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Ms. Ayala realized the original CC & R's had expired, but inquired as to whether or not the original CC & R's mandated the development be single story, to which Mr. Swift confirmed as correct. Ms. Ayala would prefer this option. She would prefer the neighbors first pursue this with the renewal ofthelr CC & R's. She asked if this is possible. Mr. Swift indicated that it is possible and would be a function of how the CC & R's are structured. He pointed out that there is no homeowners association. Almost always, a very large super majority is required to amend CC & R's, with as much as 90 to 95 percent needed. As the City is approaching build out, Ms. Ayala felt that this would affect the older neighborhoods. Before Council revisits this issue, she would be interested in seeing what would happen in that neighborhood if they tried to get a super majority to amend the CC & R's. Mr. Campbell concurred with Ms. Ayala's comments particularly because of the price of housing in Pleasanton. He asked if it were possible to incorporate this into the General Plan Update review. Mr. Swift indicated that additions within existing neighborhoods is akeady on the Council's list of issues and would be discussed at the General Plan review. Ms. Ayala wondered if it would be more expedient for the neighborhood to renew their CC & R's mandating single story residential homes only. Mr. SWIt'~ was not sure that renewing the CC & R's would be more expedient but noted that if they were to accomplish that, they would have their own rules that could be enforced independent of the city zoning. Therefore, the City zoning requirements would not necessarily have to change. Mayor Pico saw some difficulties with that eppmach as he thought the residents would have to get 100 percent agreement before they could place a restriction on someone else's property without any specific City action. He reminded Council that when they last acted on this application there was a split vote. It was his personal belief that if the neighborhood wanted to see a rezoning, it would have to come from the neighborhood. They would need to petition the City Council with a sufficient number of signatures that indicate the neighborhood is in support of the process, which is similar to the process that occurs for traffic calming. He was not inclined to initiate a rezoning unless there is significant support from the vast majority of the neighborhood, at least two-thirds. Daniella Karo, 6578 Stanton Court, personally thanked Couneilmembers Ayala and Brozosky for coming over, at her suggestion, to become more familiar with the issue. She thanked Mayor Pico for following up with her communication. She did not know if Pleasanton City Council 10 09/16/03 Minutes