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DRAFT <br /> Commissioner Posson stated that he would like to explore the FAR issue further. He <br /> recalled that what he heard Mr. Dolan mention was that the 25 percent was just kind of <br /> what the Task Force thought was the right number. <br /> Mr. Dolan replied that the Task Force made the first suggestion, starting with an average, <br /> the type of information that, when there is a new home proposed and it is going to be <br /> amongst a group of older homes, the Planning Commission and, if it moves on, the City <br /> Council would want to know what the FAR of everything surrounding it is. He noted that <br /> staff is constantly doing that chart and that it is very doable. He added that sometimes, if <br /> the records are shady, staff has to estimate but it can get pretty accurate. <br /> Mr. Dolan stated that in that regard, the Task Force thought that people are all already <br /> taking this information into consideration and asked if it should just be the average, or if it <br /> can actually be bumped up some and still be compatible. He indicated that somebody has <br /> to be the biggest, so the Task Force decided to bump it up; 25 percent was the first <br /> suggestion made, and it felt right to the Task Force. He stated that the Planning <br /> Commission may feel better with another number, or the Commission can also eliminate <br /> the Compatibility Standard entirely and just stop having discussions as to whether or not <br /> something has to match in size and scale. <br /> Commissioner Posson inquired what the FAR requirements are for residential areas in <br /> other parts of the City and noted that he heard 40 percent mentioned tonight. <br /> Mr. Dolan replied that 40 percent is the most common within straight-zoning districts. <br /> Commissioner Posson inquired why the variation from that in this specific area. <br /> Mr. Dolan replied that in a newer tract home, the size and mass are pretty consistent just <br /> based on the way they were built, and they typically have the same lot sizes as well. He <br /> noted that there is some mix but not the dramatic variation found in the Downtown. He <br /> further noted that other areas of town are just not as organic a neighborhood as Downtown. <br /> Commissioner Posson requested staff to display the slide that shows the numeric value but <br /> includes the comment on the exemption. He stated that where he is headed with this is <br /> that should someone come in above that 25 percent, maybe with an exceptional design, <br /> and it is consistent with the neighborhood, and it is going to be 40 percent above what the <br /> neighbors have, how difficult it would be for them to get that exemption from that 25 percent <br /> increase, and what hoops they would have to go through. <br /> Mr. Dolan replied that if it became controversial they would go through the same hoops that <br /> they would have to go through the way the regulations are now. He indicated that it will <br /> come up to the Commission and possibly the Council to decide whether or not, based on <br /> no specific criteria, they have met the challenge of being compatible in mass. He noted <br /> that in the worst case scenario, the hardest thing they would have to do is prove what they <br /> have to prove now. <br /> DRAFT EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, 11/13/2013 Page 18 of 28 <br />
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