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Plain ping Com mission Minutes' ov
Oc 1lober 27, 2001
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1. CAI11J TO ORDER
Chain Julia Glisson called the Manning Clommi:ision rneetinll of MandaN, Octabear 27.
20(18 to ordeir at 6:(1`-1 p,m, in the Council Chlambears of C:it)l Hall, at 380 "A" Avenue
Laken C swago, Oregon.
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Meamber:i preseanl were Chair Jlulia Glisson, Vliaea ChI it Philip Stewart and Commissioners
A c riianna Brockman, MarM C ]scan and Scot SieiBaL Alison Weabsitar was excusead.
Staff preseanl were Eleannis Egnen, Long Range Planning Manager; H_ van Boone, Deputy
Cit)j A ti off, ey and Iris Tneinein, A dmin:i stnal ive Supparl .
III. CITUHN COMMENT
® Diana Boom, 557 EHergreen Road, explauinead Hvengreen Neighbonhlood reasideanits
wanted the City to address the problem of zero lot linea dwelling:i on 25-fbot wide :lots.
Shei said )hay wtirea "laul of syr.la" with adjaciem largear homers on wideir lals in thea R-7.1
zones. She saic thea Hveirgreien Neillhbonhlood Association had racientl}I nogaliatad a
"comprcamisea" with thle develcapear afl a project on thea bloak between A Avenuei and
Hvcargrcen, but they still wanted thea ciode changed to disallow aeno lot linea development in
a reisideinlial neighborhood. Llurinll the qua:ilioning period Commissionar Brockman
redateac that other jurisdialions required owners of substandard size lats to aggregate them.
For eaxample, the owner of threei 25' x l(10' contiguous lots was allowed to build ones
homer on thea aggregal ed partial, and not thileea homes.
Carolyne Jones, 2818 Poplar Way, wanted to know if the minuteas of eacah meealinig
could ba made available thea following week) aa she caou:ld pneparea her arguments fdr the
neat melding. Staff advis ad that the audio reacord was available on thea Cit)I weatsitea
within a few days of eaaach meeting and th ea cycle of drafting and staff) reaview cafl m inutes
typically took longer Than a week.
1VI. MINUTE S
Clommissionen Brockman maaved to approve thea Minule:a of August_ 11.,__2.008.
Clomm issionen Olson seconded thea motican and ail p a ssaed 5:0.
® Cornmiss:ioner Hroakrrlan molded to approve the Minutes of August 25, X1008. dicta Chair
Sleawarl seconded the motitin and it passed 4:0. Comm;issionear Siegel abstained.
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V. PUBLIC HEA RING
Community Dlew 1 oamenit C cede Amc nd me nts
A request fromi the City of hake Oswaga for amendments to the Community
Development Clado (CDC) and an amendment to lha Comprehensive Plan. The following
twa of the proposed ardinances Had been cionlinued from September 22, 2048.
Ordinance 2523, LU 0841053, CUC — New Inifill Floliciies, Adds policies in support of
averlay zonie:i for neighborhood plans anc residential design review.
Ordinance 2524, I1U (18-005.3, CUC -- 1nifill Amc nd m eints. Amends portions of thle
Clamimiunity Dlevelapmer.il Code, Chapter 3% for the purpose of enhancing thle
compatibil:iq of :inf 11 development anc clariificalioni. Aropomd updates pertain to the.
fallowing topics: lot coverage, maximum floor areia, structuwa designi setback planes,
yard setbacks, sloped 1 al s, residential infill design review, vaiii ancas, non=cionforming
uses, duplexes and attached dwellir.igs, flag lots, and serial partitions.
Chair Clisson opened &e publ:ia hearing and explairied the praceduwes and time limits for
testimony. She asked the Comrmssioniers to report any bias or conflict of :intaresl. Nona
wera declared. When ;iha invited public testimony, no one came f6miajid to testify.
ClommissionerrBlrockman mo -tied to continue LU 0.8-0033 to January 26, 2(109 and aiccapl
airy tastimony people. wanted to provide at the curnenit hearing. Commissioner ,Olson
seccnid e d the m otion and it pass( d 9:0.
WORK SESSION — INFILL AMEA DIMEWTS
Infill Task Florce mem bears joined Ni Comm:i ssi oners at the table for the work session.
Mai; Hgnar recalled the Infi:l_I Task Flarcia Had ciansideriad what types oft standards cauld be
ac apted at the neighborhlooc level; house s:i2a the relalionship of new blouses to existing
proper); what techriicaI changers woulc make the Cade easier; and blow f.laxibil:iq could
be built into it. He shlowed examples of infill development that had been bur ]t sinice thea
first infill code was implemar.ited.
Mi. Hgnat reported 1ha Infill Task Force had found that ciarnipatibi'lity was riot just a
function of house size. May had examined houses built un dat the infill ordinanca and
found some unattracilive houses that conformed to infill s'2e 'limits. Mast warn small
enough that if the allowable size were reduced by 10% they wciul d still bei all armed; Thlat
lac the Infrla Task F orce 1 o be] i eve that desi gn standards wou'l d help. They suggested r.iew
Comprehensive Phan policies thlat neighbothoad plans could use la design overlay
districts to make inifrl'I devellopmeinl rr. are ciorr.patibla;. and that the City would eniact a
design review process fear view residential development. Staff) reported the Infill Mask
Flarca was not unanimously in favor of recommending a design review process and the
vote to riecamm end ana was 1:3. Mr. Hgnar rapor ad that the Evergreein N e:i ghborhload
A ss uciation already had a design ovailay, and otf. at neighborhoods were th:'nking about
orae. He said lhle Infill Task Force had decided riot to fasblion or recommend blow the
designs review process would world until the City Council agreed to the cionciept, but they
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had di.aaussaed what thresholds might trigger the requirement for design reavieiw. Stalff
presebtead sarnie of tLase ideas for thresholds.
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Commissioner Siegel said A was helpful to learn thal hause size wa.i nal neaces.aariily 1ho
issue; but ha wanted to kncaw whaal problems the Infill Task Flarcaea was trying) to address.
He abserved that diffearenl peoplla had differeanl :ideas aiboul what was compatible and
aWactive, Mr. Egn€ar said That was why it wau]d not bei eaasy to salves thea "thrleshald"
issue iflthe Cit}{ adopted thea conceipl. Commissioner Elroakinan said two of thea piioblems
related to privacy and scala. She said 1 hes scam im iuni ty shlould be involved in 1 he
diwussiion of appnopniatea infill:
Infill Task Aurae membear Hmoglene Waggoners said thea majoriiq oft Task Foncea membears
and many neighborhlaod mpreasentativesa supportead the recommeincattion to eistablisrl a
design review ciommission to reivieiw reis:ideinlial infill arae remodeling priojeaats. She said
re.aident.a found thane wane still problems rcilaated Io compailibility, sine and placeamiant ilhatt
affeciled ricightorHoods. She said they reaciommended tHc City publish and offear deisign
guidelineas and examples of compatible designs Ica peicaple pneparing.to build on remodel].
9hc submitted d a design handbook for Napa, Califon. ia.
Stalff advised lhlat a neiw code section would be necessary ifs as new r aview procciss and a
new review commission were eistablishad, and a naw process waulc reaquirei sailing
threshlcalds 10 triggein deisign review. They iieported shat the I3evelopmenl Wview
Cammissiion (DTXI; alricgdN hlad a Meavy cia.aeload. ThaN cauilioned that thiashlol& :in
existing raview seicEons and the naw station shlould not be allowed to ovarilap. They
® advised thea new woiik could be done by a hleaengs offician. An Infill Tatsk Forice miamber
suggtistead a ciommisision madei up entirely of design professionals. Commissioner
Biookman necialled that Multtamiah Count)] utilized a we'll -haired staff)peirson to review
deve:lopmeinl applliciations and it worked wcil] thearea. Shle said most aplpliciatians werie
decided in a week and the decision was appealable.
Jim Bolland epplaineid the probleimi with the curnent 14wiidantial Infill Davelopmenl (RIII;
review proceass was that :staff madea the decision. He f�varcd e,,ublishing an independent
aommiission. tie said in Palo Allo, California ilhea "triggear" to deasignl raviiew was to
pioposea a sirucature blighter ishan one story. Hes ackhowledged tHat soma.poople were,
cioncaernead thle new prod asst would make davelopmenil more diffrcu 1 and expensive. E ut
he ,itiesised the curreint. standards were not working and thea Infi]1 Mask Florae wantec a
"win/wi.n" piiacess. He reported thlat a particular buillden in Finil Addition/Forest Hilhi
Neighborhaad Association (PIAN) always built the same style, inaompafble, hause.
C ne Task Force member related that if he had been at 1 ha Infill Task Force m ieeti r. g whean
the vote on the new ieview processi was conduated hes would hlave vated againsl it beaausea
He questionead what problem was 1a be solved. He said single-farnaily houses desiign
"infraacticansi" hlappaned on balh :large and small structurfas. Hes ,iaid hes did not favor a
Woceass that put the reaview requireamiant on only some appliciartls beciausea he felt if one
plearson's Home Had to be eixamined all hlomes sHould be examined. Anothler Infill Task
® Force miember Meld thal some, small, poorly designed existir..g homes shlould not be used
to measure the clam ipat1b:i 1 ity of thea naw Home neaaaby. He also obsenied that sam ie
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neighbonHoods were so big and had so many subdiv:isions built yin difftireirt eiras that thely
would need a multitude oflouerlay zones. He ciautioned that the Cliq Had only 120 da) s to
make a developmanl decision. He said 111a ti m is it look f r it he rasider. tial deisi gn review
process might be loci long la get a t ui 1 ding parmii t lo improve an axii stii ng home.
Staff aonfirmed the now standaads would apply to duplexes. THey alarif ed that the DIRCI
did not aurrar tly Haas applioat:i on s for a duplex or an acceis: city dwell i n g. A.r, In fi 11 Ta, k
Blame- membeir anlicipated the new design reiview process would result in more
arcihitealwally intencisting homiei, a, well as compatible Homes. SHe lhought getting those
results would be %orthl thea additional lime it took for review. She alarificid that the small,
poor] y designed w i sti r. €I Howe naxl door was r. of th ei k r d of "compati bi lit) " the Ir fi ll
Taskl Florca had ta1_keid about. Commi,s_icineir Brockman commenteid that a :Icil of infill
was attiaalime, tut sHe Had remirily seen a dusignl tHal offeireid the occupants r.o privacyl.
She , uggasl eid ahangeis i r �i nfi 1 l star. daads might I Iraveir. t a developer from i making
nfstakas :Dikes that. Commissioner Sieigel asked staff to bring thei Planning Commission
photographls of examplas of %Hat peoples thougHt was "attraotime" or "unauractiva."
Commissionein Brookman relaled she hoc suggested Lake Osweigo Neighborhood Acticin
Coalilion (LCINAC) mamber, bring piatuies to thle heiaaing
Staff rapori eid that altHougH theirei Had been no con, eir. su, to recommeind a now. dosigq
reviaw pnocas s, the Infill Ta, kl Farcies Had neachled con: en sus - about mcis t of 1 he otHer
recommen dation, . THey explai r. ed the proposed , tandard, a ddrassed the issue of House
size through :lot uovarage and f cion area :limitation iievi,ions. THey said thea remised code.
wou:l d i mprova code provi s ions thw shrunk all 1 owabl a :I co coverages a, Haight i norea, ed by
"smoothing out" a sudden, larges decrease in allowable aciveiragei between 22 and a?I ftiet
in heigHt. Them explaineid that would improve how tha aodei afftictud housels or sloped
lots. Thci) sai c 1 hei proposed iievis ions similarly smootHed out thea scaled re:I al ion ship of
lot ,iza to hciuse sizes ir a tmici-Ilarl formula. The caleulalior. ofl I :loor Areia Rlatici (FIARI)
a:llawed tho first _`1,(1(10 sq. fi. cif the lol to have 3,000 sq. ft. of floor area, and then
multiplied the reimaiming lot areE- by .2 FAR to find thea remaining sq. ft. of allowable
floor area. For eixarr.ple, IN al:IcwabIc floor area on a 10,000 ,iq. ft. lcil would be _1,(100
sq. fl., Illus 1,000 sq. fi. (.a BAR x 5,000 sq. fl. of lot) or 4;00(1 sq. ft. Howeivein, ,sine
current ,landards exciludad garage awa from floor area, which allowed ownetis to build
very Iangei garageis and slil] meel allawabla AARI, the Infill Taskl Rome rewommended
uhlanging How the garage affeul ed FAR. Thei formula to calculate allowable floor area
would tHen be the total of 3,000 sq. ft., plus '.2 FAR x the iiemaining lot area, plus the
Manage area.
Commissioner Siagel asked if the FARI limit was r.eices,ar)l when theira were so miany
olheui standards to relate house sizes to its lot. Mr. Bolland stresseid that iiI was neceissar)i
bacau,e tharei weirs so many way1, to gel Class 1 varianceis and otheir emceptions to heiight
arse satbackE, wHich made a House uonsideirably :Iaigeui. Canis i, sioneri Siegel opined that
th ei code was a struatw a dis asReri and the propcis ed revis i ons would makes i 1 elven morei
uompliaated. Mi. Hgnar alariifieid the new formula, would not make new infill an3j
smaller, beiaausei they weina fixie, fbri a few "gl:ilcifles" it tha current code, ir.aluding one
that ga-viei a builder bcinus lot coveragei for a deitauhad garages. Hei reported that in autualiq
peici Il e � ere buill di r g both an attached and a deita chled gaiage on lots it PAN. Helnue, onei
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recommended "fix" was to only allow bonus lot comenaga ifl only one garage was built,
and it was detaahad.
Mr. Hgrnar recalled that the Infill Task Nonce Had talked a lot about How 10 reduae House
sizes, but ended up necammiending design remiew. Some Infill "Bask Florce Members
incicated they felt that ifllhle City Council did not acaeplt the design naviiew conaept tray
needed to do more world on FIA RI limitatiam. Mr. Bolland agreed, and recalllad tHal samie
members thought that c eis:ign remiew would Help get rid of lrie RID process.
Mn. Egnar reporteid tha Infill Taskl Florce had noticed that cornen lot setbaciks were
shallower than front setbaakls. So thaN recommended a new corner 11 al plane standard that
was , imilar I 1he auniant front yard plane. He said the intant oft both standards was to
plush) the bulk) oft the structure back from the street. Ilha pllane aould bei piemced within
spaci.fied ranges by certain elements, such) as dormiersi. Commissi ineir Siglal asked staff
to bring exarriplas to thle Hearing for the Commissioners to exarnina. Mv. Egnelr reported
that the Infill "Bask Florca also recommianc eid a sides yard setbaakl planes. 11 was intwidad to
reduce bulk at lha property lines the caualopment shared with neighbors. Hes said the
Infill Taskl Hcirce reccmmiended allowing landsaapling as a way to break up large
sidawalls, and allowing a wrapl-around parch ar balcony to break up the wails on corner
.lots.
Mir. Bolland raaalllad the Infill Task Harce fell it was too aasN to use the Class 1 mar7ance
process and they wantac to put miora limits on it. Theiy recamimiended not allowing a less
than fine -foot side yard viarianca in tha Class 1 pracess. The applicant would have to usei
® tHa Class 2 process where a uarianaa was Harden to get.
Staff and the Commissionaris disciussed how the infill ahanges would apply to sloped lots.
Mei. Egnar explained 11.1a uphill end of a hawse in FAN would still be llimitad to 22 fl iat in
Heighl, but the down slople and could rime an additianal four feet to adjust fbn the typical
fbur-fool drip on a sligrtly sloped FLAN lot. The Commissiianers recalled a Casa wHere
lha builder had sunk a house furttieui into an. excamalion holes in ardor to kleap tri entira
struiclura under as feel becausa :ifl it wave any highar the allowable lot coverage would
shrink. Mt. Egnlar said trere was a trend for increased lot comeriaga cues to a desire fOr a
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aster bedroom on the ground f, oor. Mr. Hgnan said the racommanded change anly
applied in BAN, but eventually othar neighbo ihaods with small, slightly slopad lots mighl
wanil to adapil it.
Mr. Egner explained the ahangas to regulailions tHall applied to steeiply sloped lots. Ha
said they ware inilandad to allow noorim fori a master bedroom on the miain f acn, which was
what an aging papulation faworeid. Thera was a Height -lo -slope scale that allowed more
heigHt on staepler slopes, and fiar eueryl fbot of height ov�eili 35 feat, ana more foal of
salbackl was required. Mr. Bgnaii axplained blow the front setback plana would be
measured whan the lot sloped downhill from ilhei sheet. The Clommissioners examined a
Ilcuse in Mauntalini Park and oamideried how the new standards would apply to lot: that
slapad uphill and downhill frami the streeil. Staff advised tha front sentackl plane
; landarids helped control the relationship to tr a strieat, and athero diimiensianal standards
controlled the bulk. They acmised thal the zoning standards in Mountain Bark had been
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usitabl is held and set in that duveil opment's . Planneid Deve:l opmeinl (FID) appnoval, and thea
now :infill regull anion! would not ahange t1 eros. InfiI II Tmkl Flarcae marc bears anticipated thea
new standards would app) to alhen situciply ssloped areas ir.i the City whore 193(isi and i.
1960s viritagu housusi would bei replaced ir.i thea future.
Thea Infill) Task Forae reiaommended eliminating Ress:i duns i a] Infill Duveil oprr. eir.it (RID)
revi eaw for lot coverages, fl acar area and height so an appli sant had to usie the variancea
plrocesisa to ahangei them. They acid :i1 was loo easy to change lheim usiing RID. They said
thea RID pracims caaulld continue to be used to consider ahan€leis in other requirements, and
thea Clla;is 1 variance plrocuss could continues to be uaead to review, minor remodeling
ahangeas and consectirg survey eaniors, but th(a) definiteaiy did nat want the C'Iasss 1 plrocesisa
wiead to aplplrovea especially narrow sides yards. Some anlic:ipaled that ifltl.ea City adopted
thea residential design review, procaeiss, RID might be ell i minated entirely.
Tha Infill Task Fonae proposed to allow rebuilding of a nor.iaor.ifkirming structure within
the sannae enve'lopa if it were destrayed by natursall causes ar'demolished. Tllhey eApllainead
the) be'l i eved tI a eaxi sti n€l standard that set a thresHol d of 50% reel aceam eirit value had
inhibiled reamodeling activity and resulted in unnecaessary demolition oflstnicturies.
The Infill Iask Force proposed to apply infill 5 tmdards to duplexes. Because they found
duplex garages typically took) up more than the current 'limit of 50% off the length aft a
house frant alevalioni, they recaommended allowing dupllax gajaiges 10 take up as mucah as
60% cafllhe franl facade, and even more oft it if certain designs features were added. Mr.
Egner agreed to rusearal;l how this standard would aaplplly to a €garage on a ccamar lot.
The Infill) Task Florce raecaomrrended f a8 lot standards to orient hauses so they related
bet) er to aachl othler and to the acaae.as lane. Thley also reaommended strong_ arc street
connecalivity standards.
Commissicaner Broakman thanked the Infill 'Elask Force for their wonkl. Shea obsurvad that
moat infill houses were of good design, and only a flaw were not. rhea was especially
concum ad about houses that featured espleciiallly long walls and ereaitad privacy issues.
When Clomm i ssionen Siegel asked if l setbacks m ighlt bei avaraaged1 a improve house-to-
house relationships, Mi. Bgnear ant:iaiplatead it would be hard to match multiple aide yards.
An Infill Task Porae member expllair.sed the proposed regulations offered rr. arc flexibillity
to m ave a house on its lot to save trees without a variaance pinacaess. Mr. Egner cla�iifred fbn
Cammissicinear Sieagel that Thea Task Foncehad nal discussed sollar amass. Chain Clissons
thanked the group for their --hard work) and for providing aNiatnplles all developmenl that
had oacurrad sirsce the ariiginal irsfrlll standard, waare aadaptead.
Mr. Egnen aNaplained a handout he had distr:butead that diffenentiated belwuar.s a house than
was accidFantally and intentionally deastra)ad was languages suggeasibud by an Infilll Task
Force subcommittees That mel recently and the City Attorney had not yet reaviewead it. A
TllaA Florce rr. ember recaal lead thea Tllask Florce had added a prov:i sion to addr ess structuress
an the IJandmark Dusignal ions List.
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Mr. Boone observed that the graup wanted to preserve the ability) to rebuild a
nioniconifbrrriirn8 house, but ilhey had.also expressed disfavor of some houses such as one
® with especially long wCIs - thatl they might not want iiebuilt. Clommrissionen Brockman
explained That people who bought prcape rty ne x1 it a suah a house kdewa what they were
buying, but people laving in. existing homes could be surgriised by what. Eloil built next door
to therm. Mil. Holland said the clurieanl code was confusing beaaausea it was riot clear if thea
50% replacaement value lhreashold meant assessed can market value. He said the Task
Farcae wantead an owner to baablea to reamodal even if a pail of the house weal
nioniconifbrmunig. He necaalaeac that FAN had,tfled to fund a way to pneveanl cnealioni of flaEl
lots by alllawiing paraels to be d. ivided :into regular lots, but thea problem was each lot ccauld
not meet minimum silreet width. T .e neacaornmended ahara8es would allow mono fleixibilit)I
to make that frontafle a little narrawaen. Commissicanear Brockman commear.rted that was
why people designed really long houses on .narrow lots. Mr. Egnen nelatead teat thea Infill
'bask. Ponce subaommitilee had abservied that in the Cit)I oft Palo Allto driveways along the
side setbaak to ilhea back of the :lot searvead to separale houseas, and that might work we'll on
deaeap; skinny 11als.
Chair C lissom neopenead the public heaariinig and inviteid public comments,
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ana Boom, 557 EvcrgreEan Road, caariified the devealoprranit she had referred 10 during
tra Publil a Commelrat period had been allowed by RIM reaview and she did riot think that
deaveiopen should have beear.r allowed to use the RITZ prloceass to get araund zoning
reagul ati cans.
® Carolvn Krebs, 16925 DEannfay Court, stressed that the Laka Forest Naighbarhood did
not support the proposed ahainges regarding fail lots and zero llal Eine parlitions and They
had told tie Infill 'bask Forcea they did riot want to be fbrcaed tca corir.ect streets ilhraugh 1he
natural areas in their neiighbonhood. They did not want thea cut through tnaffia and noise
that would result from .franc caonneat:ions, and they believed the arena was acaaessitle
enioudh now. Sha alar'afied they could suppar allowing accesses that allowed owners to
develop their lots, buil riot thiiough streets through f. ag lots and true groves that caonnacated
streets 'like Parkear and Kimble. When she was asked have they felt abaut neaquirirvEl all
houses along a f. aEl lot to be or enilead toward a shared, cfanilral lana; Ms. Kilebs indicaated
they mighl agreie to thlat els long as 111a access was not exteanded all the way through the
back of 1he pnoparty. Shea iieferned to the propos ad provisicin to be applied to FDI;i of 1.7.`1
acaneis and wonried that waulld impose connectivityilhat wauld haveila 8a thrlough areas oft
natural resounceas. She askled if the ne ighbarhood plan acau:ld ba used to "`opt aut" of the
requiremar.it; whish she said solved a connectivity problem that Lake Fairest did not have.
Commissianar Siagal observread 11de Farest hac aspeacaiallly long blocks anc asked iflthey
wanted to see connecting peadesilrian ways to maks the walk bealwaeini streets shaver. Ms.
Krebs,.ir.rdicailed there was good peaceastriian canraeaativ:ityl allready and she worriiid more
conniecilinig pathways waullc impaat 1he nralural rasouictsw Commissioneii Siagal askead.
why new development should riot be allowed to build new driveways That oonnectead
Kimble and Parkar streeils. He naaallled the aurrenit code required a new subdivisior.i la
plan an access every 600-80(I feiet. Ms. Kileb:a asked why neight anhood iiesidents shauld
9 riot have a voice inr that. She said they alneadN had plenty cif lconriectivity.
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Ms. Kilebs stressed stile had atuindeid many Infill Tadd Horace meetings to aonvay what her
neighboncaod wanled and thea riecaommended soda was cixactly what they did not want.
When Commissioneir Sicip] asked why thlci fllag lot cionnealivity provisions were
prcposed, staff reicallcid they wcirei initcindcid to addreiss thea reilationsHip of a flag lot with
the other lol and create a dcis:inat le patilarri tHat cin€leindaned a senses oft community. Tlhley
recalled in Task Horace di scaussi ons the group had not cinvi s:i oned l he ]ane system as a
thdoughway, but a privates driveway that eaxtended to meat a street. Ms. Kreabs questioried
haw drivers could be provonuid fiom using such a driveway as a shcartcaut. SHe said it
would destroy her n aigHbcrhood Commissicanear Clscan agraod it would ke lempt:ing to
uses it when the block: were so longi. Commissionan Siegel reacaallad fire code provisions
that reaquirod a driveway tHat was mics than ISO faet long to faatura a lumarcaund. Mn.
Egrier said if the devaloper could damoristrate thea driveway was suppcased to eventually
go through the firs departrr. ant miigHthot require a.1urnarcaund.
Ms, Kilebs said thea naighboncaod p11 annad to meat tca fashican d air carom antra on the infi 11
recommor.idations. She said lhay were focaused on imiplemeantir.ig tHeir naightcrhood plan
and eixplcring what a design oven:lay would help tHem do in tHein neighborhood. Mn.
Egner wasoned that Laken Foncast Had not been fully davelopeid yet beacaause. parts of it did
riot yal Have accass to sower service and because of thea slowing eacionomy. He said
because of tHal thay might have time to develop an overlay.
C arci Pyne Jones, 2818 F oplar Wlati, said she was speaking for hearsealf and on beHalf of
the Glanmorrie Ne:ighboiHood Asscaaiation. Shea indicated stile was conccrnead that the
City's natural nescauraa designation llimited wHat sHe and 2I0 other prcaparty ownens in her
ne:i ghborhlocad aoul d do with their large lots. She said she had eanough land lea partition it
into two lots, but the Clity was going to makes her property uri-buildable. She said shci was
not sures haw she would be allowed to rebuild her house cr redevelop Her property. Shle
wanted the City to calarify that. The Commissiicaners askad staff lto meet w:ilh Ms. Jones to
bettor understand her questions and Help calar.ify what stile eculd do on her property. She
said rhea wcauld bring the report the natural rosouncas coordiniator clad given her, after a
site visit, that 11 alk ed about regul atii c ns thait prc t actead thea stream con idoii and How
nonaonfhrrr,ing struictures would ba addresscad.. Sha said :il was very confusing. Staffl
advised that tha Infi1:1 Task Fcrcaa rnecaommended allowing an owner to rat uiId in tf.a same
footprint if a nonconforming houses were destroyed, but ii he current code raquirad flim/her
to reabuild a house that conformed tea current regulations. Ms. Jones said she eurrcanllly Had
a smal l er blouses than Hen nes ghbons enjoyed and stile w oul d want to be a] lowead to bui l d a
House as large as fficirs. She stressad that stream cicamidor property owners should Have
the same rights as lakofrcanil property awnens.
Commssicanesr Bnoakman moped to continue LIU 4FI-0053 to Jlanuary.�l6, 20(151 and aaaept
written test:imcany. Commissioner Olson seconded tiro motion and it passed 5,0.�
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VII. OTE ER BUSINI ]SS — PILANN INIG CC MMISSION
® None.
VIII. OTHER BUSINI ]SS — CUMMISSION FOR CIIT]ZEN INVCIJMBMENT
Palisades Nl jkhborhood Hans
The Commissioneirs and staff re(ialkid thea City Council's discussian of Thea Aal;isadtis
NeighbonHood Alan. Theay recalled thle Council wanted to einswe that congregates (ime
fk ;litieis ciould be llociated ir the neaighlborhood and they ciould be a friamially viable sizei.
T .oy did not favor thea plan's .6 FART neistnlcition, whieah they observed was less than what
Avarn are had Icien al]owed. However, thley asked stalffIto fasHican a policy tHal ahlawed
thle neighborhood to have deisign standards to cr.isune lhlea faciiliilies refici ated neiighbarhood
characiler. Some Clommissionev thaught thea Council geir.iemallly Mvoreid applying
roquiremtints fbr sucH fhciil:ilies as citywide standards: They wondered where There would
be parcaeils :largea.enough for thea faciiliilies.
Staff rclattid thal lheire was a trend for cihurcihus to takes advantage of laws that allowed
them to locates outside of urban grawth baundaries and still their City property. THese
mighlt ofltir appropriaw sized parcels f✓ m congregates (iaje foci :lities Commissioner
Bvocikman recalled tHti neiighlbcirHood had been alloweid to g a through thti ! planning
prociess with no City Councill dinecilion about neighborhood planning and 1LIea iissuea of
"aging in placea. She rticial:lead thle Council) Had expresscid cionciern about the cost of
neigHborhlood pllannir.gl. Shle save a oed ilo Help thea next Council undersatand tHti funcit:ion
® and role ofl neighborhood Fllann_ing so thtay would not have to dtabate w lat ilhat was.
CommiiSsiontar C]'son said thea Councii] should be more, aware afI How thea I'llanning
Commiissilon vias working wilh neaighborhoodsa and that ilhery had been en(iciuragirigl them
to codify more po:liciies. Slag recalled thea Clcaunuil had worriiead aboul the :leagal
consaeaquear.iciesa ofladopling the Hal:isades plan to limil the facii:lilies to .El FAR and making
facilities likta Avamaare nonconforming uses.
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dill. A DIJ CIURNIMFINT
Theirc Icing no further business befove thea I'llanning Commission, Chain Gl;issaan
adj aura ed 1 he meeting at SIKKI p.m.
Respectfully submitilod,
Iris Tneintin
A dministrall i ve Supparn
Cit) oflLaake Osweago fl] aming Corrimiss'can
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