the proposed development provides the extension of the Grapevine Main Transit Plaza whereby the Transit Plaza becomes the primary and central public space feature engaging development in the core of the Transit District and along the rail line creating an active urban context along the rail frontage in direct compliance with the TDO . Additionally, the development provides pedestrian connection between the rail frontage and street frontage within the project design as required in the TDO. Further, a 10-foot trail is provided along Dooley Street as also required under the TDO. 3. Preserve and/or Restore The Natural Characteristic Of The District Complies: Does the plan include landscape development that continues the natural charac- Yes No In Spirit teristics of the projects surroundings? M 7 r_ Comments: i� N/A to the Central Transit District 4. Perpetuate Residentially Derived Styling And Forms Does the plan use the following architectural components? Pitched roof (gable or hip) . Organized roof massing where a dominant roof has subordinate roofs that extend form it. 12 inch roof overhang . Roofed porches and balconies . No more than 45 horizontal feet of continuous wall without a horizon- tal offset of at least 4 feet • Dormers that break the cornice . Windows that align both horizontally and vertically • Openings in architectural forms defined by a roof are located symmet- rically within the form . Three stories maximum. These three stories may be over a parking podium. • Openings are treated with a jamb and/or head surround . The Void -to -Solid relationship for window -in -wall elements is less than 50% Comments: N/A to the Central Transit District Complies: Yes No In Spirit M F F 5. Provide Buffer Adjacent To Residentially Adverse Conditions Complies: Does the plan provide a buffer between residential land use and adjacent envi- Yes No In Spirit ronmental conditions (e.g. loud sound) that would negatively impact the livabili- ty of the residential land? Comments: This standard would not be applicable to this tract in the Central Transit District. The Property is separated from residential uses to the North by a 100-foot railroad right-of-way in addition to a proposed greenbelt and driveway on the subject property. Further, as designed, the adjacent proposed structures have been reduced to 2 stories in height, will have no usable balconies facing the single family residential, and will not produce levels of sound that would affect the single family residences. 6. Provide A Land Use And Scale Transition Between Multifamily/Vertical Mixed -Use Development And Abutting Single Family Development. If the plan abuts an area of single-family residential land use, does it provide a "residential transition"? A residential transition must include two components: . Height Transition: For any element with a height above 35ft, this ele- ment can't exceed one foot above 35ft in height for every lft of setback beyond 15ft. For example, you may have 36ft at 16ft setback, 37ft at 17ft and so on. . Scale Transition: Any element located within 20ft of a property line abutting a single-family land use must not have an elevation face area more than 1200 sq. ft. Comments: Complies: Yes No In Spirit 7 Due to the existing railroad right-of-way, the proposed development does not abut single family uses. However, single family uses abut the railroad right -of way and the proposed plan for the subject property proposes a "stair -step" height of three stories along the railroad right-of-way transitioning to four stories along Dallas Avenue. 7. Provide Development That Maximizes Uses Appropriate To The Value Of The Setting And/Or Characteristic Of The Context. If the surrounding street -level use is NOT predominately residential, does the plan provide —or is the structure such that it could be leased to provide —first - floor or street -level land uses that are consistent with the context? If the plan has a distinct locational opportunity (such as being close to logistic, movement or transit hubs), does it provide —or is the structure such that is could be leased to provide —first -floor or street -level land uses that are consistent with this context? If the answer to either question is YES, does the plan provide —or could be rent- ed to provide —these land uses for at least 70% of the street -fronting first -floor space? Comments: Complies: Yes No In Spirit xI 7 17 Surrounding street level use includes industrial, business, and residential uses. Development includes multiple Live/Work units on the street level at the street frontage sides. 8. Perpetuate Commercially Derived Styling And Forms Does the plan employ architectural styles and forms that include the following elements: . A predominately flat roof concealed by a raised parapet of at least 12in in height . All openings are vertically and horizontally aligned . Balconies are projected • Steel construction is exposed . The first floor plate is at least 15ft high at the street level . Void -to -solid relationships are 50% or greater void Comments: Complies with all except the void ratio due to residential use. Complies: Yes No In Spirit El 7 F 9. Preserve And Extend Thematic Streetscapes Complies: Does the plan continue the established streetscape of its surrounding District? Yes No In Spirit This includes: IN • Matching light fixtures and spacing of light fixtures . Matching tree species, scale, placement and spacing . Matching paving material and paving pattern • Continuation of defined inset areas for on -street parking Comments: Following TDO requirements for extension of Thematic Streetscapes. 10. Maintain Compatibility With District Thematic Sign Features. Does the plan Complies: provide signage that is compatible with signage in the surrounding District? This Yes No In Spirit includes: 77 17 . Maintaining the relationship of signage to street -fronting building planes . Marinating the general appearance of the District's signage . Maintaining sign illumination consistent with the District and its nightscape . Use of sign types consistent with the District and the context. This in- cludes commercial tenant signs, premise signs and project signs. Comments: The proposed development proposes to comply with the TDO signage standards. 5 11. Provide Does the plan ad onsive Interface To Project? This include': open space in Open Space And pnS • Elimin es: �'aYs that extend the open spaAmenities, ation of e into the and the open spaPe rking aprons in the foreground space lnsio ndsca e s between the structure n ofla to theproject p species and patter ns characteristic aft • Orientation of the normal buildings to he open Of the large,orthogonal relation t at building place landscapen to street meat breaks and bears aks free from • Exte relationship to feature, nsion of trails into the Use of fence proJect ndplane grou design that does not visuall Comments: Y disrupt the Complies: Yes No .� In Spirit C7 0 The Transit plaza continuous within the d along the sidewalk evelopment north side of twot along paths t. Furth he ad extend n Pocket Parks odevelopment extend the deVelopmenguous to the trail a t three hr e open space 0A&k - _ - - T E . _ --_ rf c ¢.-W Dooley Str and tree d .: �A,-; 12. Resort/Lodge/Prairie Styling And Forms. Does the plan use architectural Complies: styles derived from resort/lodge/prairie architectural precedents? These include: Yes No 17 • Flat pitched gable or hipped rooves with long and un-interrupted ridges and cornices • Large roof overhangs with structural bracing such as brackets, angled braces, canted braced and exposed rafters . Tapered columns that are full masonry or have masonry bases . Use of flat roofs to accent pitched roofs • Variable plate heights . Vertical and Horizontal alignment of openings • Openings in architectural forms defined by a roof are located symmet- rically within the form . Use of decks and terraces . Architecturally enclosed balconies Projected window jambs and/or headers • Structural details derived from timber construction detailing . Use of siding and masonry • Upper story insets within, or projections over, a lower story base Comments: a In Spirit F7 N/A to the Central Transit District; however Architectural elements are proposed to be incorporated that salute the Grapevine downtown architectural style. 7 13. Curvilinear Organization Of The Development Plan Complies: Does the plan have a curvilinear organization? This includes: Y;ess No In Spirit • Gracefully meandering streets and drives with bends in the street and drive alignment that is responsive to grade . Merging street intersections where operations permit • Organically -shaped parking areas • Building orientations that are not tied to uniform street frontage . Drifted groupings of trees in lieu of straight rows with uniform spacing Comments: N/A to the Central Transit District. Given the size and shape of the property and it being bound by the railroad right-of-way, Dallas Road and Dooley Street, providing a curvilinear organization is not practical. What is being proposed is a design that greatly enhances the pedestrian experience with horizontal and vertical articulation of the building facades, interesting physical changes in facade styles, wide sidewalks, stoops along the trail and sidewalk, variations in height of the structure, strategic changes in facade materials and colors, lush landscaping, pocket parks, a corner general store, and easy connectivity to the Transit Plaza. 14. Conceal Visibility Of Service And Parking Functions Complies: Does the plan place service and parking functions so that such functions are Yes No In Spirit NOT in the foreground yard space between any arterial or primary street and the buildings that are facing that street? I^ Comments: Parking is provided only in structured Parking Garage which is pushed back behind the main building facade at Dallas Road, and inside tuck -under parking garages provided at the Townhouse units along the East property line. 15. Perpetuate Historic/Indigenous Derived Architectural Styling And Forms. Does the plan employ architectural styles and forms derived from the historic or indigenous character of the District? Such aspects include: . Commercially -scaled first floor with a 15ft plate . For building of three floors or greater, a tripartite architecture . Decorative and embellished front parapet . Street canopy • Portrait orientation of openings and subversion of openings Continuous vertical corners often expressed as pilasters • Occasional use of roof forms as accent elements on the front elevation • Void -to -Solid ratio with greater void at the street level and greater solid at other levels Treatment of openings with jamb and/or header surrounds • Use of belt courses to establish horizontal reference for placement of openings • Use of decorative brick bands and details Comments: Complies: Yes No In Spirit 11 The proposed design directly follows the TDO requirements and specifically echoes the rich architectural character of buildings within the District. Its architectural style is very reminiscent of Grapevine's architectural and historic charm as also celebrated by Grapevine Main Station and the Hotel Vin which are located approximately 1,200 feet from the subject property, a distance well within what many urbanists consider the distance used for the basic building block for walkable neighborhoods. See below for view along Dallas Road to Hotel Vin. 16. Use Of Thematic Exterior Material, If Such Material Is Characteristic Of Dis- Complies: trict And Complies With The General Material Standards. Yes No In Spirit If there is a surrounding District context, does the plan continue with the use of the dominant and characteristic material of the surrounding District? If so, is the use of that material in compliance with the General Material Stan- dards of the Building Manual? Dominant use of material means material that comprises at least 70% of the building exterior excluding openings. Comments: The plan specifically continues the use of the dominant and characteristic materials in the TDO being predominantly brick. 17. Orthogonal/Block Orientation Of The Development Plan. Does the plan have Complies: a block/orthogonal organization? This includes: Yes No In Spirit • Straight streets with right angle intersections Z 71 7 • Continuous street wall defined by alignment of buildings • Uniform spacing of street trees and street fixtures . Continue the urban blocks which are adjacent to the project . Have decorative cross walks or other intersection enhancements Comments: 10 18. Pedestrian/Residential Activity Connection Between The Public Street And Complies: Living Units Fronting The Street. Yes No In Spirit Does the plan present the public street with an external expression of the resi- AJ El r] dential activity? This means that the street level of the residential development is not commercially used or made capable for commercial use. This includes porches, stoops, terraces, patios, fenced front yards and steps up from an ap- proach grade. Comments: Live/work units provided are provided along Dooley Street & Dallas Road with elevated pedestrian connections. See below for clip of rendering showing pedestrian connections: 19. Maintain Height And Scale Compatibility With The Height And Scale Char- Complies: acteristic Of District. Yes No In Spirit When height and scale are important attributes of the surrounding District's - identity, is the plan compatible with this height and scale? Such compatibility can be achieved through one or both of the following: • Upper -story setbacks that create a building mass at the street consistent with context • Horizontal offsets at the street level which reduce the lower floor pre- sentation of mass when the characteristic block size is exceeded. This creates the image of a block that is further subdivided through built rec- ognition of individual properties as described in the "Bay Modulation" section of the Building Manual. Comments: The proposed development follows TDO requirements, but also provides varying heights and horizontal offsets that are consistent with the street context and reduces the lower floor presentation of mass even though the block size is not exceeded. im 20. Use Of Bay Modulation Patterns That Are Compatible With Bay Modulation Complies: Of The District. Yes No In Spirit Does the plan create a street frontage that continues the bay modulation of the F ] block? Bay modulation refers to the architectural expression of individual build- ings within the block face. This is important to emulate the traditional block face of a downtown where buildings are normally built lot -line to lot -line in direct juxtaposition. In such downtowns, there is a complex street wall referred to as the "Bay" and the rhyth- mic and varied offset and appearance of that bay is referred to as "Bay Modula- tion. Comments: The proposed development provides 48" offsets along the bay to provide rhythmic and varied offsets to achieve the necessary bay modulation. See below for clip to illustrate the varied plane offsets and massing. 12 21. Provide An Urbanized Streetscape. Does the plan provide an urbanized streetscape along the primary street frontage that is consistent with the char- acteristic urban street fabric within the District? Key features of an urbanized streetscape include: . The architectural plane fronting the primary street must create a con- tinuous street wall along the primary street frontage. Buildings must establish a "built -to" zone which extends from the primary street front property line and extends into the property a distance of 3ft and at least 75% of the primary street frontage much lie within this zone. NOTE: the location and depth of this zone may be modified upon City approval when the modification results in lateral expansion of a sidewalk space for a sidewalk restaurant or sidewalk retail or in the creation of an arcade along the street. . Street trees used in the streetscape should continue the use of an exist- ing tree species when the larger urban setting contains a thematic tree. If the surrounding urban setting does not have a thematic tree, the plan must choose from a list of approved plants. . Street lights must continue the uniform spacing and placement charac- teristic of the surrounding primary street. When a larger urban setting contains a thematic light or light standard, the plan must use that light standard. When no thematic light exists, the plan must choose a light or light standard appropriate for urban streetscape use. . Decorative paving should continue the characteristic paving material and pattern of the urban context when that context includes a thematic sidewalk treatment. When no thematic treatment exists, the project must use a sidewalk paving material and pattern appropriate for urban streets - cape use. Comments: Complies: Yes No In Spirit 17 The plan follows the TDO requirements and provides an urbanized streetscape along the primary street frontage that is consistent with the characteristic urban street fabric within the District. Following TDO requirements. -The architectural planes fronting both Dooley Street and Dallas Road create continuous street walls along the primary street frontages. The proposed building establishes the "built -to" zone which begins 15from the primary street ROW line and extends 6' inward, at least 75% of the primary street frontage must lie within this zone. -Since the surrounding urban setting does not yet have a thematic tree, the plan uses trees from the list of approved plants. -Proposed Street lights will establish the uniform spacing and placement characteristic along both streets. The plan proposes a light standard appropriate for these streetscapes. -Proposed decorative paving will establish the characteristic paving material and pattern for the street frontage using an appropriate material and pattern for these streetscapes. 13 22. Provide A "Borrowed Landscape" For The Primary Street Frontage Does the plan provide a "borrowed landscape" along the primary street frontage that preserved the general character of the District? This includes: Elimination of parking aprons or walls between the building and street unless the landscape space abutting the street is greater than 20ft • Creation of an expanded parkway that is varied in dimension with the minimum parkway expansion being 15ft from the street right of way and with variations in width occurring at least every 200ft. Creation of pads for horizontal mixed use qualifies as varied Borrowed Landscape space . Use of a pedestrian trail in lieu of a pedestrian sidewalk. Sidewalks within the borrowed landscape space must be meandering pedestrian ways at least 8ft wide. Comments: N/A to the Central Transit District Complies: Yes No In Spirit 14 23. Promote Horizontal Mixed Use Complies: Yes No In Spirit Does the project create opportunities for stand-alone retail/restaurant pads with- in the street frontage of the primary street? In no case should the provision of a retail pad consume more than 50% of the multifamily frontage. Where the multifamily frontage is 300ft or less, a retail pad leave -out is not required. This retail pad requirement may be waived upon City Approval but a requirement for variable street definition (#24) still applies Comments: N/A to the Central Transit District 24. Provide Variable Street Definition Within The Block Face Along Primary Complies: Streets Yes No In Spirit Does the plan create a variable street definition through the variable setback of multifamily structures fronting the primary street? No more than 50% of the project frontage may adhere to a uniform setback dimension. Horizontal offsets in the development plan set back line must be no less than 10 ft. Comments: N/A to the Central Transit District 15 District Specific Stan- 360/Airport Grapevine Grapevine Gaylord/SH Central Tran- dards (A = Applicable) District Mille South Mills North 26 District sit District District District 1 Architectural accommo- A A dation of grade change 2 Pedestrian connection A A A A A beyond project and district 3 I Preserve/restore charac- A A teristic natural mosaic 4 Residentially derived A A* styling and forms/ pitched roof 5 I Buffer adjacent environ- I A mental encroachments 6 Land use/scale transition A A from MF/SF 7 Maximize value capture A A opportunities 8 Commercially derived A A** A styling and forms 9 Preserve/perpetuate A I thematic streetscape I 10 Compatible with district, A A A thematic signage features I 11 Responsive interface A A A with open space and amenities 12 Resort/lodge derived A A I styling and forms 13 Curvilinear organization A A A A of development plan 14 Conceal visibility of ser- A A A vice/parking functions from arterials/primary roads 15 I Historic/indigenous A derived styling/forms 16 Use of thematic exterior A material if characteristic of district and complies with standards A* = When closer to topography and golf course A** = When closer to Regional Roadways and other commercial areas 16 17 Orthogonal, block orga- A nization of development plan 18 Pedestrian/residential A activity connection between street and living unit fronting street 19 Height and scale com- A patibility with height and scale characteristic of district 20 Bay modulation pattern A compatibility with the- matic bay modulation of district 21 Urbanized streetscape A 22 Provide "Borrowed" A landscape for street en- hancement 23 Promote horizontal A A A mixed -use 24 Variable street definition A to create a more complex street scape A* = When closer to topography and golf course A** = When closer to Regional Roadways and other commercial areas 17 General Standards for Multifamily Development Part A: Site and Design a. Contextual Relationships 1. Community Structure: Each plan for a project larger than 100 units must Complies: provide: Yes No In Spirit i. Benches: at least one every 700ft or one per block, whichever is less k' ` 17 F7 ii. Bike Racks: a capacity for 4 bikes at each residential building and 14 at the central pedestrian facility iii. Trash Disposal Units: one trash receptacle at each bench iv. Pedestrian Lighting: one light standard at least every 100ft Comments: 2. Cognitive Structure: Development site plans should avoid a "maze -like" Complies: arrangement of streets and drives and should provide a clear demarcation of Yes No In Spirit sub -areas arranged with reference to an internal destination. Ix 7 �I Comments: As designed, the plan does not use a "maze -like" arrangement of streets and drives. The plan proposes a driveway off of Dallas Road to serve as access for residents and guests. A second OL 3. Edge Definition: Planting of the edge must provide visual concealment of Complies: at least 70% of the perimeter fence using evergreen plants. Moreover, at least Yes No In Spirit 70% of these plants must have foliage from ground to top capable of providing 0 a screen. Edge screening must be planted in natural drifts that appear as native plant clusters. Comments: No perimeter fence proposed give urban context. 4. Traffic Calming: Any multifamily plan must illustrate traffic calming mea- Complies: sures using traffic tables, intersections, traffic circles, chokers, roadway neck Yes No In Spirit downs at intersections, center island narrowing or rumble strips. Speed bumps are prohibited. Comments: No long internal streets due to urban context. 18 b. Connections Beyond The Project 1. Relationship With And Connections To The City Fabric: The site plan for any multifamily development must portray the extent to which the following elements of the City Fabric are continued or otherwise responded to: i. Curb Cuts and Driveways: Development plans much seek to continue flow between projects by coordinating points of ingress and egress so that efficient maneuvers to and from serving public streets are possible. Coordination of routing traffic volumes anticipated by individual project TIA's is a required consideration of a development plan being considered by the City. ii. Thoroughfares And Roadways: A development plan that lays within the path of a thoroughfare as planned or committed to by adjacent devel- opment or of a thoroughfare that has been adjusted by the Council must make provision for the extension of the right of way of such thoroughfare when traffic projected densities necessitate extension. iii. Trails: A proposed multifamily development plan must consider appropriate trail routing through the proposed development so that a cohesive trail network can evolve over time. iv. Open Space: The proposed development plan must consider exten- sion of the open space or expansion of the open space, or consider how development portrayed by the development plan can relate to and define the open space. v Contextual Characteristics: Any multifamily development plan must illustrate how various aspects of the context will also be manifest in the development design. Key aspects of the context include streetscape themes, continuity of water or water bodies, extension of indigenous plan drifts, continuity of road sections, treatment of parking, protection of and continuity with adjacent land uses, continuation of tree canopies and canopy species, continuity of natural features, extension of surface water management strategies, and continuity of edge treatments. Comments: Complies: Yes No In Spirit F M i.Curb Cuts and Driveways: There is no shared access to adjacent properties given urban context, but complies with other requirements. ii.Thoroughfares And Roadways: All right-of—way for both Dallas Road and Dooley Street have been accounted for and not required per City's Thoroughfare Plan. iii.Trails: A trail has been proposed along Dooley Street as suggested by the TDO. Further, the Transit Plaza has been proposed along the north side of the property as suggested by the TDO FT 19 c. Lot Occupancy 1. In a development plan that's required to be curvilinear as outlined by the Dis- Complies: trict Specific Standards, such a plan must establish a building relationship to the Yes No street such that: 11 F7 i. At least 60% of the interior street and drive -fronting buildings within the development plan design and 75% of buildings facing public streets serving the project must be sited so that the front building plane (the plane facing the street) is not parallel to the street right of way. ii. A minimum of 30% of the yard space along interior streets and drives, and 50% of the yard space fronting public streets serving the project, must be covered by a landscape approach defined by organic plant mass- ing and natural drifts. Comments: N/A to Central Transit District. 2. Building Relation to the Street and Orthogonal Plan Layouts: Plan designs Complies: that are required to be orthogonal, as outlined by the District Specific Standards, Yes No must establish a building relationship to the street such that: i. The development plan must establish a "build -to" line for the interior streets and drives of the project that will vary from the required 3ft build - to line along the plan's exterior public streets as specified in the District Specific Standards. This build -to line must be at least 9ft form the street or drive back of curb. ii. The presence of repetitive stoops, terraces or porches which project into the yard space created by the build -to line cannot be closer than 5ft to the street or drive back of curb and must project at least 4ft from the primary building mass. These projections must be architecturally contained such that they are part of the overall facade composition. The offset space created between the projected stoop, porch or terrace and the primary building mass must be a landscape space, leaving a 5ft minimum pedestrian space at the street edge. In Spirit F In Spirit El Comments: i.The development plan complies with TDO requirements for build -to lines along street R.O.W.'s. ii.Repetitive stoops, terraces and porches project into the yard space created by the build -to line, but will not be closer than 5ft to the street or drive back of curb and project at least 4ft from the primary building mass. These projections are architecturally contained such that they are part of the overall fagade composition. The offset space created between the projected stoop, porch or terrace and the orimary buildina mass is a landscape space. leavina a 5ft minimum pedestrian space at tha 20 d. Parking: Placement and Configuration 1. Parking Facility Type: Complies: Yes No i. Structured Parking: Parking within the Transit Center Character Zone must be structured when the project exceeds 20 units per acre. Projects exceeding 40 units per acre in any other Character Zone must provide structured parking. ii. Surface Parking Areas: Projects with a unit density between 28 and 39 units per acre that provide aggregated surface parking must comply with the following: 1. Aggregated parking areas with more than 70 parking spaces (not including street or drive head -in parking) must be located in a place that is not visible to the primary street serving the project or located so that the parking area may be screened. Parking garages located such that they front a public street must have architectural eleva- tions that complement the design style of the multifamily structures. "Complement" in this context means that they must share similar horizontal offsets, organization of openings, and use of materials. 2. Aggregated parking areas in non -orthogonal development plan designs must also have a curvilinear configuration. 3. Aggregated parking areas must be landscaped Comments: All parking will be structured and no surface parking will be provided. 2. Head -in parking along streets: Before the parking demand for aggregated parking areas is determined, head -in street and drive parking must be provided to the extent permitted by the streetscape design. Comments: TDO does not allow street parking on Dallas Road or Dooley Street. In Spirit 11 Complies: Yes No In Spirit 17 F7 ❑ 21 e. Site Open Space Requirement 1. Open space as a percent of total development area: At least 20% of the site area identified in any multifamily plan must be set aside as open space. Site areas that qualify as open space set asides include: i. Areas protecting existing natural features and/or plant communities ii. Areas used for the surface management of storm water that are not structures iii. Any retained water iv. Project amenity areas that are visually accessible from streets and/or drives v. Playgrounds vi. Pedestrian trails vii. Borrowed street landscape areas viii. Pedestrian accessible areas between structures open to access by the project population Comments: Complies: Yes No In Spirit F7 As stated above, the proposed development plan provides ample open space to the public. The plan provides the Transit Plaza along the north side of the property. Additionally, the plan proposes three open spaces open to the public that extend from the Transit Plaza into the development. These include passive courtyards and a dog park, Further, the plan proposes two pockets parks with one adjacent to Dooley Street and the other along Dallas Road. 2. Form giving influence: Open space provided within any development plan Complies: must serve as a frontage for at least 25% of the structures within the project, Yes No In Spirit where buildings can define the edge of open space, except for the Transit Center l District where street frontage is prioritized. i_ J Comments: The subject property is within the Transit Center District. However, open spaces are provided along the Transit Plaza frontage and pocket parks are provided on Dallas Road and Dooley Street. 22 f. Preservation of Natural Drainage 1. Natural Drainageways: Any development plan for multifamily development in Grapevine must illustrate the extent to which natural drainage within the lot, parcel or tract exists and is preserved through design initiatives that preserve, restore or replicate natural drainage patterns. Any disruption of natural drainage patterns must be approved by the City of Grapevine. Comments: Urban context, no existing creeks or waterways are on site. Complies: Yes No In Spirit E F El 23 g. Storm Weather Management Facilities 1. Storm weather management structures: Any development plan for mul- tifamily development in the City of Grapevine, where structured storm water management solutions are requires must adhere to the following: i. Minimize structured means of water management: Plans must min- imize the use of cross drainage structures, armored channels, concrete flow ways, and other structured solutions to storm water management, unless such structures are for the purpose of creating a pedestrian or urban activity at a water edge. ii. Maintain natural shapes and form in the creation of detention/re- tention facilities and created drainageways (a.k.a. flow management facilities): Water collection points and/or pools created by nature have shapes that are clearly organic. Therefore, plans should avoid straight lines, hard angles, and regular geometric shapes in the creation of flow management facilities. iii. Landscape with natural elements: Where storm water management design creates conditions that support indigenous plants, measures must be taken to landscape such facilities in ways that allow such plants. iv. Respect natural sub -systems: Proper design of flow management fa- cilities should, where appropriate, include diverse ecological settings such as deep water (limnetic zones) in combination with shallow water (lit- toral zones), wetlands, ephemeral flows, and greater states of hydration which can support plant communities associated with these zones. Comments: Urban context, no existing creeks or waterways are on site. Complies: Yes No In Spirit 17 24 h. Grading 1 Grading for multifamily development in the City of Grapevine must adhere to Complies: the following: Yes No In Spirit i. Avoid steep grades: Grades equal to or greater than 20% are consid- ered steep and shall not be graded to create building lots. However, indi- vidual buildings which make grade transition within the building, porch or terrace expansions are permitted and therefore the limited disturbance of grade needed to accomplish this is permitted also. ii. Conform to standards for tree protection: Any tree over three inches in caliper remaining on a lot, parcel or tract (that is, trees not approved for removal) and exposed to the building activity or within 30ft of the building activity (hereinafter regulated trees) shall be protected as fol- lows: a. Tree fencing: Regulated tree trunks shall be protected within a visible "tree fence" at least 36 inches tall and protecting the tree and ground around the tree to a minimum distance from the trunk equal to the distance of the tree drip line or 10 feet, whichever is less. b. Tree marking: All regulated trees shall be marked with a green surveyor tape which indicates "Protected Tree" status. c. Ground compaction avoidance: Measures shall be taken to min- imize ground compaction within the dripline of a Regulated Tree. Grading within the ground protected by a tree fence is prohibited. d. Maintenance of normal hydration: Measures shall be taken to maintain normal hydration of a Regulated Tree. Comments: There are no grades equal to or greater than 20% on the property. With regard to tree protection, trees that are proposed to remain will be protected as stated above. 25 Part B: Building Design Standards a.Street Interface 1. Semi-public space adjacent to streets: Complies: Yes No i. Canopies and store fronts are limited to urban setting such as primary street frontage in the Transit Center Character Zone. Z ii. In any single building block, there must be at least one expression of a first -floor, semi-public space within the street -facing elevation. If a cano- py of storefront is used to meet this standard, it must occupy at least 50% of the length of the elevation. 2. Residential Design Standards: If building frontage defines the edge of an open space, each building block must have at least one first -floor pedestrian space that is part of the architectural design. i. Store fronts must be set within a minimum first -floor plate height of 15ft. and must be comprised of vertical and horizontal subdivisions with- in which any area of un-supported glass is no smaller than 16 square feet. Vertical and horizontal subdivisions shall be at least two inches wide. Comments: II In Spirit 7 2. Residential Design Standards: If building frontage defines the edge of an open Complies: space, each building block must have at least one first -floor pedestrian space that Yes No In Spirit is part of the architectural design. 17 El C i. Store fronts must be set within a minimum first -floor plate height of 15ft. and must be comprised of vertical and horizontal subdivisions with- in which any area of un-supported glass is no smaller than 16 square feet. Vertical and horizontal subdivisions shall be at least two inches wide. Comments: ►U b. Elevation Composition 1. The exterior design of any multifamily structure must comprise an overall Complies: pattern. This pattern includes: Yes No In Spirit i. Regulating lines that organize its elements Inj 1: ii. Proportioning iii. Hierarchy of dominant and subordinate elements Comments: CONTINUED ON THE NEXT PAGE 27 b. Elevation Composition (continued) 2. Openings and features of any building must have a common justification. Complies: Yes No i. When a pitched roof design is used, all windows —except dormer win- dows —must be below the cornice detail. ii. When a flat roof design is used, all windows must be at least 2ft below the parapet. iii. When both a pitched roof and flat roof design are used in the same elevation, the window heads must align horizontally. iv. Windows may abut the cornice detail if the window header modulates the banding or detailing of the cornice. v. Openings within an elevation must have a common reference line that engages the sill or head. vi. Windows within an elevation must have a common vertical reference line from the first to the top floor. vii. Windows must align with the features that define the architectural form. For example, windows in a gable cannot be arbitrarily distributed within the face of the gable unless specifically approved by the City. viii. Excepting first floor store front or vertical mixed -use structure, all openings must be square or portrait in orientation. ix. Windows, doors and other openings must be articulated within a pro- jected surround or header unless otherwise approved by the City. Comments: CONTINUED ON THE NEXT PAGE 28 IN In Spirit 11 b. Elevation Composition (continued) 3. All elevations of a structure must receive equal treatment of style on all el- evations of a structure so as to avoid the common pitfall whereby only the street -facing facade is adequately styled and structured. Comments: 4. Forms created within the elevation, such as towers, bays and plate changes, must be derived from functions within the plan. Design approaches which seek to decorate a "space plan' derived independent of the elevation design are pro- hibited. Comments: Complies: Yes No In Spirit F Complies: Yes No In Spirit F 7 29 b. Street wall complexity and exterior offsets 1. Building offsets: i. Residential building blocks may not have more than 50 linear feet of wall without a wall offset. ii. Horizontal wall offsets must be at least 4ft. This may include balconies if contained within the confines of the offset. Any balconies projected from the face must have an architectural enclosure: iii. Architectural forms such as enclosed porches, stair towers, projected bays or stacked balconies maybe projected from the building block or recessed within it and must be accompanied by a roof in the roof massing that corresponds to the architectural form. Comments: Complies: Yes No a In Spirit El Four foot offsets are used, however some building masses exceed 50' in length due to increase requirements of TDO & Architectural massing within the urban context. 30 d. Void to Solid Ratio 1. For the first floor of a vertical mixed -use plan wherein the first floor has a Complies: commercial use, the void -to -solid ratio must be greater than or equal to 1.5:1 Yes No In Spirit (the amount of void being greater than the amount of solid). The solid portions of the first floor facade must extend vertically to the floors above and parapet detail. Comments: N/A, Development is not a vertical mixed -use plan. 2. For floors above the first floor in a vertical mixed -use plan (or for all floors in Complies: a residential plan), the void -to -solid ratio must be less than or equal to 0.5:1 (the Yes No In Spirit amount of void being less than the amount of solid). Comments: 31 e. Architectural Enclosures 1. All projected stair towers, elevator shafts, and cantilevered building projec- tions (other than balconies) must be architecturally enclosed. This means that they must be enclosed in an architectural skin and must be expressed as a roof form. Comments: Complies: Yes No In Spirit 32 f. Roof form: Rooves and the roof lines they create are essential design elements for higher -value structures. Visible roof design must: 1. Be legible. There must be a clear organization of a dominant roof mass from Complies: which subordinate roof masses extend. Yes No In Spirit Comments: 2. Be balanced. A single roof pitch must be used within the total composition. Complies: Different roof pitches are permitted for tower forms which are not engaged with Yes No In Spirit the general roof form. Permitted roof forms include gables, hips, barrels if used a FX_ 7 secondary forms, sheds if used as secondary forms, and flat. Comments: 33 g. Style Integrity The use of architectural detailing associated with a style must use the charac- teristic detailing of that style. Comments: Complies: Yes No 2. The use of systems or materials that replicate the work of a trade or artisan are Complies: prohibited. Construction details which are traditionally derived from the work Yes No of an artisan (such as a metal smith, carpenter or stonemason) must use a mate- rial in which the characteristic craftsperson can work. G� Comments: In Spirit F In Spirit 11 34 h. Chimneys 1. In pitched roof styles and other traditional styles, the chimney must be ter- Complies: minated with a chimney cap that conceals the metal spark arrestor and visually Yes No In Spirit reads as a traditional tile flue system, unless otherwise approved by the City. 17 F7 17 Comments: N/A, no chimneys in development 2. In pitched roof styles and other traditional styles, the chimney shaft must be Complies: enclosed with unit masonry, stone or 3-coat stucco with a minimum dimension Yes No In Spirit of 4.5ft x 3ft, unless otherwise approved by the City. Comments: 1�J N/A, no chimneys in development 3. In pitched roof styles and other traditional styles, the rise of the chimney shaft Complies: must be detailed so that the chimney has complexity in plan as well as elevation. Yes No Comments: N/A, no chimneys in development 7 In Spirit 7 Egli Part C: Building Construction Standards a.Materials and Application of Materials 1. Primary Material. At least 70% of the exterior facade of a 4-story structure or Complies: 80% of the exterior fa4ade of a 3-story structure or 100% of the exterior fagade of Yes No a structure less than 3 stories must be one of the following: i. Brick. Clay brick, modular size, hard -fired and meeting severe weath- er standards. Embossed or molded brick is generally prohibited unless specifically approved by the City. All brick shall be laid so as to avoid stacked joints and all building corners —both inside and outside —must be executed in a toothed masonry fashion. Weeping or slumped joints are prohibited. ii. Stone. Stone must be laid in a typical load -bearing pattern. Character- istics of such pattern include: 1. Tight mortar joints with no more than 30% of joints larger than 3/8 inches. 2. Coursed patterns such as Ashlar, Coursed Chopped Stone and Coursed Rubbed Stone. Mosaic and un-coursed rubble stone -work are prohibited unless specifically approved by the City. 3. Cultured stone or other faux stone products are prohibited. 4. All stone must be laid so as to avoid stacked joints and all cor- ners —both inside and outside —must be executed in a toothed ma- sonry fashion. iii. Other Stone. Cut stone/smoothed-face stone or Cut stone/smoothed- face stone that is mechanically attached with a stone veneer system may be used provided that the system uses a true stone. Comments: In Spirit 7 Complying with TDO standards of Primary and Secondary materials using brick, metal, stucco & fiber cement siding. CONTINUED ON THE NEXT PAGE 36 a.Materials and Application of Materials (continued) 2. Secondary Material. No more than 30% of the building fagade may be a sec- ondary material. This includes: i. Stucco. 3-coat stucco on lath over a structural frame with expansion joints concealed by filling the joint with expandable filler that is troweled flat with the stucco, is the same color as the stucco and that matches the stucco surface texture is permitted. Dryvit/EFS type systems are prohibit- ed. Stucco is not permitted in the Central Transit District. ii. Metal. Architectural metal wall systems are permitted. iii. Siding. Wood or Cementacious siding is permitted in those Character Zones where pitched roof styles are permitted. Comments: Complies: Yes No in In Spirit 7 Complying with TDO standards of Primary and Secondary materials using brick, metal, stucco & fiber cement siding. 3. Roof Material. Acceptable materials include: Complies: Yes No In Spirit i. Flat Roof. Flat rooves may be either a built-up bituminous roof or a membrane roof provided that it is installed in accordance with the man- ufacturer's specifications and issued a 30-year warranty. All flat rooves must be hidden from ground level view, behind a 12-inch parapet. ii. Pitched Roof. These may be either a standing -seam metal roof with standing folded and soldered seams, a commercial metal roof if approved by the City, slate, clay tile, or 40-year high profile composition single. All composition shingle rooves must have closed valleys. Concrete single products with a relief greater than '/2 inch are prohibited. iii. Parapet Cap. These must be either clay brick, cut stone, cast stone, tile, or terra cotta. Pressed metal maybe used if is it specifically created to decoratively cap a parapet and if specifically approved by the City. Comments: CONTINUED ON THE NEXT PAGE 37 a.Materials and Application of Materials (continued) 4. Material Change. Material changes in any elevation may occur only under the Complies: following conditions: Yes No i. Change occurs at an inside corner. ii. Change that occurs at an outside corner must wrap the corner and change at a location at least 12 inches from that corner and be designed as the termination of an architectural detail. iii. Change that occurs wherein the different material is contained within a distinct architectural form that projects from the primary architectural mass. iv. Change that reflects an offset between a lower and an upper floor where the offset is at least 6 inches. Material changes within the same architectural plane are prohibited. Comments: CONTINUED ON THE NEXT PAGE 38 In Spirit 17 a.Materials and Application of Materials (continued) 5. Relief The City seeks to promote relief and dimension in architectural surfac- Complies: es, details, and motifs with the following requirements: Yes No In Spirit i. The following materials are prohibited: Fiberglass, Styrofoam or stuc- co- over- styrofoam, plastic, aluminum. Stucco applied to look like pro- jected stone, Stucco applied to look like cast stone, Stucco applied to look like terra cotta, cementacious boards used in any application which makes a corner, cementacious boards used in any application which makes a mitre or decorative shape, Masonite or Masonite products, com- position wood products used as an exterior material, trimcraft used as a soffit board, or other smooth finished soffit board. ii. Relief in the treatment of cornices, overhangs, gable projections, bay windows, dormers, water tables, belt coursers, sills, surrounds, timber components and other expressions must be executed in ways that pro- duce depth, shadow and texture. iii. In coursed rubble stonework, stones must be laid into the wall as the stone would lay on the ground. No more than 20% of the stones in any elevation may be "flipped" sideways. iv. The minimum projection in any built-up profiles and decorative assembly must be 3/ inch per element of the assembly. A cornice detail comprised of three stepped bricks must have a total projection of 2 and 1/4 inches. Comments: CONTINUED ON THE NEXT PAGE 39 a.Materials and Application of Materials (continued) 6. Carpentered Exterior Trim. Complies: Yes No i. All carpentered exterior trim must be high -quality finished grade wood stock. 17 ii. If a trim installation is to be joined along any continuous run of mate- rial, the required joint must be a "spline joint." iii. All outside corners must be mitered and blocked with sufficient clo- sure that the joint is not visible from the street. iv. Corners must be closed by a carpentered joint. Trim clips are prohib- ited. v. Facia and gable rake must be stepped at the drip mold unless hidden by a gutter. vi. Carpentered trim that forms the veneer pocket must have a complex- ity achieved in trim mold, built-up step molding, or other traditional detail such as a dentil mold. Comments: N We prefer to use fiber cement trim (i.e. Hardietrim) which will require less maintenance and replacement, and it does not warp or cup over time as carpentered wood trim would. In Spirit 7 40 b. Wall Construction 1. Wall Section. All wood -framed exterior walls must be constructed as follows: Complies: Yes No i. When shim- or flange -mounted windows are used in masonry ve- neered walls, framing may be conventional 2x4 framing. ii. When shim -mounted windows are used in stucco veneer walls or oth- er permitted material that does not require a masonry ledge or that does not project more than 3.5 inches from the sheathing, exterior walls must be framed with 2x6 members in order to achieve a 3.5-inch minimum offset within the opening. iii. When flange -mounted windows are used in stucco veneer walls or other permitted material that does not require a masonry ledge or that does not project more than 3.5 inches from the sheathing, a double 2x4 framing assembly is required that allows the flange to be mounted on the inner 2x4 section with the second 2x4 section providing the required offset from the window sash or door at the opening. Comments: 2. Parapets. Where there is a flat roof, a parapet must extend at least 12 inches Complies: above the roof surface and conceal the roof material from ground -level view. Yes No Comments: CONTINUED ON THE NEXT PAGE 41 17 F In Spirit 7 In Spirit 7 b. Wall Construction (continued) 3. Cornice Detail. All wall terminations at the roof must have a cornice detail Complies: comprised of at least 2 projected elements. Parapets must have a cap detail com- Yes No In Spirit prised of at least 2 projected elements. Comments: 4. Window Surrounds, Belt Courses and Base Courses. Complies: Yes No In Spirit i. All openings in the exterior skin must have an architecturally appro- priate header and sill with an optional jamb. The required header and sill must project at least % inches beyond the wall veneer. Window headers or sills may be either stone, cast stone, terra cotta, heavy timber (where appropriate for the style), or wood (where appropriate for the style). ii. Other architectural details like belt courses and base courses must be executed in the above materials and have a minimum projection of 3/4 inch per element of detail. Comments: 42 c. Roof screening and appurtenances 1. Roof Projections. No plumbing stacks, venting stacks, skylights, or attic Complies: ventilators may penetrate the roof surfaces facing the street/drive. If there are Yes No In Spirit multiple street/drive facing exposures, no roof projection may penetrate the roof slope that slopes to the "fronting" street or drive. All such penetrations must be F.X1 mounted straight and perpendicular to the ground (except for skylights and attic ventilators) and painted to blend with the roof color. Turbine vents are prohibit- ed. All vent stacks must have lead jacks. Comments: 2. Roof Mechanical. Roof mechanical must be screened behind a parapet wall or Complies: platform that is recessed into a pitched roof so that the incline of the roof slope Yes No In Spirit creates a parapet wall. 1 Comments: —j 3. Gutters, Downspouts, Scuppers and Collection Boxes. These must be copper Complies: or an enduring prefinished metal with a minimum 20-gauge thickness. Gutters Yes No In Spirit must be a minimum of 6 inches, half -round profile and attached with gutter straps. Downspouts must be a minimum of 4 inches and round. Elbows and bends must be a minimum of 4 inches, plain and round. Fascia mounted gutter systems are prohibited unless custom designed and integral to the architecture. Comments: 43 d. Windows and Glazing 1. Glazing and Glazing Systems. Reflective glass is prohibited. Tinted glass and dark adhesive films where the transmission coefficient exceeds 27% is prohibited. Stained glass is allowed provided that the glass is crafted in accordance with sol- dered camping or "H" camping. No acrylic or pourable techniques are allowed. Glazing systems may be used in certain accent areas of specifically approved by the City. Comments: Complies: Yes No In Spirit 44 Part D: Landscaping, Fencing and Screening a. Site Landscaping 1 Leaf Mass Between Buildings. All multifamily development must provide Complies: trees between buildings. At least 60% of the planted area must be comprised of Yes No over -story (canopy). Comments: In Spirit F Proposed urban style design has trees oriented to the street sides and the internal pedestrian courtyards of the building. This plan will comply with the TDO. 2. Layered Landscaping at Building Entries. Landscaping must be provided at building entries and must be "layered" The building entry landscaping area must be comprised of at least 3 layers: one upper layer of medium evergreen shrub approximately 30-36 inches high and 2 layers of shorter shrubs or one shrub and an ornamental grass. These must be planted in beds having a minimum width of 72 inches. Upper layer shrubs must be 5-gallon container plants planted 30 inches on center with triangular spacing. Lower layer shrubs may be 3-gallon container plants planted 24 inches on center with triangular spacing. Comments: CONTINUED ON THE NEXT PAGE 45 Complies: Yes No In Spirit F7 F7 a. Site Landscaping (continued) 3. All landscape beds must be associated with walkways, roadways, amenity Complies: feature, buildings or screens. Floating, ornamental or non -associated landscape Yes No In Spirit beds are prohibited. Comments: 4. Plant Sizing. Shrubs that serve a screening function must be sized at the time Complies: of planting such that they can serve as an effective screen within 2 years of the Yes No In Spirit planting date. 3-gallon plants must be planted 30 inches on center with triangu- lar spacing and 2-gallon plants must be planted 24 inches on center with trianEl E - gular spacing. Smaller container and bedding plants must be planted at least 12 inches on center with triangular spacing.. Comments: 46 b. Fences and Screening Walls 1. Fence Materials. Visible perimeter fences that are compliant with the General Complies: Standards may be made of unit masonry, wrought iron with unit masonry corner Yes No In Spirit columns, or masonry. If masonry, corner column and masonry interim column spacing is not to exceed 15ft and must have a masonry knee wall supporting wood or wrought iron infill. Comments: No perimeter fencing due to Urban context. 2. Gate Materials. Gates in fences constructed in accordance with Db 1 above Complies: may be made from wrought iron with a wrought iron frame (complying with Yes No In Spirit General Standards) or wood with frame members measuring a minimum of 1 and 1/2 inches thick by 3 and 1/2 inches wide and planks measuring at least 1 and 1/2 inches thick. Gates must be comprised of the same material as the fence. Comments: No perimeter fencing. CONTINUED ON THE NEXT PAGE 47 b. Fences and Screening Walls (continued) 3. Corner Expression of Support Structure. All property corners of a property Complies: line fence much be supported by a masonry column that is at least 10 square Yes No In Spirit inches. F7 7 Comments: No perimeter fencing. 4. 7hin wall construction, cast or embossed concrete walls, picket materials not Complies: in compliance with the General Standards, iron fences with mechanical connec- Yes No In Spirit tion assemblies, pre -fabricated decorative elements designed to slip over stock or tubular steel shapes, and plastic or vinyl fence component systems are prohibit- ed. Comments: No perimeter fencing. 48 c. Street Visible Wrought Iron 1.Frames and other structural support members may not be less than 1 and 3/4 Complies: inches in either width measurement or 1 and 3/ inches in diameter if round. Yes No In Spirit Comments: No perimeter fencing. 2. Pickets that are 5ft in length or height or less must have a minimum width of Complies: 3/4 inches in either width dimension or diameter. When pickets are longer or tall- Yes No In Spirit er than 5ft, the minimum with dimension is increased to 1 inch in the dimension that faces the street or 1 inch in diameter. F 7 11 Comments: No perimeter fencing. 3. Panels must be made of metal plate material with a minimum thickness of Complies: 3/16 inches. Yes No Comments: No perimeter fencing. CONTINUED ON THE NEXT PAGE 49 In Spirit 0 c. Street Visible Wrought Iron (continued) 4. The wall thickness of any tubular steel must not be less than 3/32 inches. Comments: No perimeter fencing. 5. Decorative elements such as finials and rings must be made of solid stock material and welded to the pickets or to the frame made from the pickets if the pickets are solid stock material. Attachments to the pickets or frame and all other components of the wrought iron construction must be welded. Mechanical con- nections are prohibited. Comments: No perimeter fencing. Complies: Yes No In Spirit 7 F1 Complies: Yes No In Spirit E F7 50 r 1 N T R I N S I C RES(UENTIA1_ GROUP August 9, 2021 Ron Stombaugh Assistant Director, Planning and Zoning 200 S. Main Street Grapevine, Texas 75051 Re: Conditional Use Request Letter Dear Ron: Thank you for your time with our discussions on our proposed development. Trinsic Residential Group is proposing a new residential community at the northeast corner of Dallas Road and Dooley Street. This proposal encompasses a mix of high quality townhomes, live/work units, and multifamily units. The site is currently located within the Transit District Overlay ("TDO") and designated in the Medium - Intensity subdistrict. The land is currently zoned "Light Industrial" and contains the existing Heat Lumber facility, three single family homes and a flex/warehouse office. Our proposal would replace the existing uses with a much needed mix of housing options for this growing area and include extensive amenities such as a clubhouse, pool, greenspace, courtyards and other notable residential and community amenities on the property. This proposed residential use would complement the surrounding residential and commercial developments. In addition to the residential uses, our proposal includes a retail bodega at the street corner which would be open to the public and offer a convenient oasis for pedestrians on the adjacent City trail, creating a trail head meeting point. The new building along with the bodega will be designed to encourage a pedestrian friendly environment while providing an aesthetic that acknowledges Downtown Grapevine's sense of architecture, culture, and rich history. Trinsic has a track record of celebrating and embracing Grapevine's wonderful historic architecture. The Aura Four 44 — developed on the south side of Dallas Road just across from the proposed site — was designed to celebrate Grapevine's wonderful historic architecture while simultaneously fitting into the context of the surrounding properties. This proposal has evolved to what we believe is the highest and best use for this site. After thoughtful discussions with City Staff and various stakeholders, we reduced the height and density so that the development would be compatible with surrounding development and adhere to the TDO regulations and requirements. Additionally, we have added a strategic combination of residential uses in order to provide more of a unique residential mix for this area. Our zoning request is simply a conditional use permit to allow the residential uses. Thank you for your assistance with processing this application and please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions regarding this project. Sincerely, �a Adam Brown cc: Bill Dahlstrom, Jackson Walker LLP Architexas August 5, 2021 Mr. Ron Stombaugh Grapevine Development Services 200 S. Main Street Grapevine, Texas 76051 Dear Mr. Stombaugh, This letter is to inform you that the submittal by TRG Trinsic for mixed use development at Dallas Road and Dooley in the Transit District Overlay is the product of review by me in collaboration with Robin McCaffrey. This process started with periodic reviews and continued through development of the site plan as well as the preliminary architectural design. The latest revisions made to the project, pursuant to our critique, shows that the applicant has fulfilled the requested revisions and concluded our review with a design that complies with the Transit District Overlay and Design Guidelines and implements its vision. The summation of our review is as follows: 1. The allocation of uses: At the outset of our review the proposed project contained only multi -family (MF) uses. After further review of the Transit District Overlay it was agreed that the "Medium Intensity Sub- District' location of this site necessitated that the project serve several important objectives that would influence the distribution of land uses. The first is "Transition" toward the Low Intensity Sub -District (to the east) and the High Intensity Sub -District (to the west). Further, the vision of the Transit District is to enhance the pedestrian use of Dallas Road, Dooley Street, and the Transit Plaza at Grapevine Main. Therefore, it was determined that a portion of the MF use must be changes to Townhome (TH) use on the east side of the site and that MF uses be limited to Dallas Road, Dooley Street, and the proposed Transit Plaza frontage where a vertical mix of uses would enhance the pedestrian qualities of the street. Also, the wide public pedestrian ROW, required by the Transit District Overlay is more appropriate to a vertical mix land use pattern. The applicant has accomplished this assignment of uses and further used the MF parking garage to establish greater separation between the MF and TH components of the design and allowing the roadway fronting the TH uses to become a less non- commercial, pedestrian street that connects Dallas Road to the Transit Plaza. 2. The Architecture of the MF component: The applicant went through numerous iterations of architectural design for the MF component, each time moving toward a more sophisticated design. Many of the attributes imported to this design were informed by: a. Requirements of the Transit District Overlay and Design Standards (e.g. a feature building component at Dooley Street and Dallas Road. Dallas I Austin I San Antonio 1907 Marilla St. 2900 S. Congress Ave. 417 811 Street www.architexas.com Second Floor Suite 200 San Antonio, Texas 78215 Dallas, Texas 75201 Austin, Texas 78704 p 214.748.4561 p 512.444.4220 p 210.998.2422 Archirexas b. Keying off features of the project across Dallas Road which speaks to the industrial heritage of this area. 3. The architecture of the TH component: The applicant went through numerous iterations of architectural design for the TH component, each time moving toward a design that has urban row house associations, as seen in other noted urban areas such as State Thomas in Dallas and even Row Houses in Boston or New York. This brought in the use of cast stone and unit masonry. 4. The treatment of Dallas Road: The Transit District Overlay is very specific regarding the design and use of Dallas Road. The image of Dallas Road, as promoted by the Design Guidelines, is one of very wide sidewalk space (capable of accommodating outdoor dining, etc.) , various pedestrian amenities (intended to promote social interchange), and activated by first floor commercial use. Significant grade change of the building site posed a challenge to execution of the street section as prescribed by the Transit District Overlay but a solution was accomplished that incorporates the features required. 5. The treatment of Dooley Street: The Transit District Overlay is very specific regarding the design and use of Dooley Street. Many of the features prescribed in the ordinance are similar to Dallas Road. Again, the grade changes posed a design challenge, but a good design was accomplished which fulfills the vision of the Transit District. 6. Internal Pedestrian connection between Dallas Road and the Transit Plaza: The Transit District Overlay requires that properties with dual frontage (Dallas Road and Rail frontage) provide an internal link between Dallas Road and the creation of a Rail Plaza. An internal link makes the Rail Plaza more accessible from street strengthens movement patterns. The design in this submittal has accomplished this. The internal pedestrian link is lined with TH uses which impart a "muse" like quality, thereby becoming a more intimate residential street ... often seen in older row house blocks such as old Baltimore. 7. The Transit Plaza: The final design of this space between the transit line and the building frontage along that ROW accomplishes the vision of the Transit District Overlay. Again, the intent here is to have a generous plaza space along the rail line (much like that already installed at Grapevine Main) which hosts a variety of pedestrian activities, offers retail/entertainment opportunities. The Rail Plaza proposed essentially is an extension of the rail plaza already constructed at Grapevine Main. The current design accomplishes Architexas CR-EAI= T CONSiLRV t this portion of the vision and provides residential space fronting the rail plaza that is designed to be converted to retail when the retail demand matures. The review process has produced a design and "community concept" that fulfills the requirements of, and vision of, the Transit District Overlay. Sincerely, (3m2L Craig Melde Sr. Principal