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• <br />• <br />• <br />Planning & Zoning Board <br />April 13, 2005 <br />Page 5 <br />Mr. Laden stated his concern was when would they know how much parking would be <br />necessary. Mr. Smyser replied they would know when the building site plan came in and <br />the parking needs were determined. <br />Vice Chair Tralle asked if they were proposing putting in sidewalks from the hotel to the <br />restaurant, or would the pedestrians need to walk through the parking lot. Mr. Piette <br />replied along the main road there would be a sidewalk and a natural pedestrian path in the <br />front and back of the site, as well as a public area in the front of the site. <br />Mr. Laden noted the sidewalk was a good addition, but suggested there also be more <br />pedestrian connections from the buildings. Mr. Piette replied they were open to all <br />possibilities, including bridges and benches. He stated they wanted this to be a nice <br />development. <br />Mr. Laden encouraged him to have his landscape designers make this pedestrian friendly. <br />Mr. Piette stated with respect to the fence, they would be putting in clusters of vegetation <br />that would break up the fence line. He stated there would be a maximum of 40 feet of <br />fence with landscaping features. <br />Mr. Pogalz asked if the screening had to be six feet when planted or did it have to reach <br />the height of six feet when mature. <br />Mr. Piette noted they intended to add the landscaping to the inside of the fence and not in <br />between the fence sections. <br />Mr. Smyser responded it was up to the City to determine if the landscaping should be six <br />feet when put in or six feet when mature. He noted it was difficult to put in a solid six - <br />foot height of landscaping because it would grow. <br />Vice Chair Tralle invited anyone for or against this application to make comment. <br />Rob Rafferty, 1573 Merganser Court, stated he was on the P &Z Board, but he was <br />speaking as a resident and not as a Board member. He thanked the Board for their work <br />on this development and agreed with Mr. Pogalz comments regarding the screening, but <br />expressed concern that although this was in written form, there were no visual plans and <br />the Board needed to leave themselves open to the unknown. <br />Rick Partridge, 540 77th Street, stated they had set their home back from the road and into <br />the woods for privacy when they built and he believed that all of the lots were the same <br />depth as his, but realized when the saw the survey stake that they were not as deep, so the <br />development would be almost in his back yard. He expressed concern about the noise, <br />lighting, and loss of privacy. <br />Lynn Partridge, 540 77th Street, pointed out where their home was located on the plan. <br />DRAFT MINUTES <br />