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<br /> <br /> <br />The Stantons state that the "drawings are not complete with the measurements and etc." The <br />appellants make a valid point with this issue. Staff encourages plans that are submitted with all <br />measurements called out and we require that the plans are accurate and to scale so that staff can <br />check all measurements and calculations presented by the applicant. At the time plans are <br />submitted to the Building Department, full measurements and structural calculations are <br />required. However, to address the appellants' concern, a condition of project approval requires <br />any plan sets suhmitted to the Building Department to have the street name spelled correctly, <br />provide exterior dimensions, and show all finished elevation heights for all levels. <br /> <br />At the time staff responded to the appellants' discussion points in the memo dated July 25, 2006 <br />(Exhibit E), staff did not fully comprehend the appellants' concern regarding the discrepancy <br />between the square footage of living area stated on the Iirst plan sheet (A I) compared to that <br />stated at the bottom of pages A2, A3, and A4. Stall contacted the applicant, Bob Sweeney, to <br />ask about this discrepancy. Mr. Sweeney explained that his sofhvare program is unable to <br />differentiate garage space and open space and that his calculation on the Iirst plan sheet (A I) is <br />correct. Staff explained the discrepancy issue at the Planning Commission hearing and Mr. <br />Sweeney was there to answer the Commissioners' questions. <br /> <br />Finally, the Stantons reiterate that the backyard planter area is too narrow to plant two trees and <br />have issue with the fact that the Planning Department is not specifying the type of trees to be <br />planted. As noted above, staff has conditioned the planting of trees within the rear yard planter <br />strip to be subject to the review and approval of the City's Landscape Architect to ensure the <br />appropriateness and viability of the species to be planted, The Landscape Architect has <br />recommended Pittosporlltn eugenioides and this is rellected as a condition of approval. <br /> <br />SR:06:210 <br /> <br />Page 6 <br />