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that's on the site now and kind of use that as a little character reference. So we're really trying to replicate some of the older style homes that were in the downtown area and we have two steps up to the front porch, bringing the porch and the front door closer to the street versus pushing it further back. We want that interaction between the resident sitting on the front porch and people walking on the sidewalk. So we figured that design feature, incorporating a porch element in the front door, and the social interaction for potential home buyers that live at these residents will be part of the community. So they will kind of monitor activity on St. John Street and bring it out to the front area. Commissioner O'Connor: So does that 10 -foot setback go to the front of the porch itself so the actual living room wall is 18 feet back? Amos: It's taken from the building wall or study wall to the property line, about 10 feet, 3 inches. Lee: So the porch extends two feet into that ten feet, so the porch is eight feet from the back of the walk. Commissioner Nagler: But the point is that you could have the 16 -foot setback if you eliminated the porch and eliminated the study, right? Lee: Then you would have primary garage on the front of it. Commissioner O'Connor: You'd have 10 feet to the study and 16 feet to the front door. Lee: Our living space behind that porch is only about 28 feet and that includes a powder, a stairwell and a small living room. So if you take out any front space for additional front setback, you do get a bigger front yard, but.... Commissioner O'Connor: I wasn't suggesting that. I was just getting a feel of how far back the front door was from the property line. Lee: The front door is about 16 feet. Amos: You'll see per the site plan or the PowerPoint, it's just over 16 feet from this property line to this wall. From here to the building wall it's 10 feet. Commissioner Allen: Building wall being the front of the porch? Amos: No, the front of the study area. Lee: The little pop out on this first floor. The second floor steps back from the first floor so there is a little bit of relief on that. The second floor steps back about six feet from the edge of the porch and six to eight feet with a little jog in that. We're considering maybe putting a deck off of that where you can have access from the master bedroom. The master bedroom faces the St. John Street, and we would option it off as a deck option for the buyers. It would have a little French door that opens out to the second level deck that looks down toward St. John Street. On the homes on the back they don't have that offered because we want to maintain the privacy of neighbors. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, March 23, 2016 Page 37 of 46