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City Manager Fialho said the Council could add a condition that would not allow any livable accessory structure on the property, but provide exemptions to outdoor landscaping-related facilities to minimize the impact from the FAR. Councilmember McGovern supported arbors, trellises, and trying to have shade in the backyard, but she had a hard time supporting a shed on such a small lot. She felt the City should look at also counting the carports in the future. Councilmember McGovern referred to the carport issue, and confirmed there was space in the rear for garden supply storage as well as space for vehicles, and said she would much rather allow this than an accessory structure. Mayor Hosterman said as part of the conditions of approval, any major changes to the existing plans will return to the Community Development Director and the Planning Commission for review, so she felt safeguards were in place. Councilmember Cook-Kallio referred to the slide depicting existing lots and mixed use on either side and behind, and asked what the FAR was for the lots to the right of the property. Ms. Decker said she did not know their FAR but there are detached and attached residences, there are multiple units on the narrow 7,500 square foot lots. 4681 and moving down to 4731 Augustine is near the office district and inserted into the neighborhood throughout. In looking at the compatibility of the site, she believed the project was consistent with the surrounding area. Councilmember Cook-Kallio said she did not want to see a permanent structure like a secondary shed that takes up open space and is wrestling with the carport issue. She felt the project was consistent with the surrounding area. Councilmember McGovern referred to RM15, and she confirmed with Ms. Decker that those listed as RM15 have 40% FAR or less. Councilmember Sullivan questioned if the purpose of the rezoning to HDR was to allow the project to go over the 40% FAR, and Ms. Decker said the purpose is to create a development that may not necessarily meet the lot standards of a specific underlying zone. These lots may not be consistent with that and provide that flexibility. It does not necessarily provide the flexibility in terms of house size, but it is a relationship because the FAR is the flexibility portion of the PUD. Several projects have come forward with modified site specific FAR's that are not consistent with the underlying zoning, but are an infill site consistent with the General Plan and Downtown Specific Plan. Councilmember Sullivan confirmed it would give more flexibility for higher density projects. Mayor Hosterman opened the public hearing. Jerome Raney, co-applicant, said they are small developers and interested in being in compliance with the General Plan. He provided the history about the planning process with City staff to develop the lot as an infill development, said they submitted a preliminary application to receive feedback, submitted the application for a subdivision, they revised and resubmitted the plans and were asked to reduce the width of the rear driveway from 25 feet originally requested by staff to 20 feet, move the house forward 5 feet, again were asked to reduce the rear driveway to 18 feet and move the house forward 2-3 feet and relocate the carports on lots 1 and 2. There was no discussion on relocating the carports but they wanted to cooperate and they made the changes and then the pecan tree came into play. He said they again met with staff to confirm there were no other proposed changes and met with the Planning Commission on July 23 meeting who unanimously approved the plan, and they were delayed several times getting to a City Council Minutes 3 November 4, 2008