A. Goal: Missing Middle Housing The project should be missing middle housing. There are likely many ways to accomplish this goal, and developers are encouraged to be creative in preparing proposals. As an example, the City views a project that satisfies the following as meeting the City’s “missing middle housing” goal: 1. The project is a Townhouse project, constructed and legally separated so that individual Townhouse units may be purchased and sold in fee simple. “Townhouse” has the definition given to it in EMC 19.08.015. 2. All buildings and structures on the Property are Townhouses. No other buildings. 3. The Project contains approximately 16 or more Townhouse units based on the zoning code and design standards. The City emphasizes that the above three points only represent an example of a project that would meet the City’s “missing middle housing” goal. Developers are encouraged to consider and propose other projects, townhouses or otherwise, that could create a similar volume of missing middle housing. However, developers should note that a multi-family apartment complex does not meet the goal and will not be considered. B. Goal: Fits the Neighborhood The project should fit the neighborhood, which is a “Donovan” neighborhood. As an example, the City views a project that satisfies the following as meeting this goal: 1. No portion of the project exceeds three floors in height. This means the maximum height of any building is a ground-level floor plus two floors above the ground-level floor. 2. The roofs of at least 75% of the project buildings have a pitch of 6/12 or greater. 3. All windows on the primary façade are double or single-hung sash windows with operable lower sashes. 4. The windows are ganged in a group of three on the primary façade. The secondary facades may be paired or single windows. 5. The scale of the windows is comparable to the existing homes on the street. The above five points only represent an example of a project that would meet this goal. However, because there is a limited universe of building styles that are consistent with the surrounding neighborhood, the City anticipates that the successful proposal will propose a project with characteristics similar to the above five points.
