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• used, and it is often so unattractive in its visual impact both (from the perimeter and from its streetscapes/internal roadways), that multi-family uses create an almost automatic negative response. The primary reason to intermix two different building-home types within the same area are manyfold: • a mixture of slab on grade buildings, with split entry/level buildings introduces topo graphic variety, interest, aesthetics. •The subtle screening for privacy that landscaped slopes and berms can introduce to an uninteresting one level/slab on grade development 19. Townhouses: For the row townhomes, their garage court, lined with large, 3 level build- ings,with tuck-under garages can be our undoing. For this reason, from the outset of planning, the David Bernard/Rottlund Renaissance development in Minneapolis was the model used for the site plan and city representations. Their buildings, with the approach to getting residents upstairs from both front and rear, do much to obscure the fact that buyers have to walk up 15- 16 risers to get to their living room level. 20. Our row townhomes must allow guest/resident access from both greenway-streetscape side and the garage court side,with attractive step and stair combinations, screened and accent- ed by large tree planting. • 21. We must do all we can to obscure the rows of garage doors thru overhanging decks, bal- conies, trellises, appropriate building masses. 22. We anticipate most guest parking to be parallel parking at streetside and along the greens. Many residents will do car cleaning, and if we enable it, neighbor within the garage court area. This is one of the strengths of the Renaissance project building design. 23. For the back-to-back townhomes, the end elevations must be as attractive as the fronts. On the plans shown thus far, this is a challenge... given the large, shallow pitch roof that covers the whole structure width without accent. The patio and entrance fencing/shelters should be inte- gral to the structure, where detail is "one", with attractive, proportioned building-roof mass- ing. 24. For any building type, ideally, all "parts" are unified by a dominant, recognizable architec- tural style. 25. Further, the colors selected for the buildings must be done both in the context of the select- ed architectural styles, as well as the need for the marketing asset of variety. There are more colors available that beige. • May 12,2001 page 6 of 6