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. . . PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED Jim Griffin. One Roman Eagle Court, represented his application which he intends to use as his retirement home. This lot has everything that he is looking for in a home -- a 3 bedroom house with room for privacy, gardening, hobby/work area and RV storage area. He stated he has conformed to the requirement to have a one story front facade and may have a two- story rear facade. Not addressed in the staff report, Mr. Griffin advised he has three grant easement deeds across his property. All say there may be no accessory structures within ten feet of the rear property line and no accessory structure may be installed within three feet of the north and south property lines. The CC&Rs are not this generous. Me. Griffin's development plan works around the location of the heritage oak trees. The elevation of the house was established by the grade around the oak trees at the location of the garage. Me. Griffin would have liked a three car garage, but the arborist advised against this because of the age of the trees. This made the RV garage 46 feet instead of 36 feet so that his truck can park behind the RV. Mr. Griffin advised that his lot is Lot 38, not Lot 49 as mentioned in the staff report. Me. Griffin finds it acceptable to plant a row of trees along the driveway and along the side of the house below window level. There is a six foot drop in elevation in this area. The reason for the large rear garage door is to provide access for a future need of a boom truck in the rear yard for an arborist to trim the oak trees. As far as it being open and causing noise, the rear properties are farther away from this garage door than they are from the garages across their street. Further, this area is not a work area and he would not be using tools in this area. With respect to the $15,000 tree bond, Me. Griffin feels this is too much money to have tied up for two years. He is not a corporation that could go away as soon as the project is finished. He feels his word that he will comply should be good enough. Regarding Condition 32 that his storm drains be hooked to a city storm drain. He asked if the seasonal creek is a suitable storm drain. Mr. Higdon stated it was. Mr. Griffin stated that he has to add some grading at the street edge so he can get access to the north side of his lot. He questions why he needs an irrigation plan before getting building permits. He asked clarification on the BMP program. Me. Higdon stated it is a maintenance plan to keep the site clean during construction and provides safety to the creek. Mr. Iserson also noted there is a federal program stating cities must implement this type of program. Commissioner McGuirk clarified that the applicant wanted the rear garage door to provide access to the rear yard for tree trimming. He inquired what landscape is planned for the north side of the home that access could not be gained through this area. Mr. Griffin advised that area is too steep Planning Commission Minutes Page 4 August 28, 1996