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CITY CLERK
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MINUTES
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10/24/2007
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THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. <br />Rebecca Andrus, applicant, wished to provide an explanation to the points made in the <br />staff report. She stated that with respect to Item A on page 2, she had two employees who <br />came into her home to help sell wedding dresses. She noted that the business would be <br />run by her sister and herself, who lived at the house, her sister-in-law, and her mother, <br />who is the property owner. She noted that two members of her family who lived <br />elsewhere were at her house four to five times a week on social or family visits. She <br />noted that business visits were by appointment only to minimize traffic to her house. <br />With respect to Item B, addressing storage of dresses in no more than one room or <br />50 square feet, she noted that the living room and dining room were in reality one large <br />room. She would store no more than 15 to 20 dresses in a bedroom closet in order to <br />meet the size requirements. She would be happy to work with the standards to comply <br />with staff's requirements. <br />In order to meet the requirement of minimizing traffic, she stated that her business <br />partners were also family, and it was difficult to differentiate their frequent social visits <br />from work visits. She would instruct customers to park in the driveway so as to not use <br />parking spots and added that there would be one daily appointment during the week and <br />up to four appointments on Saturday. She did not believe that would be much more than <br />a typical play date at a neighbors' house. She noted that with respect to Item I, <br />addressing deliveries, she did not anticipate receiving dress shipments more than four to <br />six dropoffs per year. She noted that the inventory could be delivered to another address <br />_ if the delivery truck traffic were to be an issue. She believed the impacts on the <br />neighborhood should be the issue and not whether the home occupation is appropriate for <br />the location. She did not believe the home occupation would affect that character of the <br />neighborhood and added that running the business out of the home was for financial <br />reasons. She hoped to be able to expand to a storefront in approximately two years. She <br />understood that Pleasanton was proactive in encouraging cottage industries, and she <br />assured the Commission that they would be proactive in working with the neighbors. <br />In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Blank regarding the length of each <br />appointment, Ms. Andrus replied that they would reserve atwo-hour block of time per <br />appointment, although it may not take that long. She noted that the idea for this business <br />came from her sister looking for a wedding dress and finally finding it in a small home <br />business near Sacramento; she made two visits to that business. <br />In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Blank regarding whether the client would <br />return to the business for a fitting, Ms. Andrus replied that they did not provide those <br />services and that the customer would need to have the dress fitted elsewhere. <br />In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Narum regarding the number of customers <br />who would be there at the same time, Ms. Andrus replied that there would be no more <br />than two customers there during the same timeframe. <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES October 24, 2007 Page 18 of 40 <br />
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