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DRAFT <br /> the historic homes have typically been, where the garage was built separated or <br /> sometimes even later or after the home. He pointed out that this issue comes up <br /> possibly more at the staff level than at the Commission level. He noted that there are <br /> certain size lots where putting something in the back just does not work. He stated that <br /> what the Task Force decided was to acknowledge that fact and put in a minimum width <br /> for requiring it to be in the back, starting at 50 feet, which, after some questioning by the <br /> public about the practicality of that, the Task Force raised that minimum width to 60 feet. <br /> Mr. Dolan stated that after thinking about this at the staff level, staff wanted to show <br /> some diagrams of garages as to how it would work on a 50-foot lot, differing from the <br /> Task Force recommendation of 60 feet. He then displayed a slide comparing two <br /> diagrams: If the garage were to be inside the house, it would be located right in the <br /> front where it would be easy to get at, and what is left in front of the house is 14 feet of <br /> living space to do a window and a door and present something nice to the street; and <br /> then maybe have a nice garage door set back a couple of feet. He noted that there are <br /> tricks that architects use, but questioned if that 14 feet of living space really all that great <br /> relative to requiring it to be in the back and then getting the full 31-foot width of living <br /> space across the front. He indicated that this is just a question that staff is posing that <br /> is different than the Task Force recommendation. <br /> 7. Clean-up based on other proposals. <br /> Mr. Dolan stated that there were other amendments that had to made to the Specific <br /> Plan just as a matter of clean-up, based on the other proposals: The implementation <br /> section includes all kinds of things in the Downtown Specific Plan about establishing a <br /> National Register Historic District and then utilizing the Federal Historic Preservation <br /> Tax Certification Program. He noted that a Local District is not being proposed, much <br /> less a National District; staff figured it might be time to take those out of the Specific <br /> Plan because that is clearly not where the City is headed. <br /> Mr. Dolan then presented the Downtown Design Guideline amendments. He stated that <br /> these are overlaps between the policies and the design guidelines, and the Task Force <br /> asked that there be consistency between the policies and the design guidelines. He <br /> indicated that this required a series of changes to the design guidelines just to be <br /> consistent with the changes in the Specific Plan that were discussed earlier. He stated that <br /> at an earlier meeting this morning, the Task Force was accused of having now turned the <br /> guidelines into mandatory elements where they were currently just guidance. He explained <br /> that this is true in some cases because if the Specific Plan says in its policy, "Thou shall do <br /> it," then it would confuse the issue if in the design guidelines, it says it might not have to be <br /> done. He noted that whenever the Task Force felt very strongly that something had to be a <br /> "shall" and not a "should," that "shall" was extended to the guidelines just so there is no <br /> inconsistency. He further noted that there are still some "should,s" in the guidelines, and so <br /> it is a mix of both. He clarified that only a few select topics and not all were changed like <br /> that. <br /> DRAFT EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, 11/13/2013 Page 6 of 28 <br />
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