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One of the statements made was that the noise is going to double. He stated that it is easy to say that expanding from six to 12 children doubles the amount of noise, but that is really not the case. He indicated that they have four spots for infants and eight spots for older children; one of the spots that would be filled by increasing from small family daycare to a large family daycare would be an infant spot, so that also has to be taken into consideration when thinking about the number of the children on the playground at once. He noted that it will not be 12 children all at once out in the playground; additionally, as he mentioned earlier, the State specifically states that the normal noise children make should be taken into account. He referred to one of the neighbors' comments that she can hear the children when she opens the window, and he noted that that is basically what would be happening if a person living in this residence had children and they were playing outside. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Commissioner O'Connor inquired if the house has a two -car or three -car garage. Ms. Harryman replied that the car has a two -car garage. Commissioner O'Connor stated that he recalls there was a proposal to use part of the garage for the daycare and assumes from the current proposal that that has not been considered. Mr. Luchini replied that his understanding was that due to some flooding issues within the house, they had to temporarily use a portion of the garage for the small family daycare and that once that issue was resolved, everything would be moved back into the house. Commissioner O'Connor inquired if staffs original intent in Condition No. 4 was that the garage remain available for their own parking so there would be five other spaces for parents coming and going. Mr. Luchini replied that that was the intent of the Zoning Administrator. Ms. Harryman clarified that the Zoning Administrator for this hearing was Adam Weinstein, and these are conditions that were approved by the Zoning Administrator. She referred the Commission to Exhibit B, which shows a nice floor plan with two garage spaces, three spaces in the driveway, and two cars right in front of the home by the front lawn. She noted that this provides an idea of what is immediately available on the site and right in front of the site. Commissioner O'Connor noted that this is not to prevent someone from parking on a public street where anyone can park anywhere, but really to accommodate a business that is going on in the home by having adequate area for drop -off, pickup, and the ongoing part of the business. Ms. Harryman replied that was correct. She stated that Mr. Beaudin and she were discussing that the Pleasanton Municipal Code has language in it that requires people PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, October 14, 2015 Page 29 of 35