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Four different neighborhoods and product types are proposed. Area 1 is low density custom lots, 20,000 sq. ft. lots. Area 2 would have 99 - 7,150 sq. ft. lots. Area 3 would be 157 - 4,950 sq. ft. lots. Area 4 would have 93 - 3,525 sq. ft. lots. . The neo-traditional neighborhood design concept includes a grided street pattern, a centralized neighborhood park, small neighborhood park squares, planting strips between street and sidewalk, narrower streets, front porches, reduced front yard setbacks, an attempt to minimize the visibility of the garages and the use of neo-traditional house design. Staff feels the proposed designs fulfill the neo-traditional concept. The issues staff would like to discuss further are: sufficient noise and visual buffers through the use of landscaping and berming for residences adjacent to the Kaiser property and adding ten feet of additional rear yard depth to units on Maple Leaf Drive and Maple Leaf Court. Mr. Iserson clarified that the reduced front yard setbacks are measured to the six foot wide front porch. There is also five feet within the public right-of-way separating the houses from the street. The streets are 32 feet wide with parking on both sides; the longer streets are 36 feet wide with parking on both sides. Mr. Iserson further clarified that the overall street right-of-way is actually seven feet wider than the City's standard 46 foot right-of-way, and II feet wider than the City's standard 42 foot right-of-way. Mr. Iserson noted that another option would be to locate the park adjacent to the Operations Service Center to provide a buffer between the OSC and residential units; however, this would deviate from the neo-traditional neighborhood design concept. . The major concerns of the adjacent neighbors are increased neighborhood traffic, how it will impact the established neighborhoods, and where the streets will connect. There have been three plans generated by the applicants in response to neighbor concerns. Other concerns expressed at the neighborhood meetings were the use of Kolin Street for cut-through traffic from Valley to Mohr. the Mohr elementary school on Stoneridge and its associated traffic patterns, elementary school attendance boundaries, and density and the location of the larger lots along Mohr Avenue. Two additional plans were proposed by the applicant. The second plan showed no street connections to Mohr or Kamp; all access was to Busch Road. The third plan showed no connection to Kamp and the Mohr Avenue connection was moved to the eastern edge of the site. A traffic report was prepared analyzing the effects of the new development on the level of service for the local streets and intersections. The project would produce 3500 trips per day with 291 average morning trips and 364 afternoon peak hour trips. The first plan directs most of the traffic out Mohr and Kamp, and most of the project would be using the access to the north. Also, Kamp would have a capacity of 3,000 vehicles per day, which is at the limit allowed under the General Plan. In $e second pian" KoJ1n north of Valley would be most impacted. Kolln would exceed the 3,000 trip capacity by 50 trips per day. . Planning Cnnllniuinn Minutes Page 7 December 11, 1996