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. . Mr. Swift presented the staff report recommending denial of Case P-92-26. He called attention to a letter from Mark Armstrong handed out tonight. mE PUBLIC HEARTNl; WAS OPENED. Carl Metz, 1533 Harvest Road, represented the application. He sta that he has been in new construction for over 10 years, and felt there might be poten' problems in having a two-story house on a comer lot. Therefore, he had called the Plan . ng Department and the fIrst question he asked was if he could build a two-story on a com lot. He said he was told that he could do so. Then for several hours he said he discus the case with a specifIc planner to fInd out the setbacks, etc. He was instructed to measur his yard, returned to the planner, and then proceeded to have a set of plans drawn up. He k them to the City on October 22; the first hearing was December 3. The Wednesday be ore Thanksgiving he was called by the planner that he had been working with and was told t the FAR exceeded the limit. At that time he had already paid for his plans and engineerin . That is why he is here tonight. If he had been told what the FAR had to be or what the backs had to be, he would not be here. Mr. Metz went on to say that he then had a petition signed by his i mediate neighbors supporting his cause, stating that he had shown them the plans and iscussed the plans with them at various times. His neighbors had no problem with the con truction, except for Ruth Singleton who did not want a two-story house on a comer lot. Mr. Metz expressed concern that he had been given incorrect info ation from the Planning Department staff and also that the entire process was becoming mol' costly than necessary for him. He also expressed concern as to what a citizen could do in this case. Commissioner McGuirk asked Mr. Metz the height of his house. M. Metz said it is between 13 and 15 feet. Commissioner Wright questioned Mr. Metz as to how long the City ad the plans before they raised the issue of the FAR limits. Mr. Metz said the Planning epartment had the plans since October 22, but the FAR did not come into question until the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. the applicant and is in four years and Mr. of the project from Mark Armstrong, 1555 Harvest Road, stated that he lives next door full support of the project. He said he has known Mr. Metz for near Metz and his family has been excellent neighbors. A letter in suppo Mr. Armstrong was previously handed out to the Commission. Commissioner McGuirk asked Mr. Armstrong if he worked with Mr. Metz on the plans. Mr. Armstrong stated that he had spoken with Mr. Metz a number of times about the plans and how their privacy could be ensured. He said he has no problem .th the plans. Planning COmmission Minutes January 13, 1993 Page 4 I