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applied here and there are lots of guidelines that need to be reconciled for a project like this so we look at them altogether. I don't want to disagree with Commissioner Allen's assessment of the guideline regarding metal, but I just want to make the point that we're looking at all of the architectural components of the project together and we felt like due to the limited amount of metal being applied to the siding and the other traditional elements in the overall well designed nature of the project, that the metal was okay. Chair Ritter: The intent of it was we don't want a bunch of stainless steel metal siding and sheet roofs, but you could buy wood floors made out of porcelain now so it's kind of the concept. You don't want them to look like metal, as you said. Commissioner Allen: I didn't want us to get into a discussion because each of us could vet this different and I could see where staff came from. I just wanted to say with regard to these guidelines, there was a discussion at Council, the Council is smart, and the Council has seen high quality metal. There are great examples in Napa. I actually like the design, but is it consistent with these new guidelines that were just developed? And I worry that we could be getting ourselves in trouble if we start opening this door when the door was just specified two years ago. My second area of questioning which I'm realizing was something I wish I had brought up in the workshop, but for some reason we really didn't discuss it too much or I just passed it by, was the setbacks on this property. It just struck me we have a 30 -foot building and the setback at least on the front of Bernal is one -foot. What is the standard zoning setback for office? And what is the standard zoning setback for the homes on Augustine that we just recently approved that are under construction? Amos: The front yard setback in an Office zoning designation is 20 feet. For those houses that are north of the subject site on Augustine for the RM zoning designation, they are allowed to be reduced to 15 feet because they are in the Core Area Overlay District and are zoned RM which allows for those modified development standards. For this particular property, because it's zoned Office, it does not get to take advantage of that modified development standard; however, the PUD offers flexibility in terms of those development standards. But, to answer your question it would be 20 feet for a front yard setback. Commissioner Allen: For a PUD, you could do anything you want, but that's the standard. It ranges between 15 and 20. Amos: Yes. Commissioner Allen: Thank you, and how about side setbacks? Amos: For the Office zoning district, it's a minimum of 10 feet on one side but combined to be 20 between the two so 10 feet on each side. For the rear yard setback I believe its 10 feet. Commissioner Allen: Do we have 10 feet between the buildings? PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, July 13, 2016 Page 13 of 38