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Approved February 4, 2021 <br />2 <br />Planning Commission Special Meeting January 14, 2021 Minutes <br /> Chair Patel opened the PUBLIC HEARING. <br />Assistant Planner Krista Yost presented the staff report, noting that the project was <br />elevated to the Planning Commission because of the Grading Policy exception. <br />Francis P, applicant, and Peter Baltay, project architect, presented the project and <br />outlined the reasons for why the Grading Policy exception as being requested. <br />The Commission asked the project architect and staff clarifying questions about the <br />project. <br />Public Comment <br />No comments. <br />Chair Patel closed the PUBLIC HEARING. <br />Commission Discussion <br />Vice-Chair Indaco shared photos of the property and expressed concerns related to <br />the amount and placement of exterior lighting design and the scale of the Grading <br />Policy exception being requested. <br />Commissioner Couperus noted that the house and garage design could have been <br />flipped with a reduced front yard setback to reduce or eliminate the Grading Policy <br />Exception request, but that the project as designed was preferable when viewed from <br />the street or adjacent properties and that that could be a basis to support the exception <br />request. <br />Commissioner Waschura expressed agreement with Commissioner Couperus' <br />comments. <br />Commissioner Smith expressed agreement with Commissioner Couperus' <br />comments. <br />Chair Patel expressed concern about the scale of the Grading Policy exception being <br />requested, noting that there could be design revisions that brought the project closer <br />to complying with the Town’s Grading Policy. <br />Commissioner further discussed the project and different ways that the project could <br />revise its design to lessen the scope of the exemption being requested. <br /> <br /> MOTION MADE AND SECONDED: Motion by Commissioner Waschura to <br />Continue the application to a future meeting to allow the architect to reduce the <br />grading exceptions and revise the project design per the Commissions comments, <br />clarify the design of the ADU/JADU in the basement, and reduce the amount of <br />exterior lighting proposed. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Smith. <br /> <br /> AYES: Commissioner Couperus, Commissioner Smith, Commissioner <br />Waschura, Vice-Chair Indaco, Chair Patel <br /> NOES: None <br /> ABSENT: None <br /> ABSTAIN: None <br /> MOTION: Carried 5-0 <br />