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Commissioner Ritter referred to the commercial zoning of the main house and asked Mr. Bower if they were asking that it also have the option of being residential. Mr. Bowers replied that they would love to see that be retail, a restaurant, a wine bar, or a coffee shop, but when the economy goes south, a residential use would give them the flexibility and the option to get a short-term tenant in there for six months to a year. He noted that the tenants they have been leasing to have been divorced single moms who are transitional or people looking for temporary places in which to live while their home in Ruby Hill is being remodeled. He added that putting an office user there could be a three- to five -year deal, as opposed to the residential user, which would have the vitality back there in nine months or a year. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Commissioner Ritter asked staff for more information on the building that is being remodeled right next door to this project. Mr. Weinstein replied that the building is a 1960's- or 1970's -era building that does not relate well to the street and does not promote pedestrian vitality. He indicated that the building is being renovated to be a little more pedestrian- centric to open up a little more to the street. He noted that it is being designed to be more amenable to an actual retail use as opposed to just an office use. Commissioner Nagler asked staff to describe what is going on behind it. Mr. Weinstein replied that it is a single - family house. Commissioner Balch asked what the height of the buildings are. Mr. Weinstein replied that the front - facing was an existing commercial /medical type of building that needed some work done with parking, and the back was a long, 32 -foot high house located on the west side of the property. Commissioner O'Connor commented that if nothing was built on this vacant lot, it would basically show through the front of the lot from Peters Avenue. Commissioner Balch noted that on the other side of the big tall house is a big long driveway with a fence between it and the commercial in the front. Commissioner O'Connor asked staff is the current C -C zoning allows both residential and commercial. Mr. Luchini replied that it does to a degree, but the C -C zoning usually refers to multi - family residential and not necessarily single - family. Commissioner O'Connor inquired if that could be something like the row of condos or apartments. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, November 18, 2015 Page 15 of 34