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think it was the Zaro Brick Company. I mean that's not a consolation prize for him I'm <br />sure, but we want to work with the site, keep all the historic stuff on it, and I lost my train <br />of thought. You asked me what...? Oh, they spent $70,000 on 201 homes and when I <br />asked staff for this study they said commercial's exempt. So I ordered my own. I did a <br />bunch of research. I interviewed the guy that worked for ARG for years and then started <br />his own company. He did the study. It cost me $4,800 and my study's like 30 pages. <br />The City's study is like three pages for every site and $70,000 breaks down to like $350 <br />per house. I spent $4,800 on my study. We researched the Sanborn maps, the <br />museum; it's a very thorough report. It's old but it doesn't technically have historic <br />significance and it's been changed and modified and I won't get into it, but we really <br />studied it and started to work with it at one point. We were trying to make it work, and <br />the termite report, the structural engineer and the contractors I had said it's on dirt. I <br />mean, the piers, we crawled it; it's just not safe to today's standards. It will just crumble <br />if we move it or took it apart and it's just not feasible to work in the project. I've done <br />three projects and we've kept the old house every time. <br />Chair Ritter: Okay, thanks <br />Commissioner Balch: So the FAR at 60% as the speaker talked about, I think it does <br />say in the staff report that it was 58 %. 1 think we've talked about that and that appears <br />to be an office overlay element that was an allowed use. 12 spots; we're going to talk <br />about the parking I'm sure later, but I think staff mentioned they count possibly 10 and <br />then Commissioner Allen asked earlier, 1.5 per we already discussed. 30 -foot building <br />also already discussed. Story poles —not requested in this instance because of the <br />office overlay, correct? Am I correct on that? <br />Weinstein: That's right. We routinely require them for solely residential projects. We <br />didn't require them this time for this project because it was a mixed use project. It could <br />be required in advance of the City Council meeting. The applicant did provide some <br />imagery that shows what the project will look like from different perspectives so we felt <br />like that was sufficient without having story poles. <br />Commissioner Balch: Okay. PG &E underground —it's not getting anywhere with me, but <br />I'll just ask, is that a requirement? Not a requirement? How do you handle that? <br />Amos: It's actually a condition of approval. It's in the draft conditions, number 85. <br />Commissioner Balch: Okay, and then Residence 3 setback to the north five feet. I think <br />that's okay, right? Four feet is the required setback between property lines? <br />Amos: The PUD offers flexibility. <br />Commissioner Allen: What is the standard though? <br />Amos: The standard would be 10 feet. If it was the O (office) zoning district, it would be <br />10 feet. <br />Commissioner Balch: And do you know what this one is? <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, July 13, 2016 Page 20 of 38 <br />