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4? • development ca.n be one owner or a group of owners. He pointed out that there would be a lot of different ownerships since the homes would be owned individually, and the home owners association would own the common areas. Mr. Gorris pointed out that Building Commissioner Conway had mentioned in his letter that the golf course taould be a separate ownership, so apparently he had a concern. Mr. Skoulis stated that the code calls for a minimun of 1,500 square feet per unit, and in the triplexes, there is only 1,072 square feet in some of the lmits. He believed that this is the size of an apartment, and did not believe this could be considered a single family cluster home. Mr. Hill responded that, when the code was being written, they had envisioned two dwelling units attaehed side by side and in that case the 1,500 square feet would be appropriate, however, this is a tmique arrangement with which he was not familiar, and in wliich 1,500 square feet might be excessive, the smallest unit proposed is comparable to the minimum square footage required in a "C" Residence District. Mr. Skoulis is also concerned because there are not two separate exterior exits for each Lmit as required. Again, Mr. Hill stated that this was based on two units attached side by side where there would be no problem getting two neans of egress from each unit, and this is a new concept, but the Building Commissioner has no problem with the arrangement of the stacked units and he is the expert on the building codes which is based on life safety issues. He reiterated that in this code the Comnission can recomnend reasonable modifications to the Council. In response to Mrs. Hughes questions, Mr. Hill advised that the child yield in this type of development.would be very small, citing that he lives in a cluster development of 30 tmits, and in the past 14 years they ha.ve had only one or two school age children. Mr. Bower stated that he did not have the figures of their market studies, but their primary market is the empty nesters; there would probably be some single people and professional couples with no children. Originally, they had some smaller units in the triplex homes, but after some study they increased the size, these sizes exceed anything that is available in a rental district. They have built four-plex buildings with 1,200 square feet tmits which are more than adequate. He stated that this design could not be stretched to allow larger homes, and pointed out that a previously approved apartment complex had 800 square,.foot units which are considered spacious rental units. He ma.intained...that there are no developnents comparable to this proposal in the western suburbs and believed this would be a bench mark for any that came afterward. Mr. Morgan suggested that it might be helpful if the meribers could look at the four-plex buildingso Mr. Bower responded that they are not actually the same concept, but they are stacked tmits. If the Commission is concerned about setting a precedent, he pointed out that 3.8 units per acre would be a nice precedent. Mr. Dubelko clarified that the Law Department and the Building Commissioner had agreed that this is a Single Family Use, not Multi-family. As far as the staclcirlg is concerned, the Building Commissioner had determined that this does not meet the strict interpretation of the code, and would need a variance by this Comni.ssion. Mr. Conway clarified that the variance was required because of the stacking, not because there were three units, and the buildin; codes would allow one exit from a second floor of a residential.home, but the Zoning Code has stipulated two exits, so the Commission would have to address this. Mr. Skoulis is concerned about having dwelling tmits over garages in the event that a car might catch fire. Mr. ConNaay advised that there would be fire separation between the garages, as well as between the two units on the second floor. Mr. Orlowski questioned if the developer had considered designing the Vista Homes in a different structure, as mentioned by Mr. Thor.ias previously. Mr. Bower responded that they had been studying this for the past year, and the Vista Home concept is necessary to make this work. He advised that he had out bid several developers who would have destroyed the golf course and constructed single far.?ily homes, and in order to make this work financially, and keep the golf course, this mix is necessary. Mr. Orlowski questioned why they could 3