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Excerpts from the Planning Commission Meeting Minutes Agenda No. 06-11 June 8, 1006 Page 3 of 10 Vice-Chair Perras asked whether large service trucks such as recycle trucks would be able to safely back out of the project and whether they would have good line of sight to see pedestrians and oncoming cars on Hays. Planner Penaranda said he believed service trucks normally operated in similar residential complexes and would have adequate line of sight with their mirrors. Chair Kleebauer suggested that the site, if it is part of a historical neighborhood, should go for review before the Library Historical Commission. Secretary PoUart said that the neighborhood has not be designated a historical neighborhood and is not within 300 feet of a designated historical property. Chair Kleebauer said that, during the January 26 work session, commissioners had strongly recommended that the entry on the front two units face east, toward the street. She said the new design incorporated that suggestion, but she was disappointed with the treatment. She said the entrance appears to be a garage entry rather than an entry to the actual unit. She noted that the porch was simply a flat covering supported by two sticks. She said the entry does not have a craftsman look and is not aesthetically pleasing. Commissioner Wohltmann asked if staff had evaluated the impact the project would have on the neighboring condos in terms of loss of view and loss of privacy. Planner Penaranda said those issues had been considered and in staffs opinion the proposed setbacks are adequate. He noted that the developer and his architect would be presenting a massing study. Commissioner Holcomb said she had strongly recommended that the sole entry to the two front units be designed so that they face Hays Street, and that her intent was not to have a second entry from the common driveway. She also said it appeared from the plans that there is a door from the garage into the entry hall which she found unnecessary because there is an inside entry to the garage. She said her intent had been to create an entry that is pleasing and visible from the street so that the two front units are in character with the surrounding single-family neighborhood. She said this approach would remove the door on the common driveway and add a formal entryway to the front of the house. Chair Kleebauer asked if commissioners wished to discuss the project with the applicant and his architect, before receiving comments from the public. Commissioners responded affirmatively. Applicant David Langon, Langon Homes, said he wished to address a few of the comments and questions from commissioners. He said in the rear of the property there is adequate space for utility vehicles and fire trucks to turn around, even with the four visitor parking spaces. He said his architect had attempted to incorporate the prior comments made by Commissioner Holcomb at the January 26 work session. He said if there was any misunderstanding, he would be very willing to take another look at both the streetscape and the roof design. He noted that the front porch roof is small in part to avoid overshadowing a window that provides light to the interior stairwell leading from