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located on Bernal Avenue between Stanley Boulevard and Nevada Street, was pending review in August 2005. Therefore, it is unnecessary to perform a separate traffic study to investigate traffic impact at the same intersections. Additionally, the Bernal Commercial Project has a higher traffic impact on the intersections than the proposed 10-unit residential townhouse project. The Bernal Commercial Project was not required to mitigate the existing traffic other than paying the required traffic fees. The City Traffic Engineer recommends that the applicant pay for the required traffic fee. A condition of approval has addressed this issue. Parking Many properties on the north side of Vineyard Avenue between First Street and Stanley Boulevard have ahigh-density zoning designation. As such, the neighbors have expressed dissatisfaction that curbside parking in the front of their homes have been impacted by the residents in the apartment complexes due to the lack of adequate on-site parking provided by the existing developments. The neighbors wanted to see additional guest parking be provided. The Parking Ordinance requires, for amultiple-family residential development, the applicant provide one guest parking space for every seven residential units. In this case, and based on the parking requirement, two guest parking spaces would be required for the proposed 10-unit residential development. In recognizing the parking situation in the existing neighborhood, the applicant proposed four guest parking spaces for uses by the visitors of this ten-unit development. In response to the neighbors' concerns, the applicant has revised the site plan and has made room for an additional guest parking space on site. As result, the proposed development would provide a total of five guest parking spaces. Staff notes that the parking enforcement would be the responsibility of the homeowners association and/or the management company for the project. The enforcement measures would be addressed in the CC&Rs. Green Building The applicant has provided the initial Green point checklist, identifying the design elements for the project to meet the Green Building requirements of 50 points. The project is an infill site, benefiting by being in close proximity to many of the services that are considered essential to daily living (convenience grocery shop, child daycare facility, pharmacy, bank, etc.). These factors enable the project to automatically achieve many Green Case No. PUD-71 Planning Commission Page - 10 -