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Planning Commission April 22, 1998 Lands of Harari Page 2 The following comments were made by the Commission at the April 8 meeting (staff responses are in italics): • Reduce the overall height by 2 feet. The overall height of the house has been reduced by 2 feet. The building pad has been lowered 1/2 foot, the subfloor area has been reduced from 3 feet to 21/2 feet, and the roof pitch has been changed from a 5:12 to a 41/2:12 roof pitch, reducing the overall height by 2 feet. In addition, the roof plan has been changed to minimize the length of the highest roof areas. The height of the building has been lowered to 24.5 feet to the building pad. • Reduce the impact of the two story element at the front entrance. The front entrance elements have been reduced in size and the height has been reduced 2 feet with the change to the overall height of the residence. The roof at the first floor has been lowered and emphasized to break up the vertical element. In addition, the window at the second story has been reduced from 9 feet in height to 61/2 feet in height. The width of the second story window area has been reduced by 1 foot to further minimize the impact of the 2 story element. The roof of this gable is 1 foot lower than the main roof at the master bedroom area. These changes are consistent with the changes that the architect proposed at the previous hearing. • Reduce the size of the second story area. The applicant has reduced the size of the second story area by 102 square feet. The applicant has included in the calculations the 95 square feet of attic storage area above the garage as floor area. • Either eliminate the sport court or propose a semi pervious material to minimize the runoff from the development area. The applicant has not provided any information regarding semi pervious material that may be used for the construction of the sport court. • Add the 10 inch oak tree to the site plan and include 3-36 inch box native oaks to the site plan for screening from the neighbor. The applicant has provided a landscape plan which includes 3 trees to be planted along the front of the residence to break up the front elevation from the neighbor's property. In addition, the redwood tree at the entrance of the property is shown to be preserved with the construction of the driveway. The 10 inch oak tree has not been located on the site plan. • Reduce the visibility of the retaining walls at the exit of the lower level. The retaining wall at the north side of the basement has been stepped into 2 separate walls with heights of 4 feet and 41/2 feet. A 3 foot separation has been designed to allow for plantings between the walls to provide some screening. The retaining wall at the south side of the basement has increased 5inches in height due to the change in the building pad elevation to lower the residence. No changes have been proposed to mitigate the visibility of this wall.