[OldNorth] B St Cottages

[Valerie Vann]

I've been through the file on the B St proposal for 4 "Cottages" and
our ONDNA meeting last night triggered an association for me:

When I was studying architecture at UCBerkeley, we had a woman
professor who invariably brought a student project design review
down to earth by asking a real world question; here's a typical
one"

"Where will the garbage cans go?"

Recall that in October Davis is switching to
new "hands off" trash collection. Each residence will have
one 95 gallon and one 2-compartment recycle container (about the
size of a 65 gal container). ALL TRASH must be IN these containers
with the lid closed. The containers must be placed curb side (in
the gutter, not on the curb). 

In order for the new trucks to pickup the containers (the driver
is to be "hands off"), there must be 3 feet clearance each side
of each container. Each container is about 3 ft wide.

Now look at the B st proposal. This will have EIGHT containers.
If placed curbside (on busy B St), if properly spaced they would
occupy about 50 feet of curb/parking. On the Alley side, the
parking stretches across the entire back lot line, 5 spaces
wide, with tandem spaces, covering the entire back open space.

So where will the cans end up? In the interior courtyard?
out in the front yard? lined up along side setback lines?
??

Valerie Vann