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The Planning Commission recessed for a break at 8:03 p.m. Commissioner Roberts reconvened the meeting at 8:1 1 p_m 6_ PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS a_ PUD-42/PSP-8. Earl Bach. Karen Bacla_ Ed Lamb. Sr_. and Ed Lamb. Jr_ Application for PUD development plan approval to allow afour-lot development consisting of three new Homes and one existing home and for an amendment to the North Sycamore Specific Plan to consider eliminating a public trail connection between Sycamore Terrace and San Carlos Way on a 1 .84-acre site located at 446 Sycamore Road in the North Sycamore Specific Plan Area. Zoning for the property is PUD-LDR Planned Unit Development -Low Density Residential District. Mr. Pavan summarized the staff report and described the layout of the proposed use. The proposed project involved three new homes plus one existing home on four lots of varying sizes= 19,000, 24,000 and ] 8,000 square feet. The guidelines control the building, landscaping, and site designs for the individual lots and setback standards, as well as completion o£the pedestrian sidewalk required by the North Sycamore Specific Plan lir~king Sycamore Terrace with San Carlos Way. The proposal also includes PSP-08, an amendment to the North Sycamore Specific Plan which would delete the proposed pedestrian sidewalk from the Specific Plan, therefore deleting the relevant conditions from the proposed prof ect_ Staff notes that the applicant proposed to construct a sidewalk for this project from the beginning of the application process, in conformance with the Specific Plan. The applicant has stated repeatedly to staff that he will continue to install the sidewalk at Iris expense unless directed otherwise by the City_ From the beginning of the application processing, staff understood that there could be very substantial neighborhood opposition to the sidewalk, thereby potentially resulting in a direction to delete the sidewalk from the project and the Specific Plan. The existing lot Parcel 1J would take access off of Sycamore Creek Way, the other three lots would take access off of Sycamore Terrace, a private street. Although the Specific Plan permits developer to pipe the relevant portion of the creek right-of--way, the applicant has chosen to keep it in its natural state. Setbacks are applied to keep development and construction away from the creek in order to protect acid preserve it_ Mr. Pavan noted that copies of the Specific Plan maps as well as the North Sycamore Specific Plan circulation map are included in the packet; they demonstrate that the pedestrian sidewalk was stipulated by the Specific Plan. He wished to correct an error in the body of the staff report, noting that there presently exists a combined 12-foot-wide, rather than a 1 O-foot wide, public trail easement and public service easement. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES February 9, 2005 Page 8 of 22