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built out to their maximum size and setback_ He believed that if this addition were to be built, this home would not be available for future sale as an entry-level house. He felt that the Commissioners should have visited both homes. Chairperson Arkin invited the applicant to respond; Mr. Crofton declined the opportunity. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. In response to Mr_ Couto's comment that all but one Commissioner visited the CroRon's home, Commissioner Maas noted that the Diaz's were not home at the time she visited the applicants' home, but that she had leR her business card in the Diaz's door. Commissioner Roberts noted that she stopped by the Diaz's home as well when they were not home. Chairperson Arkin noted that he had been contacted by the Diaz's, and made an appointment to meet with them. He believed that from downstairs, a minimal amount of sky view was lost. From upstairs, he observed that there was a view from the hallway, but not from any bedroom. He did not see a significant impact from the patio, and did not believe there were any view or shade issues. He would like to see the massing of the south wall reduced with some architecture detail. Commissioner Roberts noted that this applicants' home and the Diaz's home are both two-story houses, and believed that this addition would blend well in the neighborhood. She was aware of several additions in this neighborhood, and noted that even some of the one-story homes had high pitched roofs. Chairperson Arkin did not believe that the basement square footage should be factored into the mass of the house. Chairperson Arkin supported the application, and asked that the applicant work with staff to break up the mass of the south wall. Coii'~.inissioner Sullivan advised that he visited the site, but did not meet with the applicant or the neighbors, and added that while atwo-story home would fit the neighborhood, he believed that the second story addition would be an impact for the Diaz's_ He did not believe this was a hardship situation for the applicants, and would like to see additional compromises made with the Diaz's_ He could not support this application because the application seemed to go the CroRons' way. Commissioner Maas believed that Chairperson Arkin's suggestion would help mitigate the massing, and that the addition of the trees would help. Commissioner Roberts mov¢d to approve PADR-729 as r¢comm¢ad¢d by staff with the following modifications: reduce the width of the pleating strip to four feet from sev¢a f¢¢t; the inclusion of Mr_ Crofton's language that the r¢quir¢m¢nt for a soils PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES June 11, 2003 Page 9