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Commissioner O'Connor inquired if the owner can never move and keep the entire property. Ms. Wallis said no. Ms. Harryman explained that the owner could keep the property but can only rent out one of the units; the other has to be owner - occupied. Commissioner O'Connor requested clarification that if the owner were to move, the owner could rent out his entire property to one family who might have a child live in the outside unit and the family live in the inside unit. Ms. Harryman said no. She explained that the owner can have his teenager or his mother -in -law move into the second unit, although they would likely not be renting it; but the owner cannot move away and rent out both units. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Terry Townsend, Project Architect, representing the property owners, John and Cynthia Rocha, stated that they are here tonight to present this second unit for consideration and to request denial of the appeal and uphold the Zoning Administrator's approval which was granted on February 9, 2015. He displayed a slide of the location map and described the layout of the property, indicating that parking for the residents is accessed through Amber Lane, off of Sycamore Road, and through Pioneer Trails Place. He pointed out that the three houses to the south use Pioneer Trails Place for access to their properties. He noted that the majority of the two private roads, Amber Lane and Pioneer Trails Place, are on the Rocha property, with a small portion of the southern half of Pioneer Trails Place split among the three other parcels. He added that as Ms. Wallis had mentioned, there is a Maintenance Agreement in place for Pioneer Trails Place. Mr. Townsend stated that one of the more difficult things with respect to second units is to satisfy the parking requirement, as a lot of the parcels in town do not provide for that. He noted that in this case, there is already an access road to the detached garage for the primary unit, and the design intent is to utilize that private road to access the property for parking instead of the additional impervious surface that would be required to come off of Sycamore Road. He added that this would also minimize the disturbance of the open space adjacent to Sycamore Road, and locating the second unit in the southwest corner of the property would also retain the rural nature of Sycamore Road and would be in compliance with the requirements for the North Sycamore Specific Plan. Mr. Townsend stated that following the Zoning Administrator's approval of the second unit on February 9 2015, Kimberly Connors appealed the action with two objections: the first was utilizing Pioneer Trails Place for access to the unit, and the second was construction traffic. He indicated that he would respond to those objections tonight. Mr. Townsend stated that in her letter of appeal, Ms. Connors mentioned that using Pioneer Trails for access would burden the residents of Pioneer Trails Place and proposed that the structure be moved closer to Sycamore Road and utilize and extend PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, March 25, 2015 Page 15 of 27