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<br />private roadway. There is apparently some minimum setback that they meet in all other spots <br />except this one. Mrs. O'Rourke questioned if it would be a safety issue; could fire trucks and <br />rescue squads get in there. Mr. Gilespie replied that they obviously have to confirm that with the <br />fire department, they still have to come back and do the final landscaping and so forth. Mr. <br />Spalding questioned if the parking near the drive was for guest parking. Mr. Gilespie replied <br />yes, it is for guest parking. Mr. Tallon questioned if they were three story buildings. Mr. <br />Gilespie replied yes, they all have the three-story component. Mr. Tallon questioned the notch <br />between the two buildings on the east end of the development were parking spaces. Mr. Crilespie <br />replied yes. That would be considered a guest parking place. Mr. Tallon questioned if all the <br />units had a one car garage. Mr. Gilespie replied yes. There are 40 units along with 40 garages. <br />Mr. Tallon questioned what happens if the family has two cars. Mr. Gilespie indicated that there <br />was a space in front of each driveway and there are extra reserve spaces throughout the site. <br />There are two spaces for each unit with one of those spaces being a garage. Mr. Tallon <br />questioned if there was eleven guest parking spaces. Mr. Gilespie replied that he thinks that is <br />the number. Mr. Spalding questioned the south east corner of the lot where there is an easement <br />given to a neighbor for a garage there. Mr. Gilespie replied yes there is an easement for the <br />garage because it is actually on our property. Mr. Spalding questioned if they would landscape <br />around it. Mr. Gilespie replied that if the garage were to stay, they would rather have it <br />landscaped. They will bring a landscape plan for final review. Mr. Tallon questioned how wide <br />the driveway was. Mrs. O'Rourke indicated that it would be 20 ft. wide. Mr. Gilespie replied <br />that it would typically be 22 ft. wide. Mr. Tallon indicated that they had 50 ft. from building <br />face to building face and you have 20 ft. of parking, which reduces it to 30 ft. on one side, and <br />then if you have 20 ft. on the other side, the drive would be reduced to a total width of 10 ft. Mr. <br />Gilespie replied that it might be that the actual fifty is coming from balcony to balcony and on <br />each unit the actual face of the building is set back another five feet. Mr. Tallon indicated that he <br />didn't think Mr. Gilespie was going to be able to get the fire department to sign ofF on that <br />because of turning radius and the fact that there needs to be two lanes of traffic. Mr. Spalding <br />questioned if there was anyway they could rotate the building so that the variance goes away. <br />Mr. Gilespie replied that he would end up in the rear setback. Mr. Tallon indicated that he would <br />rather see the variance for the rear setback rather than a safety variance up front. Mr. Crilespie <br />commented that he could work it out then, but they will need the rear setback variance. They <br />were trying to accommodate the setbacks as much as possible. Mr. Tallon replied that they <br />should find the two closest points on these facing buildings and take them to the 57 ft. minimum <br />distance. Mr. Gilespie replied that, as a condition of their.request, he would be happy to say get <br />that to that point and then they will have it when they come back with the final landscape plan. <br />Mrs. O'Rourke questioned how undesirable this would make that unit. Mr. Gilespie replied that <br />they were trying to keep these as far away from the freeway as possible, but in the context of the <br />big picture, it seems like a sinall price to pay to pull that unit back farther. Mr. Spalding <br />commented that there is a berm proposed anyway. Mrs. O'Rourke clarified that they were <br />moving building 42 closer to the freeway to eliminate the safety variance. Mr. Tallon questioned <br />why they couldn't eliminate one of the units and spread everything out a little bit. He might even <br />be able to eliminate all of the variances if they had fewer units. Mr. Gilespie replied that he was <br />trying to accommodate all of the needs here, but with what they are trying to do at such a high <br />level, if he starts cutting out units then the whole plan aoes out the window. So, it is one of those <br />balancing acts where he is trying to do what he can with a minimum number of units on the <br />property. He proposed coming back with some final detailed plans for the board's review. He <br />can show details like mounding and fencing. They are using vinyl fencing, which lasts longer <br />and looks much better than wood fence. Mrs. O'Rourke questioned what area he was <br />considering the green space. Mr. Gilespie replied that the large area around the site essentially. <br />2