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8. Composite of Approved Plot Plans Adjacent to 2632 Ingrid Ct. 9. Emails from Frank Nguyen, Xin Chen and Xiwen Fan, and Steve and Jenni Fineberg 10. Vineyard Hill of Pleasanton Architectural Committee's Approval Letters dated August 1, and September 27, 2007 11. Photographs of Property with Story Poles 12. Photographs of Property with the Outline of Proposed Second Unit 13. Pleasanton Municipal Code Chapter 18.106, Second Units 14. State Second Unit Law I. BACKGROUND On August 22, 2007, the applicants submitted an application to construct an approximately 700- square-foot, 13-foot tall, detached second unit in the rear yard. The applicants also requested approval of a Planned Unit Development (PUD) minor modification to allow grading and the installation of retaining walls along the rear and side yard slope banks of their property and to allow the relocation of two developer-installed trees along the rear yard slope bank. Second units exceeding 10 feet in height are processed as administrative design review applications, requiring notification to the neighbors, who may request a hearing to address any design-related concerns with the project. Since the PUD modification application was needed in order to accommodate the proposed location of the second unit, staff processed the PUD minor modification and administrative design review applications concurrently. After the City circulated the required notice to inform the adjacent neighbors of the applicants' administrative design review application to build the proposed second unit and the PUD minor modification application for the grading and tree relocation, the neighbors at 2618 Ingrid Court (Xin Chen and Xiwen Fan), 815 Clara Lane (Frank Nguyen and Carmen Cheung), and 829 Clara Lane (Steve and Jenni Fineberg) requested a hearing due to concerns over the potential impacts that the second unit would have on their properties. Prior to submitting the applications to the City, the applicants had submitted the plans to and received approval by the Architectural Committee of the Vineyard Hill Homeowners Association (please see attached approval letter dated August 1, 2007, Attachment #10). Mr. Bawa noted to staff that he had made concessions to the neighbors as a result of the concerns that the neighbors had raised during the Architectural Committee's review of the project. Specifically, Mr. Bawa indicated that the second unit was reduced from 1,100 square feet to 700 square feet and the height was reduced from 15 feet to 13 feet. After the applicants were informed by staff that three neighbors opposed the application for the second unit, the applicants met with the neighbors and representatives of the Architectural PAP-117 Planning Commission Page 2 of 19