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Accessible Space, Inc. Rosela�z�n V�illage ASI's Roselawn Village apartments will provide 22 apartment units. Six will be n�o bedroom, 16 will be one bedroom. This specialized building will be three stories ta11, and ha�e a hip roof with asphalt shingles, matching the residences in the area. The rcx�fline will feature e�tended ea�es (4 to 5 ft) and a giadual pitch (4/12) to visually lower its height. The base of the building will be faced in brick, matching the brick used on the VSI commercial building. The upper levels will be faced with lap siding with variety and detail provided by areas of shake siding e�tending slightly forward from the building, creating a shadow line. The building will be "L" shaped. The 107 ft 9 in RoselaWn facade will be broken into a series of four irregular setback planes of 8 ft ft 10 in, then 75 ft, the 15 ft 11 in, then 8 ft, from right to left viewed from Roselawn. The deepest and longest setback occurs at the connection of the wings of the building along the east edge of the site. These setbacks add interest to both the north and east elevations of the building and e�tend the westerly view from the our neighboring residence. The image will be visually active, detailed and will not present a monolithic wa11 along Roselavvn or to our immediate neighbor, while providing the transition from commercial to residential use. The building has been placed, designed and detailed, and the unique semi-circular architectural fence of masonry and ironwork has been designed and detailed, to provide two public transitions. The first transition occurs along Roselawn from the commercial building located at the corner to the single family home setback along the remainder of the block The 15 ft setback of of the central portion of the building face, and the 24 ft, 31 ft, 37 ft and 45 ft, setback planes and the 20 ft of open yard, provide a stepping back to the adjacent single family homes. The architectural fence, with the brick piers matching the brick on the first level of our building and the commercial building the substance provided by the ironwork, and the verticality of the five trees, visually carries the corner building line to the edge of our site. The second transition is from the Villas across Roselawn to our building. The use of a brick base, lap and shake siding the reveals at the intersections of the lap and shake siding the hip roof with e�tended ea�es, the varied setbacks, and the placement and design of the windows, and the use of three varied setback planes, a11 increase the interest of the facade of the building and visually reduce its height. The interest and substance of the architectural fence and the plantings in the fence provide a foreground for the view from across Roselawn and the transition to the residence. We will be requesting assistance through the "Cornerstone" grant program for these streetside improvements. The flow control and sedimentation pond serving entire development, and providinu snow storage for the AS1 site, occupies the remainder of the east and the south boundary of our site. This edge of the site will be a lawn area, planted with two maples and intended to complement and e�tend our neighbor's back yards across our site. From the east, this provides over 85 ft of open space before any paving and to over 100 ft to the nearest parking space provides a buffer for this achvity. 0 n the south, we are adj acent to the parking and garage area for the apartment on Le�ngton. In addition to the pond, we ha�e four parking spaces, the four proven parking spaces where these rivo passive uses join. The Honey locusts and the Arrowood hedge, begun on the commercial part of the site, will also e�tend along the this edge. A 4 ft ta11 black vinyl treated chain link fence will enclose the pond area and e�tend to and meet the building providing security with transparency. On the south side of the building between the building and the pond, a patio/deck with a gas grill will be provided for the residents and their guests. All landscaped areas will be irrigated. Our refuse containers will be located in a trash service area within the building.