05 - Laserfiche WebLink

ATTACHMENT 5 PUD-112, Amanda Gagliardi Application for a Planned Unit Development(PUD) Development Plan for a four-lot single-family residential development and related improvements at 1027 Rose Avenue which includes the retention of the existing single-family residence, the construction of an approximately 3,443-square-foot, one-story, single-family residence, and two future custom homes. Zoning for the property is PUD-MDR (Planned Unit Development— Medium Density Residential) District. This item was pulled from the Consent Calendar. Jenny Soo presented the staff report and described the scope, layout, and key elements of the proposal. Chair Ritter: Great, we'll have questions for staff and I have three speaker cards on this topic. One question I have is, did the applicant and staff agree on everything but the porch? Soo: Yes. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Chair Ritter: All right, the first speaker is Franco Gagliardi. Franco Gagliardi —Applicant: Thank you for putting that presentation together and taking the time to hear us tonight. We have been looking forward to this day for a long time so thank you. The reason we ask that this be pulled from Consent is because of the front porch. The architecture of the house would be greatly affected by the addition of a front porch. We feel that the plans we have had been in staff's hands since last July and there have been dozens of opportunities to notify us about the need for a front porch. Only last Thursday night at 5:15 p.m. did we find out that there was going to be this requirement for an additional front porch. That was very frustrating to us because it came so late in the game; over eight months after they had the initial drawings that showed the front porch as it stands right now. We want to make it known that we are in favor of front porches in general. We spent many joyful hours at my wife's grandma's house next door, Ms. Nolan, the owner of Nolan Farms and so we're very much in favor of porches in general. One of the issues why we don't want an additional front porch on our house is because we have a child who is autistic and he has very little, if any, impulse control. We would never use a front porch like the other porches in the neighborhood. We have the benefit of Ms. Nolan's front yard having a gate around it so he can be out there and if he decides to get up and run around to try and see the horses, he is enclosed in a fence so he is not likely to run out in the middle of the street. With the design of our front yard, there is no fence around it so there is not that same protection for him. The architectural changes and our family situation make it so we would request that you strike the requirement for an extension of the as-designed front porch. Commissioner Nagler: If I could sir, just so I'm clear, the home you would like to build is as presented to us, right? DRAFT EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, April 13, 2016 Page 1 of 10