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Mr. Knuppe thanked the Commission for its time tonight and asked the Commissions to approve the project. Jim Knuppe, Applicant, stated that he will do a first -class job. He indicated that the buildings will not have windows looking into the side yards of the neighboring units and that Ms. Cardinalli can have an solid eight -foot tall fence before the existing building is demolished. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Commissioner O'Connor stated that it was his understanding that under the C -C zoning, residential is allowed but is either restricted to or desired for the second story or above, but not on the first floor. He inquired if this is a requirement or just a preference. Mr. Weinstein replied that what staff is operating off of the DTSP, the Downtown Commercial District, which specifically calls for ground -floor commercial uses and allows for residential uses to be on the second floor. Chair Allen asked staff to share with the Commission what the parking survey says about this area. Mr. Luchini replied that according to the study, Spring Street is generally congested the majority of the time, with 90- percent to 100 - percent occupancy during a weekday evening on the first half of Spring Street going east from Main Street up to Railroad Avenue, and then opens up pretty significantly. He added that Railroad Avenue itself is showing capacity for on- street parking. Chair Allen inquired what the survey says about Main Street right next door. Mr. Luchini replied that Main Street is highly impacted with 90- percent to 100 - percent occupancy during weekday evenings. Chair Allen noted that this survey was done two years ago. She stated that the current parking on Spring Street kind of illegally serves 10 -20 cars, and people park there because it allows it as long as they are liable for any injury, for example, if they trip. She added that the survey does not account for the fact that when a developer builds on Spring Street, those 20 cars will need to move somewhere. Chair Allen inquired what the potential maximum number of employees might be for 4,000 square feet of commercial, retail, and office on Spring Street. Mr. Weinstein replied that it varies, depending on the parameters of the businesses that would relocate to the site. He indicated that generally speaking, it could be something like one employee for every 300 square foot or so in a retail /commercial space, which would amount to approximately 13 employees. Chair Allen noted that there are four parking spots, and that does not count any clients who might be visiting the financial planner or anything like that. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, December 9, 2015 Page 22 of 40