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VARIANCE AND PERMIT COMMISSION Town of Los Altos Hills 26379 Fremont Road Los Altos Hills, California MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING Wednesday, March 12, 1980 Reel 84, Side 2, Tr. 2, 065 to 274 Chairman Stewart called the meeting of the Variance and Permit Commission to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Town Hall. ROLL CALL: Present: Commissioners Kuranoff, Lachenbruch and Stewart Absent: None Also Present: City Engineer/Planner John Carlson, Secretary Ethel Hopkins APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The Minutes of February 27 were amended on Page two, paragraph two, second line of the paragraph to read: "...held by the Town until the lawsuit by Dr. Fink is settled and then relinquished if the lawsuit is in the favor of the Town." The Minutes were declared approved as amended by Chairman Stewart with the implied consent of the Commissioner in attendance at the meeting, Commissioner Carico. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1. LANDS OF CHENG, File #VAR. 2-80, 12950 Cortez Lane, Request for Recommendation of Approval of Variance in Side Setback for Solar Energy System: Mr. Carlson discussed the above request and noted that he had no further statements other than those contained in his March 7 staff report. Commissioner Lachenbruch asked about the adjacent neighbors who might be affected by the solar panel construction and whether the construction would be visible to adjacent property owners. Thereafter the hearing was opened to the public discussion. Dah Yu Cheng, 12950 Cortez Lane, Applicant, stated that adjacent neighbors would not be affected by the proposed construction and that they had expressed their approval of his variance request by signing the variance application. He discussed the necessity of having the solar panels where he had proposed them on his lot, the benefits he would gain from the use of solar power, landscaping that would shield the solar panels from the view of neighbors, and finally, requested that the Commissioners recommend approval of his request. Commissioner Stewart expressed concern that the solar panels would be observable from neighbors' back yards. He also expressed dismay that the Subdivision Committee had met and considered this request without waiting for him to arrive at the meeting. The Commission began a review of the six conditions for the granting of the variance: �r Condition 1: Commissioner Stewart suggested that a generator might be used to mitigatethedanger of power outage and so allow the panels to be located in another location other than \the heat storage tank. ah*� ( LLr,&,ew 1�)Xm 344