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ZOA No. 2012 -01, DA No. 2004 -03, <br />VTTM No. 2012 -01, and SPR No. 2012 -01 <br />March 5, 2012 <br />Page 4 <br />• A premium rooftop open space, i.e., the yoga veranda, is provided and will afford residents <br />with extensive views over MacArthur Place. <br />• A game lounge and a pet park have been added. <br />• Various other rooftop open spaces with seating areas and other amenities are also <br />provided for residents. <br />• Water features and other landscape enhancements are proposed for the two corner <br />plazas, and the main plaza will showcase a public art feature. <br />• The central open space deck will house the enlarged pool, Jacuzzi, permanent cabanas, <br />poolside bar, barbecues, fire pits and an outdoor fireplace. <br />• Private storage for residents will be provided within the parking garage. <br />• Each unit will enjoy high -end amenities such as granite counters, in -unit laundry <br />appliances, hardwood cabinets, premium flooring and appliances. <br />General Plan and Zoning Analysis <br />The General Plan land use designation for the site is District Center (DC), which allows for major <br />development sites such as the multi - family residential development. District Centers are <br />designed to serve as anchors to the City's commercial corridors, and to accommodate major <br />development activity. The project site is consistent with this General Plan land use designation. <br />The site is surrounded by residential and retail uses to the south; office development to the north; <br />a parking structure to the east; and residential and retail uses to the west. <br />The zoning for the site is MacArthur Place District Center, Specific Development District No. 43. <br />This zone allows for a mix of uses including office, restaurant, retail, hotel and residential land <br />uses. The applicant has requested amendments to SD -43 to allow for tandem parking and to <br />approve the overall parking ratio of 2.2 stalls per unit for the project. The 2.2 space parking ratio <br />is consistent with that applied to both the Nexus and Lyons projects which are located nearby. <br />Tandem parking is also provided in both the Nexus and Lyon projects. Nexus was approved with <br />14% tandem spaces and Lyon was approved with 43% tandem spaces. The Met now proposes <br />42% tandem spaces. Overall, with these amendments, the proposed project would be consistent <br />with the zoning designation. <br />Summary <br />The Met would serve to strengthen MacArthur Place as a major development area by <br />incorporating high quality architectural and urban design, quality materials and rich array of <br />amenities. The project also improves on the pedestrian connections and urban design within <br />MacArthur Place: the fagade along MacArthur is a significant improvement over the three -level <br />parking garage proposed in the Geneva Commons project; and the generously - scaled public <br />plaza at The Met's main corner on MacArthur will help form pedestrian connections to the north <br />and south sides of MacArthur Place. <br />75A-4 <br />