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lots are similarly compact relative to the homes that appear. He asked Ms. Hardy if they had the Ivy Lane homes in mind when they were looking at this site plan here, and if they then took those Ivy Lane home designs and fit them into this site plan; or if they started with a site plan that made maximum, good, logical use out of the acreage available and then put homes in those sites. Ms. Hardy replied that it is really a little bit of both. She explained that they look at what their typical lot width and depth dimensions are, and because they have had such success with Ivy Lane, it was a good match. She stated that they obviously adjusted the lot specifics in order to meet those particular requirements of that product; however, it is also important to note that many of the lots on the proposed project are wonderfully big in comparison to Ivy Lane's rear yards, particularly those at the end of the cul -de -sac and the hammerhead. She added that, as earlier mentioned, the rear yards of the lots that abut Ironwood are set back a minimum of 20 feet, with those towards the end of that hammerhead being set back over 30 feet. She noted that the floor area ratios (FAR) of maybe five of the lots are at the 69- percent range. Ms. Hardy continued that they did a spread of the different plans per lot that they could plot on the sites and noted that the bulk of the FAR's are really closer to the lower 50 to lower 60 percentile range. She added that they like to use that kind of range because it ultimately gives them flexibility to determine if a house does not fit on a lot while ensuring that they have a good mix of the different house styles to make it attractive. Commissioner Nagler inquired, for confirmation, that had it been the case that these were not the same home plans or home designs as were previously produced, it could be that the mix of the size of the homes, of one story and two stories, and of architecture, could potentially have substantially produced a different development plan. Ms. Hardy replied that anything is possible. She noted that while they were looking at the house plans for this project, she wrote down all the square footages in the Classics, in the Estates, and in the Villages, and determined what square- footage range would really match nicely within Ironwood because Ironwood is a great example of a master planned community with a lot of different housing choices, including duets, senior apartments, active living, and a different product mix between the Classics and the Estates. She noted that the square footage for this project fits so nicely with just a little bit of overlap in that mix, because they wanted to make sure there is enough variety and something that people are going to want to purchase here as opposed to purchasing in the Classics or someplace else. She indicated that the square- footage mix works very, very well at this location. Ms. Hardy stated that in the overall master plan context, Ponderosa held two neighborhood meetings with a fair attendance from both the Villages and the Ironwood development at the most recent neighborhood meeting about a month and a half ago. She indicated that she did not hear a whole lot of concern and that given the choice, the people would rather have the tent structure gone. She noted that the adjoining property owners have a parking lot that is ten feet off of their wall right in the parking lot, and this PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, August 12, 2015 Page 9 of 34