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Item 6b Amendment to the Stoneridge Regional Shornring Center Develooment Agreement to extend for one additional year {to 12/31/00) the time for the City Council to either confirm or revoke the annroyal of an additional 202,000 set. ft. of commercial snace. (SR 00:067) This item was continued. Item 6e Appeal of Ed Churka re2ardin~, the annlication of develonment fees and Building Code re~luirements to a nroOosed second story at 780 Main Street (Coffee Road Express). (SR 00:081) Gary Smith presented the staff report. Mr. Pico referred to the sprinkler system and asked if the need for such was different for a steel frame building as opposed to a wood frame building. Mr. Smith indicated the ordinance requiring fire sprinklers was enacted because of the materials that would be stored in a building. A steel frame deflects heat and there is more concern about fire in a steel frame building than in a wood frame building. Mr. Pico asked how a plan could be checked and then a building not constructed according to the plans. Does that mean something else was not built to the right dimensions, such as parking or driveway space? Mr. Smith said plans are submitted with a scale on them. Typically a design professional submits the plans and the staff relies on the professional because his or her license is at stake if incorrect information is provided. When the original plans for Mr. Churka's building were submitted, they were for a single story building of 3684 square feet of restaurant area and 2220 square feet of basement. Mr. Churka was recently asked to provide a more accurate drawing and the basement was shown to be 3500 square feet. It is not that the building grew, the plans were not designated correctly. City staff does not measure every building. He indicated Mr. Churka had signed the plans as the design professional and licensed contractor. On the structural portions, several different engineers had signed the plans. Mr. Pico referred to the stairway issues to the second floor and the size of the elevator. He asked if the stairway issues were resolved and the elevator remained its current size, what kinds of uses would be permitted in the second floor area? Mr. Smith said there is an exception in the Code that if a building is less than three stories high, which this one is, with less than 3000 square feet on the second floor, it can be used as an office use without an accessible elevator. The building is not a true office building, but he said he would make an exception if the second floor was office use Pleasanton City Council 8 04/04/00 Minutes