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Staff recommended approval of this item subject to the conditions of the staff r~port~ Staff rcco~rimended that the third sentence in G'ondition 14 be deleted: "The project developer shall enter into a deferred improvement agreement for the construction of street improvements to City standard" This sentence was relative to Martin Avenue, because the money for the improvements will be paid up front. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED- Michele and Ray Peterson, applicants, 2201 Martin Avenue, noted that they generally agreed with the staff report. With respect to Condition 2_c_, Ms_ Peterson requested that they be allowed to increase the area of the house to 5,500 square feet, and the height to 30 feet- Mr_ Iserson noted that staff had received feedback from residents in Walnut Glen to ]ceep the second house in scale with the existing houses which were already smaller- Staff felt that was a reasonable limitation. He noted that the square footage could be increased without rum~ing into an FAR problem- With respect to the height, it was staff s understanding that aone-story house was proposed, and that 25 feet was a fairly good height At 30 feet, the house would essentially become atwo-story house_ Mr_ Peterson noted that the highest part of the roof was slightly over 25 feet, and had a turret which was not inhabitable space- He noted that the turret would be limited by the 25 foot restriction_ In respo ase to an inquiry by Commissioner Kemeny, Mr. Iserson confirmed that the square footage of the Walnut Glcn homes were in the mid-3,000 square feet range- The average lots were 10,000 square feet. Brian Arkin, 3740 Newton Way, noted that the lot sizes in Walnut Glen were between one-quarter to one-third or an acre, and that the square rootage of the homers ranged between the low 3,OOOs to 4,850 square feei Tninimum_ Mr_ Arkin expressed concern about the design guidelines, and believed they were too vague in several areas: Page 3 of 8 Garage Doors: lIc noied that because all of Walnut Glcn has side-entry garage doors, he would like to see Parcel Two have the same type of doors to be consistent with the neighborhood- He didn't believe that the garage doors should be visible ti-om the streci side of the house- 2. Page 2 of 8 Architecture: He noted that the condition stated that the design "shall be in harmony with and complement the character of the neighborhood." He noted that the house was in an LDR, but adjacent to a MDR, and would like the architectural guidelines to be consistent with the homes in Walnut Glen_ PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES June 25, 2003 Page 13