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Planning Commission Meeting Draft Minutes Excerpt for meeting of April 12, 2007 Page 2 of 10 The plans call for 16 townhomes across the MacArthur Boulevard frontage, a "five-plex" at the southerly end of the interior, and a duplex on Herma Court. Although the initial proposal included a circular commercial space at the MacArthur/HermaIBroadmoor comer, after a July 2006 Planning Commission Work Session on the subject property, the developer revised the proposal to make it a residential-only. If the developer wants to modify the PD at some future date to incorporate "flex" space, he would first have to come back to the Planning Commission for review. 20 of the 23 units have two-car garages, some of which have tandem setups. Three units, which are identified as the development's inclusionary housing units, have one-car garages. There are six guest parking spaces within the confines of the development. Architectural detailing reflects the craftsman style characteristic of the neighborhood, and it has been revised since the Work Session to incorporate more differentiation into the roof lines. Floor plans for the units include playrooms on the ground floor, second-floor bedrooms (or studies that the Building Code classifies as bedrooms) and common space including living, dining and kitchen; and a set-back third floor with two bedrooms and two full baths. Units range from 1,151-2,042 square feet. Landscaping and vegetation would help screen interior traffic, some of which will make a right-turn-only exit onto Herma Court. The landscape plan incorporates flowering accent trees and screening around the perimeter, as well as a private "passive" park with an adjacent tot lot and greenery but not barbecue pits and other gathering places that might create noise problems with neighbors on each side. Times of use in the park also will be restricted in deference to concerns that neighbors have expressed. The proposed development in this case calls for exceptions to the underlying zoning standards for floor area ratio (FAR), setbacks, landscaping provisions, minimum parking requirements, and fence height. . FAR - The total cumulative FAR is approximately 75%, where the underlying CC District standard is 50%. Typically, only about 22,000 of livable area would be permitted on an acre (43,000-square-foot) lot. In this case, there is about 30,000 square feet of livable area. . Setbacks -The duplex is set back 13 or more feet, whereas 20 feet is the typical setback in RS Districts. Setbacks for the townhome units meet or exceed standards except for the comer side at the northernmost edge, where there is a zero setback proposed while the standard calls for a 10-foot comer setback. . Landscaping - The 10-foot setback in the front of the property is only partially landscaped, because the patio portion is not considered landscaping. . Parking - Standards call for 58 spaces, whereas the project proposes 49 (2.5 per unit required; 2.13 provided.) Parking standards also requires exceptions for 10 of the development's 23 units - seven residences with tandem arrangements and three with one-car garages. The project also is expected to add 10 spaces to the street parking supply. . Fence walls - 5-foot fence/walls in the front setbacks exceed the typical maximum by 2 feet. As for density, the portions of the properties designated in the General Plan as "low residential" and "corridor mixed use" combined allow up to 25.3 units on the acre site.