The Elwood Vancouver, Washington
As part of efforts to improve affordable housing for the communities of Vancouver, Washington, The Elwood adds 58 low-income-housing units to a previously undeveloped 0.80-acre site. In leading the civil design from schematic design through final site planning, Otak also prepared various project permitting submittals.
Complete Site Civil Design Components to Improve a Community’s Affordable Housing
Located on NE Fourth Plain Blvd near the intersection with NE 62nd Avenue, The Elwood consists of five, three-story wood framed buildings that include a total of 58 multifamily residential units. A number of site improvements in the design include access from NE Fourth Plain Blvd, onsite parking and circulation, utilities and landscape. Public right-of-way improvements were focused on the installation of new street trees along the frontage of the project site. Project permitting submittals covered the Type II Land Use Application, the City Engineering Submittal, and the Underground Injection Control registration, while a trip trip generation and distribution report was also completed as required by the city.
