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Commissioner O’Connor noted that space is limited with five and eight feet between buildings and inquired if there is a way of putting the staircase to the side so a two-car garage can be placed on the bottom. He proposed reducing the guest parking space to accommodate two cars per house with a driveway in front of the garage doors for two guest spaces. He stated that he prefers single-family homes to duplexes but was concerned about parking. Mr. Huff replied that he would like to see the parking offset to the side as opposed to tandem parking to make the project look like a mini-community rather than duplexes. He added that perhaps the surface material could be a grass block rather than solid paving for the parking areas on the side. Mr. Carey handed the Commissioner some photos of homes in Pacific Grove as samples of homes proposed for this site. Ms. Decker noted that what staff and the applicants are looking for at this time are broad concepts rather than specific designs, what the Commission feels about tuck-under three-story homes, attached or detached, two-car garages on the first floor or one-car garage with a driveway on the side. She added that looking at the units depicted in the elevations is deceptive as the units will essentially be hidden and shielded by the existing home on First Street; what will be visible to drive-by vehicles would potentially be 1½-story units behind the existing home and a bit of the end unit that faces the drive. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Ms. Decker stated that staff is fairly comfortable with the density of the project and its consistency and compatibility with the Downtown. She indicated that staff and the applicants would like direction from the Commission, given the constraint of the lot size, regarding building detached or attached units with smaller attached units having more green space versus single-family homes; variety in unit size from approximately 1,200 square feet to 1,500 square feet for families; whether three-story units are acceptable; and variation is sizes and floor plans among the units. Commissioner Pearce stated that detached is a great idea and three-story units are fine. She likes Mr. Huff’s proposal for parking and prefers a variation of sizes to a cookie-cutter pattern. Commissioner Blank agreed with Commissioner Pearce that detached and three-story units are fine, as are Mr. Huff’s proposal for parking and variation in house size. Commissioner O’Connor concurred that he preferred detached units, that three-story units are appropriate in order to accommodate parking, preferable two-car garages, and that variation is size with two- and three-bedroom units would be great so the units don’t look identical to one another. Chairperson Fox prefers detached as opposed to attached, which would look like one massive building. She added that she would like to see two units to be two stories and PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES July 25, 2007 Page 31 of 35