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The following residents addressed the Council stating their opposition to the Chen application: Michelle Harrison, 13490 Page Mill, Ed Stewart, 27850 Lupine Road, Mark Harrison, 13490 Page Mill, Al Harris, 27745 Lupine, Sharyn Brown, 27673 Lupine, Mrs. Silins, 27693 Lupine, June Dean, 27677 Lupine, Nancy Couperus, 13680 Page Mill, Mark Betz, 27751 Lupine, John Dukes, 27783 Lupine, Joanna Conti, 27771 Lupine. They raised the issues of the rural character of the neighborhood and specifically expressed concern about the size of the proposed house which they did not feel fit into the neighborhood at all. The following residents addressed the Council stating their support of the Chen project: Bill Sun, 12444 Robleda, Patrick Ng, 12700 Leander, Betty Ng, 12700 Leander, Mr. Chung, 12800 Camino Medio and Bobby Chao, 27875 Fawn Creek. They noted that the Chens had complied with the Town's ordinances and had worked hard to address the concerns of the neighbors. If the Chens wanted a large home and they were within the regulations, they believed they had the right to have one. Jitze Couperus, 13680 Page Mill, stated that he had mixed feelings regarding this application. While several of the changes made were quite good, he still believed the house was just too large for the neighborhood. Kim Fung, 14297 Saddle Mountain, believed that applicants should adapt themselves to neighborhoods not try to change them. Pong Ng, architect, presented an aerial overview of the proposed house and its relationship to the neighbors. Siegel supported large homes on large lots but not pushing the development limits. He thought this house just too large for this lot even though it was two acres. Siegel believed the house should be stepped down and should be one story. Hubbard stated that he thought this a difficult issue. The Town did not have a limit on the size of homes (assuming they were in conformance with the regulations) and while he was sensitive to the neighbors' concerns, he had to note that the applicant had made changes to address these concerns. Tryon also commented on the fact that there was not a limit on the size of homes (assuming they were in conformance with the regulations) and she was quite concerned about fairness and sensitivity. In the past residents had made it quite clear that they did not want limitations placed on the size of homes. Thus if it was done for one, it seemed it should apply to all. Tryon noted that the applicant had reduced the height, the setback was 220 square feet, the maximum floor area was reduced and the proposed development was 16,125' of an allowed 25,000+. Johnson noted that land use decisions should be based on the land. He believed if the guidelines had been followed this house would have been better designed. However, he found it difficult to accept the September 7, 1994 11