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6. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS PUD -93, Bruce Myers, Danville School Street Investment Application for Planned Unit Development (PUD) Development Plan approval to construct a four -lot detached single - family home development on an approximately 2.23 -acre site located at 362 Sycamore Road and a vacant lot (APN 948- 17 -7-4), within the North Sycamore Specific Plan area. Zoning for the properties is PUD -LDR/O (Planned Unit Development — Low Density Residential /Office) District. Jenny Soo reported on the items the Commission requested staff to follow up at the last meeting, as presented in the staff memo. Acting Chair Blank thanked the developer for putting up the story poles and the Greenes for accommodating the Commissioners. He disclosed that he visited the property on Saturday afternoon and was at the Greenes' property for about 45 minutes to an hour, walking back and forth and doing the site lines. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Bruce Myers, Applicant, thanked the Commissioners for visiting the project site. He agreed that the story poles were a good idea after all and stated that despite his protest at the last meeting, he thinks they were very informative. Mr. Myers stated that the two things that jumped out at him when he went to the site were the spacing between the homes, noting that there was quite a liberal space there for view corridors; and the size of some of the vegetation on the adjacent neighbor's property, including the giant Italian Cypress trees, the one enormous oak tree he mentioned at the last meeting, and a large tree next to Lot 3. He noted that in terms of privacy from the developer's standpoint, he was actually very pleased with what he had to work with out there. Mr. Myers stated that he found the staff report to be very thorough, and his only comment is on the windows on Lot 2. He indicated that from a marketing standpoint, he prefers to keep the windows as they are and not to install frosted glass or anything like that. He added that he would rather put landscaping in the rear yards because that will actually work as a privacy screen in both directions for both the Greenes and the owners of the new home. Mr. Myers stated that he is open to the idea of moving homes around as staff has mentioned. He expressed concern that if the house on Lot 3 is moved too far away, it would bump up against the driveway, and he noted that the driveway cannot be modified because that is a Fire Department requirement. He indicated that he would try to find the right balance and see if moving it a couple of feet will work. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, December 12, 2012 Page 3 of 40