2. West Property Line: The garages and carports are located near the property line <br />because it makes for a much better site layout. The garages are designed intently <br />and aesthetically therefore creating an appealing architecture that looks as though it <br />belongs there on the site. The residual space, if there were a setback, would collect <br />weeds and trash at those unused portions of the site and serves no one. Please see <br />illustration 04 for an example of the garage and carport structure in Bellingham, WA. <br />The back wall of the garages will be a beautiful CMU wall with a colored parge coat, <br />as shown in illustration 05. Please see illustration 06 for a rendered elevation of the <br />intended garages at Oakleigh Meadow Cohousing and illustration 07 for a section <br />through thegarages. The wall will therefore block headlights, reduce noise, allow for <br />fire-safe future development on neighboring land, enhance the aesthetics, and <br />create the opportunity for a "green wall". Espaliered plants will be planted to grow <br />on the west side of the fence for a pleasant, visual "green wall". The cohousing <br />community will plant and take care of the espaliered plants if that is what the <br />neighbor wants. Please see illustrations 08 and 09 for examples of espaliered fruit <br />trees along a wall that will represent most accurately the intention at Oakleigh <br />Meadow. <br />Flanking the garage and carport structure are open parking stalls where the <br />gravel is located. A fence will be implemented along the property line, again with an <br />espaliered plant on their side of the fence. Illustration 10 shows a drawing of the <br />intended fence elevation and illustration 11 gives an example of a completed fence <br />located in Sonoma, CA. <br />If the parking lot were to move 5-7 feet to the East, that would entail shifting <br />everything and encroaching more into the floodplain zone increasing the fill by <br />thousands of yards and many thousands of dollars. This resident group of teachers <br />and work force families cannot afford additional costs. The buildings on the East are <br />only a couple of inches from the sewer easement. Moving the building east 5-7 feet <br />and losing a house would cost the project immensely. <br />We have met with the immediate adjacent neighbors, Jim and Sharon Brandt, <br />and they do not believe that moving the garages is necessary. <br />McCamant & Durrett Architects Page 4 5/6/13 <br />1330 <br />