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'` . w single-family zoning. He is concerned about the house north of the access road. That one house would become landlocked and it would be unmarketable. He questioned if they would have enough footage to provide for parking from the access road to the back, which would be another problem for that resident. Nlrs. O'Rourke asked if it is guest parking in the front. Mr. Corsi indicated it is. Mr. Koeth pointed out they should just be discussing whether it should be single-family or cluster zoning, or some other use. Mr. Kovach voiced that his objection has to do with that one home that would lose its value. Mr. Dean McKay, the councilman for the area, came forward. He said if the board does not rezone the land to single-family cluster, they will be pressured very hard to go to multi-family or apartments. There have been a number of proposals for the area already and this is the best one he has seen. Mrs. Cindy Hall of Columbia Rd. came forward to say she would be two houses from the entrance to the development. Her concern is that they already experience so much traffic, especially during the school season, and it is very difficult for her to get out of her driveway. She asked if there will be a traffic survey done. She mentioned that 31 proposed homes could result in 62 additional cars pulling out of that area. Mrs. Cheryl Kucera of Columbia Rd. indicated she has the house on the other side of the proposed driveway. Her • biggest concern is also traffic. There are many days where she cannot get out of her driveway at all. If 62 more cars are added, it will be nearly impossible to get out. There have been many accidents in front of her house and she believes there should be a traffic survey. The traff'ic gets blocked all the way up to Country Club Blvd. approximately 3 hours out of the day. Mr. Kovach added that there is also a bus stop to the north of the access road.to add to the existing traffic problem. Mr. Stephens said they are not opposed to a traffic survey. They do not want to do anything that upsets the neighborhood. The reason they chose the entrance they did is because that is where most of the landscaping will be. There will be no units there between the two homeowners that ]ive to the north and south. They understand the residents' concerns and would be happy to have a traffic study done. He was not aware there was a school bus stop there and that concerns him. He added this is not spot zoning. It is a transitional zoning between the single-family to a single-family cluster between a multi-family. If the property was shaped differently then perhaps the parcel could be single-family. The configuration of the parcel and with I-480 there, he is surprised the developer is not going for more. He said Mr. Corsi has gone out of his way to meet with the neighborhood and to try to put something in there that fits so everyone can be happy. Mr. Spalding asked how far the apartment development along Brookpark Rd. extends. Mr. Stephens indicated they extend almost the length of the whole development. Mr. Corsi said the apartments go from Columbia all the way to the backyards of Crrace Drive. Mr. Spalding said they do extend beyond where that parcel is to their east. They abut the single-family residence area. Mr. Spalding said the person that owns that other parcel has apparently never sought rezoning. He said it seems strange and if that owner wanted to put apartments in there, he would have made a request of the Planning Commission to rezone his land. Mr. Spalding indicated he is concerned about that. He is not in favor of rezoning only a part of that area. If they are going to rezone, he does not want to have an A residence stuck out on the end and have this new development as a cluster block the property up. Mr. Corsi said he can understand that concern except that there is a land owner who has existing apartments who owns raw land, the majority of which is zoned for apartments.. He consolidated the plat and a portion of it, per the city zoning, happens to be single residence A. He said as a developer and land owner, his thoughts would be that it will end up being zoned for apartments. as part of the consolidation at some point. Mr. Spalding said it can't be left out there hanging. Mr. Stephens said the land owner took it upon himself to consolidate the parcels and that is a sign of what is going to happen in the future. He would not take those steps if he planned to land bank it and let it sit there. He said it is conjecture but there is somebody getting ready to rezone a piece of single-family property to multi-family. There are good signs that something is getting ready to happen. To consolidate parcels is not inexpensive. Mr. O'Malley mentioned that he concurs with Mr. Spalding's comments. The Planning Commission is not locked in by this mock-up of what is being presented. The Planning Commission needs to serve a planning function. It needs to be concerned about landlocked parcels that neighbor the proposed development and the overall zoning map, and future street openings and how these other parcels interact. It has to go beyond this single applicant. Not long ago the Planning Commission had a similar experience with an applicant 9