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discussion around noise control. The Commission received guidance in terms of street parking <br />on a public street and set within the conditions is a requirement to utilize the garage. He said <br />he likes the suggestion of establishing guidelines when on-boarding new parents around the <br />preferred traffic route for pickup and drop-off. One concern he expressed is regarding vehicles <br />making U-turns, in terms of entering from Sauterne Way and exiting from Touriga Drive, and <br />that this should be avoided for safety, but he did not believe the Commission had much <br />freedom to change these public mandates which are imposed by the State. <br />Commissioner Ritter echoed Commissioner Brown's comments. He thinks the need for <br />childcare in the community is very much needed and he could not find anything that would <br />make him want to overturn the Zoning Administrator's ruling. <br />Commissioner O'Connor agreed and said he did not see that the Commission had any <br />justification to overturn the Zoning Administrator's approval. <br />Commissioner Balch concurred. He expressed concern over the traffic control itself because of <br />prior traffic mitigation but he was not sure the neighborhood would want to overturn that for this <br />action. He was equally pleased that staff has conditioned the parking for new parents by way <br />of a preferred traffic route as guidance, and the requirement for the full-time assistant and two <br />vehicles in the driveway for parents. He was pleased to know the street could handle more <br />vehicles and said due to this, he couldn't make the finding that traffic was an issue. <br />Chair Allen expressed agreement with the other Commissioners. She also supported the idea <br />of a recommended route entering Sauterne Way and exiting on Touriga Drive, which is the <br />route she took when viewing the area. The benefit of this is that vehicles are going west and if <br />they don't enter the driveway, they are on the right side of the street to drop off children, as <br />opposed to entering on Chardonnay Drive, where they could potentially park across the street <br />resulting in the children having to cross the street, posing a greater danger. She said she tried <br />to find issues with this application, to see if there was a reason to overturn it, but she couldn't <br />and feels it is valid according to State law. <br />Commissioner O'Connor moved to deny the appeal and uphold the Zoning <br />Administrator's approval with the added condition that the daycare operator provides <br />parents a preferred recommended route to and from the daycare home, thereby <br />recommending approval of Case P18-0314. <br />Commissioner Ritter seconded the motion. <br />ROLL CALL VOTE: <br />AYES: Commissioners Allen, Balch, Brown, O'Connor, Ritter <br />NOES: None <br />ABSENT: None <br />Resolution PC-2019-06 recommending approval of Case P18-0314 was adopted as motioned. <br />BREAK <br />Chair Allen called for a brief recess at 8:30 p.m., and thereafter reconvened the meeting at <br />8:35 p.m. <br />Planning Commission Minutes Page 11 of 18 March 13, 2019 <br />tes to State law and the Municipal Code in regard to compliance, in order to make <br />any recommendations considered fair and just.Commissioner Brown continued by saying when he <br />reads the State <br />code, the degrees of freedom relate to space, concentration, traffic, parking and noise control. <br />He did not hear much Planning Commission Minutes Page 10 of 18 March 13, 2019 <br />hould be something of more importance.Planning Commission Minutes Page <br />7 <br />of 18 March 13, 2019 m a head start.Their two-year-old tested highly <br />in both English and Spanish when they began kindergarten which was a huge benefit. <br />Planning Commission Minutes Page 6 of 18 March 13, 2019