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The speaker feels the safety issues raised need to be addressed by the Planning Commission. These issues are the lengthy delay between notification by the City and the proposed building of the fence to isolate the spa. In response to Commissioner Barker, Ms. Cassens does not believe increasing the height of the fence to ten feet will sufficiently mitigate the noise and activity. Ed Bruhn, 4050 Suffolk Way, commented that he believes the applicant had the intention of making a secondary unit in 1989 when he remodeled his home. The speaker feels this issue is negatively affecting his property value. He knows of no other secondary units within Pleasanton Meadows, and he also feels this will affect the entire City. He is in opposition of the approval of the conditional use permit for this secondary unit. Sherry Wong, 4087 Suffolk Way, is concerned about the precedence of approving this secondary unit. She is concerned that the City has no power over secondary units if all criteria are met. She is concerned about the fact that there are no safety fences around the spa. Ms. Wong has no problems with the applicant, however, she is asking the Commission to deny this application. Mr. Slipka noted that he purposely did not recruit his neighbors on his behalf and did not want to polarize the neighborhood on the issue of the secondary unit. Regarding the petition, roughly half the residents on the street signed the petition on behalf of the Cassens. He chose to address the issue on its merits. In response to Commissioner Wright, the speaker did note that in 1989 he roughed in the electrical and plumbing for the granny flat. About six months after finalizing the remodeling, his mother-in-law lived there for about two years. He has had younger non- family tenants in the unit, but it is now occupied by his son and his son's fiance. Speaking to the "suspicious activity" reported by the neighbors, the applicant stated he could not speak to this because he is at work between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. A discussion ensued regarding the number of vehicles owned by the occupants. PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED In response to Commissioner McGuirk, Mr. Iserson advised that the addition of kitchen space would cause an area to be considered a secondary unit. Regarding the amount of parking, City policy has required through the conditional use permit process an additional off-street parking space for secondary units. There is nothing in the Code requiring this parking space. Planning Commission Minutes Page 4 November 8, 1995