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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION February 22, 1984 Page 7 UP-84-5, Ditz Crane Application of Ditz Crane Bui1 ers for a conditional use permit to operate a model home sales omplex including a sales office, model homes and related facilf ies on four lots at the southeast corner of Fairlands Drive and anchester Street. Zoning for the property is PUD (Planned U it Development)-Medium Density Residential District. 'I Mr. Harris presented the staff (report. The applicant doesn't feel landscaping is necessary ais part of their model home complex but the staff feels tk~ait it is. The public hearing was opened. ~ Anne Challice, Ditz-Crane, stand she received the staff report. She said they are willing to la dscape the front of the sales office because that is the onlly home used as a business entity. The other three homes will repr sent models but will not be furnished. They will be draped and carpeted only. She said an alarm system isn't even nece sary. She says there are only 34 lots in this phase and idn't feel the expense of landscaping is warranted. Commissioner Doherty asked about the lack of alarm system. Mr. Harris said this is left up~ito the Police Department as indicated in the conditions recommending approval. Commissioner Lindsey felt the homes should be landscaped as are all other models in Pleasanton. Commissioner Wilson felt that dirt or mud could be brought into the homes on carpets if the areas are not landscaped. He felt landscaping is a small expense. Ms. Challice stated that they anticipate the homes will sell immediately and if they were building a large number of units she could concur that landscaping be put in but didn't feel that the 34 unit development would warrant the expense it takes to furnish landscaping. She mentioned the fact that they developed many homes in the front part of the Del Prado tract 11 years ago, so they have been around a long time. Commissioner Doherty pointed out that over the last 11 years much has changed in the City. He could not support a model home complex without landscaping. Discussion then enused about the developer's next phase and whether or not the models in this application would serve as their models for the next phase. Mr. Harris stated this would be awkward because of the distance between the units. -7- _. __..._T~..