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PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED Commissioner Cooper stated he is in support of approving the application and noted that the building is in an industrial commercial area and that the building is suitable for the area. He expressed agreement with the applicant's request for maximizing the number of parking spots, elimination of the window on the southern side of the building, and maintaining the red stripe along the top of the building. He expressed his desire for the rain gutters being internal versus external. Commissioner Kameny expressed concurrence with the applicant's need for additional parking, noting that he would be in support of the parking being left as proposed. He stated he would be in support of staffs recommendation for additional landscaping and retention of the red stripe along the top of the building. He felt that the south elevation was okay as shown with no additional window. He noted that the building is suitable for the area. Further, he expressed his support with staffs recommendation for Condition No. 60, interior rain gutters, due to it being more visually pleasing. Vice-Chairperson Roberts noted her concurrence with staffs recommendation for interior rain gutters and with retention of the red stripe on the building. She expressed concurrence with staffs recommendation for doubling the landscaping to minimize the visibility of parked cars. Further, she suggested that larger than 15-gallon boxed trees be utilized so the service bays are not the primary visual element. She noted that the applicant does need the additional parking space; however, due to the visibility of this building on this comer, she would be in support of eliminating one of the three parking spaces to increase landscaping in this area. She spoke in favor of elimination of the window in the customer service area due to shear wall issues with the bays being open; however she noted that her personal preference as a customer would be to retain the window in the customer service area and to encourage customers to sit outside on the patio. Commissioner Kameny expressed concurrence with increasing landscaping to minimize the visual impacts of parked vehicles on this highly visible comer by reducing the driveway from 30 to 25 feet, elimination of one parking spot, and with one or two 24-inch box trees being utilized in the landscaping. Commissioner Cooper expressed concurrence with Commissioner Kameny's statements and with eliminating the southwesterly parking space. A motion was made by Commissioner Cooper to approve Case Z-99-39 subject to the conditions listed in Exhibit "B" and the staff memorandum dated May 26, 1999, and with the modifications to Condition 5B to state that the southwesterly parking spot on the Washington Street side be eliminated; landscaping be included in that area to include a large box tree; Condition 7B be eliminated, and deletion of the sentence contained in Condition No. 11 to eliminate the red stripe. Commissioner Kameny requested that the motion be amended to include that the applicant and staff reach an agreement to utilize the necessary amount of boxed sized trees to produce symmetry in the landscaping and make landscaping the primary visual focus rather than the parking lot. Commissioner Cooper agreed. The amended motion was seconded by Commissioner Kameny. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES Page 3 May 26, 1999