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Architecture GARAGE TREATMENTS SPLIT GARAGES Intent Swing-in Garage The home and the yard rather than the -N w� garage shall be the primary emphasis of The use of swing-in garages on lots at least the elevation as seen from the street. Each 55'wide will break the continuous view of project will Incorporate garage design tech- garage doors along the street. This design y niques listed below to reduce the empha- treatment allows for a formal motorcourt sis on the garage, and enhance the entrance which differentiates this type of architecture of the streetscene. home from those on narrower lots. This I garage condition also allows for reduction Criteria in the required garage setback which in �1 I turn provides for greater variation in the 1) Beside the than shallow recessed streetscene. garages, one other garage configura- tion shall be incorporated for a 3 plan Tandem Garage project. This garage layout de-emphasizes the third 2) Other than shallow recessed garages garage by concealing it behind a standard two other garage configurations shall two car garage condition. The tandem INS af W I " _ be Incorporated for a 4 plan project. space is located such that it may option Into living space while still only showing 3) Minimize Impact of garages facing the original two car garage to the street. street by use of different garage door The two car garage Is typically either shal- �' patterns. low or deeply recessed into the lot so as to be Incorporated into the architecture of Shallow Recessed Garages the home. 2/1 SPLrr GARAGE Setting the garage back a minimum of 3 Split Garage feet in relationship to the front of the house strives to reduce the overall visual mass This treatment de-emphasizes the garage of the garage.This garage type will be most by reducing the length of the continuous common throughout the community but door.Typically, a one car garage and a two only In combination with the required ga- car garage are split to provide a variation rage treatments. In the appearance, articulation, and flex- } Ibility of the home. The single car garage elements in this split condition may op- tion Into living space that further enhances the streetscene by replacing the garage door with an enhanced window treatment. 2/1 SPLIT GARAGE Chapter Four _ _ 25