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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes October 18, 2011 Page 6 1 Commissioner Crone questioned how the applicant can guarantee that not more than 175 people 2 will attend the church on any given day. 3 4 Mr. Baker stated that a typical Sunday will have 110-120 people and the church is estimating 5 that it will hit 170-175 people on holiday Sundays. He added that the church may want to look 6 for additional parking in the future but right now they are confident that sufficient parking exists 7 on site. 8 9 Motion by Commissioner Niccum, second by Commissioner Poucher,to recommend that the 10 City Council approve the Conditional Use Permit as proposed and limiting the maximum 11 occupancy to 175 to meet the required 70 parking stalls on site. 12 13 Commissioner Crone expressed concern about available parking stalls if the maximum 14 occupancy exceeds 175 and suggested a friendly amendment to direct the applicant to be 15 proactive in contacting neighboring businesses about using their parking as a back-up to ensure 16 that adequate parking exists. 17 18 Commissioner Niccum approved the friendly amendment. Commissioner Poucher seconded the 19 friendly amendment. 20 21 Motion carried 6-0. 22 23 4. CHANDLER PLACE—ENCROACHMENT VARIANCE INTO FRONT YARD 24 25 Chair Jensen opened the public hearing at 8:19 p.m. 26 27 Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes presented the staff report. 28 29 Mr. Alan Plutowski,Trossen Wright Plutowski Architects,PA, appeared before the Planning 30 Commission and stated that the entry drive has been changed to a one-way drive and the 31 driveway will allow a car to park and another to pass. He presented a revised sketch and stated 32 that they are looking to improve the grading of the existing drive as well because it is so steep. 33 He added they propose to build the porte cochere so that it is all within the setback, including the 34 footings. He explained that currently there is a covered vestibule that extends into the setback 35 and they will remove that structure entirely because the columns make it awkward for dropping 36 off residents. He discussed the "no parking fire lane"designation requested by the Fire 37 Department adjacent to the entrance of the porte cochere and stated that the porte cochere is 38 currently designed to include a 14' clearance; since the"no parking fire lane"will be striped,he 39 asked if they could reduce the height of the porte cochere to 12' or 12.5' which would provide 40 better protection for cars while still allowing an ambulance to enter the area. 41 42 Chair Jensen closed the public hearing at 8:25 p.m. 43 44 Commissioner Crone expressed concern about the one-way driveway and possible congestion, 45 particularly if delivery trucks and other vehicles are in the driveway when an ambulance is trying 46 to get to the building.