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Discussion ensued relating to including land south of Interstate 580 in the guidelines, the visibility of this area from BART, and the boundary on the west side stopping at the 670-foot elevation. Mr. Plucker noted that if the Commission desires to include the property west of Foothill Road in the guidelines, the hearing would need to be re-noticed. Discussion ensued relating to re-noticing the hearing only for the extension of the Interstate 580 boundary, forwarding tonight's recommendations to the City Council, and agendizing for another Commission meeting, as a priority, the possibility of including the property west of Foothill Road in the guidelines. In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Sullivan, Ms. Seto noted that the environmental assessments would be reviewed as the applications come forward. A motion was made by Commissioner Maas, seconded by Commissioner Arkin, to adopt a rmolution recommending approval of Case RZ-99-01 by the City Council as shown on Exhibit "A' and Exhibit "B' (with the exception that staff's recommendations shown in Table I be incorporated into these exhibits), with the modifications shown below, and forwarding the proposed Code amendment and guidelines amendment to the City Council for review at a public hearing; and agendizing for a Commission meeting in the near future the possibility of including all properties west of Foothill Road in the Foothill Road Overlay District: (1) All fencing shall be open fencing; no solid privacy fencing shall be allowed; (2) All homes greater than 22 feet in height as measured from grade to peak shall be limited to 4,~00 square feet in size, including garages greater than 600 square feet in size; (3) All homes shall adhere to the FAR requirements of the District, with only the "bulldable' part of the lot to be included in the FAR calculation; (4) White as a trim color shall be discouraged; ($) All homes which are not first-tier homes shall be clustered and a maximum of five homes shall be allowed in any non-first-tier home cluster; (6) No new homes shall be allowed unless the view of the ridge behind it is preserved; (7) In addition to photo simulations, the applicant shall temporarily put up story poles to show the height of the proposed house; (8) Restrictions relating to non-native trees shall be retained; and (9) The last sentence on page 6, Paragraph J, "Landscaping in the form of mature trees may be an allowable background for such ridgeline sites if the decision-making body finds that the landscaping will preclude the structure from dominating the skyline as viewed from Foothill Road or area east of Foothill Road" shall be deleted. ROLL CALL VOTE AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Commissioners Arkin, Maas, Sullivan, and Chairperson Roberts None Commissioner Kameny None Resolution No. PC-2000-16 was entered and adopted as motioned. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES February 23, 2000 Page 8