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- a. PUD-28. Regis Lachance Application to rezone the approximately 12,400-square-foot parcel at 1072 Division Street (northwest corner of Fair and Division Streets) from the R-1-6,500 (Single-Family Residential) Zoning District to the PUD-MDR (Planned Unit Development -Medium Density Residential) Zoning District and for PUD development plan approval to construct two new single-family detached homes measuring approximately 1,200 squaze feet and 2,557 square feet on two lots measuring approximately 4,259 square feet and 8,141 squaze feet, respectively. Also consider the Negative Declaration for the application. Mr. Iserson summarized the staff report and described the project site. He noted that the Lot A Floor Area Ratio (FAR) would be 31 percent, and the Lot B FAR would be 26.6 percent. He advised that the project met the Downtown Specific Plan design policy of avoiding excessive lot coverage and maintaining adequate building sepazations and appropriate scale and massing. He distributed acolor-and-material board to the Commission. Staff believes that the architecture fits in well with the surrounding area and that the buildings were attractive and in character with the neighborhood. The applicant has minimized the building mass by incorporating the second-story elements into the roof and by using dormers. _ Mr. Iserson advised that Lot A would have atwo-car garage and an additional open pazking space; Lot B would have gone-car detached garage. Access to both lots would be from the shazed driveway on Fair Street. Staff believes that parking would be adequate since there is parking on Fair Street in addition to the garages on the site. A neighbor across the street expressed concern about having two houses on the lot. Staff believes, however, that the parking would be adequate and that creating another space on the site would require another driveway and an additional curb cut, which would remove a parking space from Fair Street. He noted that the applicants voluntarily submitted a significant green building program which exceeds 50 points. Staff believed this was a good project for a small infill site in the Downtown area, where the Housing Element encourages infill development and small houses. Staff believed the amenities were sufficient and that the project was designed to be sensitive to the adjacent properties. Staff recommends that the Commission find that the project would not have a significant effect on the environment and adopt a resolution approving the draft Negative Declaration; find that the project would have a De Minimus impact on the site's wildlife; find that the proposed rezoning and PUD development plan aze consistent with the General Plan and Downtown Specific Plan; make the PUD findings as listed in the staff report; and recommend approval of PUD-28 to the City Council subject to the conditions in the staff report. In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Fox, Mr. Iserson noted that there had been no public objection to the loft window facing 1088 Division Street and added that it could PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES Apri128, 2004 Page 8 of 16