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Planning Commission Minutes DRAFT July 17, 2008 Page 3 Commissioner Abraham commented that he felt that the reason for the large lightwells at the basement level was to avoid counting the area in the MFA calculations. Commissioner Collins asked why such a wide lightwell was needed. Shad Shakralla said the proposed cut for the lightwell was to bring more light and a feeling of openness to the back of the house. Commissioner Clow asked why the garage was located on the south side of the house and not the north side. The two heritage oak trees would not need to be removed if the garage was built on the north side of the lot. Keeping the two oak trees would provide screening of the new residence from the Cleary's home on Silent Hills Lane. Shad Shakralla explained that locating the garage on the south side of the house made more design sense. The new house would possibly be under the canopy of the two trees even if the garage was not in that location. He felt that adequate screening could be provided at the time of the landscape screening plan. Commissioner Cottrell asked if the garage could be located closer to the landslide line. Shad Shakralla felt that the geotechnical consultant would not be agreeable to moving the garage closer to the landslide and the house could not be moved toward the front of the lot without raising the height of the house. Chairman Harpootlian asked staff if the inability to move the house because of the landslide setback had been discussed previously. Debbie Pedro said that the Town's geotechnical consultant had not commented on the potential of moving the house within the landside setback. Chairman Harpoothan asked about the use of the 500 square foot development area solar bonus and effectiveness of the solar panels placed in the northwest location of the roof. Shad Shakralla explained that the decision for the location of the panels had been made after a neighbor on Julietta Lane had concerns over possible view of the solar panels from their property. The solar panels were moved to accommodate the neighbor. Commissioner Abraham stated that solar panels installed in that location would not function well. Chairman Harpoothan said that there must be a location on the roof for the solar panels to be installed where the sun would shine on them. Commissioner Abraham asked the reason why the garage was changed from the previous location in the basement.