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Planning & Zoning Board October 12, 2005 Page 8 APPROVED MINUTES Chair Rafferty asked if they were able to work with the fourteen recommendations by staff. Mr. Janes responded he believed th ey could and believed these were commonplace recommendations. He noted one of the concer ns was the setback and in order to move the building closer, the porch would have to go away. He asked what other conditions might be added to move forward. Chair Rafferty inquired about landscaping and asked if this was part of the recommendations. Mr. Bengtson stated the la ndscaping would need to be sprinkled and they could add that as a condition of approval. Mr. Laden asked if they would be able to accomplish the 15-foot setback. Mr. Janes stated it was their point that moving the build ing up to the street, the porch had to be removed; otherwise the porch woul d go out into the sidewalk. Mr. Laden stated only a certain percentage ha d to be moved closer to the street and not the entire building. Mr. Bengtson responde d rather than the way it was currently configured, stepping back from the right-a-way ; staff had discussed having it step toward the street frontage, which would come into compliance with the 50 percent build-to line. He noted the builder had indicated they would work with staff on this. He stated it was not their intention that the en tire building be moved forward. Mr. Laden encouraged staff to work with th e developer to bring por tions of the building toward the street. Chair Rafferty stated he did not want to see everything on the same plane however. Mr. Tralle stated since this was a hotel and th e patrons of the hotel did not want to be on street level. Mr. Laden noted the apartments were required to meet the 15 foot build to and he believed this development should also have to meet this too. Mr. Tralle stated when they made some of th e standards, they did not take into account that this would be a hotel at some point and he agreed if this was goi ng to take away from the front being staggered, th at was not appropriate. Chair Rafferty asked if there was something st aff could do to meet the criteria that was set forth by the standards, and if that meant the degree of the building’s angle was to be changed, then to do it. Mr. Bengtson res ponded staff understood this and they also wanted to go more in that direction as well and they would ensure that was done. Mr. Janes indicated they were willing to wo rk with staff to meet those criteria. Chair Rafferty stated as c ondition number 15, all landscaped and sodded areas must be sprinkled. Mr. Janes noted the plans detailed that all la ndscaped areas would be irrigated and they intended to comply with it, but if they wanted this as a recommendation that was fine, but it was in the plans.