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conflicting sets of visuals and she has no accurate based on an earlier discussion, she would like something objective by which to assess the impacts, such as story poles. She indicated that she has no doubts this will be a lovely house, but she is concerned about the impacts to the neighbors. Commissionstated that he knows from the plans that the addition going down the hillside is going to be the equivalent of one story or lower, and even from the , so the peak is going to be higher than the ridgeline, but the windows are most likely going to be lower. He continued that regardless of whether the windows are exposed two or five feet, the landscape plan is subject to revision to ensure there is privacy from the upper level to the lower level, and there will be plantings that will create the privacy if there is some intrusion. He inquired if there are any view or privacy easements on the property. Mr. Dolan replied that there are none. He added that oftentimes, staff suggests that applicants provide story poles, and some applicants are willing to do them and some are not. He agreed they are useful information, but the question posed by regarding what the Commission will do with this information is a good one. He noted that if the solution is landscaping, he was not sure the location of the ridgeline was necessarily all that relevant. He added that there is no requirement that this home be screened 100 percent from view from other properties, and similarly this property can see its surrounding neighbors. He indicated that while there are some very specific sensitive areas which would benefit and privacy issues will be resolved, they will all happen via landscaping. He stated that the Commission could go through that exercise and know the precise location of the home, but he did not know what the Commission would do with the information either. Commissioner Ostated that his other concern is that story poles will take some time to erect and the applicant has been working on this for a while now; and it is an added expense. He agreed with Mr. Dolan that he was not sure what the Commission would do with the information other than screening it for privacy. He noted that the applicant has already agreed to landscaping, even though there is no requirement. He added that the two neighboring homes concerned about privacy are over 200 feet away. He stated that he thinks the applicant has already done a lot in revising their plan and agreeing to the landscaping to cover the privacy issue, and he does not believe story poles would do anything other than delay the project even more. Commissioner Pearce asked Mr. Dolan if he was confident, given the long-standing issues between the neighbors, that he could come up with a final landscaping plan that would satisfy the neighbors concerns and that the applicant would be willing to put in, without the story poles and objective visuals. Mr. Dolan said yes. Commissioner Pentin stated that he did not believe the varying exhibits by both the applicant and the neighbor had the proper sight lines or landscaping. He noted that the PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, November 9, 2011 Page 9 of 29