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All right.
This calls to order the Monday, August
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31st, 2026 Fairway Planning Commission
meeting. First item of business is
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approval of the minutes for the meeting
held on July 27th, 2026. Is there any
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discussion or does someone want to make
a motion?
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[clears throat]
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» Is there a second?
>> Second. All those in favor?
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» I I
>> All right. Motion passes. Next item of
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business is item A, public old business.
Item A, public hearing continued from
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June 29th, 2026 for a site plan review
for 5815 Cherokee Drive. Uh we've been
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told that this has been pulled and we um
it's no longer on the agenda. Okay. So,
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moving on. Item three, new business.
Item A, site plan review for 6032
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Delmare Street, Fairway, Kansas. request
for new single family residents with
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exceptions to window hierarchy on left
and right elevations. Basel, will you
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please provide your report?
>> Yes, I'll let my report stand as
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submitted. Uh they will need part of uh
staff is not opposed to the application.
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Uh they do have the hierarchy issue on
the left and rear elevation and then
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they do need approval from city council
for the
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rideway tree
close to it
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for questions.
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» When you get a chance, will you pull up
drawing A2.2? I think it's the last one
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in the set.
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Uh, A2.2.
I think that might be it maybe.
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» Yeah. So, Basel, do you want to just
confirm which windows we're discussing?
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» Windows we're discussing.
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So the rear eleation has those three
windows, the smaller ones
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below it are the larger windows.
Any
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other questions for staff?
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» Okay. Any discussion on the plans or the
window hierarchy?
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» I don't have any comments to this. That
looks okay to me.
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» The same. Yeah, I'm good with that.
>> I agree.
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» Yeah. I' I'd like to um I'd like to make
a motion um to approve the um or the
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exception for left and right um
elevation facads to have the lower
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windows and upper windows not in
alignment.
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» Second.
>> And so conditions, right?
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subject to
>> subject. Yeah. Subject to stop
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conditions.
>> Was there a second?
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» I'll second.
>> All in favor?
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» I.
>> All right. Motion passes.
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» Next item of business is item B. Site
plan review for 5942 locked in lane,
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Fairway, Kansas. Request for a new
single family residence with exceptions
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to minimum 40ft front setback and window
hierarchy on the left elevation. Basel,
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will you please provide your staff
report?
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Again, I'll let my report stand as
submitted. U they are seeking uh the
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exception to line up the house with the
rest of the house which is at 35 ft.
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The hierarchy is for the left elevation.
Staff is not opposed to the application.
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Is the window hierarchy the one on the
right, that top right window?
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» Or I guess it's probably both top
windows.
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» It's It's the Yeah, the top windows.
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» Any other questions for staff?
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» Any discussion? Uh the applicant's here
too if we have questions for the
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applicant.
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I guess to confirm the setback is to
align with the adjacent properties
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» adjacent houses.
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» Any discussion?
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None. Does someone want to make a
motion?
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» I'll make a motion that we approve the
plans as submitted allowing the
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exception for the front setback in the
window hierarchy on the left side
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elevation subject to staff
recommendations.
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» Second.
>> All those in favor? I
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» All right. Motion passes.
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Next item of business is item C, site
plan review for 6114 Fontana Street,
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Fairway, Kansas. Request for a new
single family residence with exceptions
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to window hierarchy, right, left, and
front elevations. Basel, will you please
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provide your staff report?
>> Okay, I'll I'll let my report stand as
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submitted with just one modification.
The front elevation is is not a problem.
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Uh but the
right and left are as far as the
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exception for the hierarchy
and staff is not opposed to the
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application.
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» Any other questions for staff?
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What's the m or yeah maximum space you
can have without a window or door or any
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plane change
>> uh for a wall it depends on if it's uh
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two story or one story I think it's 600
600
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» that is just for architectural relief
there is a thing that says you have to
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have a certain number of windows within
a square footage it's just the
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percentage for that entire facade
Okay. But was is there something for
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architectural relief? You can't just
have an expanse of a wall, right?
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» That's the 600 square feet of the
relief. Yeah.
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» I'm just curious the the right elevation
on the first floor, that one window in
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the middle.
Is that the is that the kitchen? Why is
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it placed there? Do we know?
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should be
>> bathroom.
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» Yeah, it looks like it's over the
toilet.
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» Yeah, I could.
>> It's this one. Yeah,
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» okay.
>> It's above It's above the lab.
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» Okay. I couldn't tell for sure. Thank
you.
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Is there any comments?
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I personally wish the applicant was here
so we could talk through it a little
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more because it does
I do have questions for the applicant
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but they're not here so we'll just have
to make a decision without their um
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commentary
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» what are your questions
>> I mean why they have located the windows
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the way they have and haven't maybe
added one in the kitchen it does feel a
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little bit Um,
I mean the whole goal is to have them
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aligned and it doesn't feel aligned.
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» Yeah. I guess other than the hierarchy,
the the one wall, the 476 square feet
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does meet the
requirements.
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It just looks kind of weird. Is that
maybe that's what you're getting at is
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seems like a good place for a window.
>> Well, yeah. And then there could be some
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more alignment with the hierarchy,
>> right?
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» Instead of three windows on top and one
>> in that middle space,
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» left one doesn't align with the ones
above it, but it's different planes at
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least.
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I mean, like, fundamentally, I don't
know that I'm opposed
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because it's on the side elevation,
but that one at least that we're looking
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at is on the side elevation, so it's
probably not very visible, especially in
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that area of town that houses are close
together. So, doesn't bother me all that
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much, but I agree it'd be
nice to ask if we could get one there.
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» You always have the option to you if you
like.
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» Just want to throw that.
>> I know. I know.
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» Yeah.
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» Any other thoughts?
>> I'm I'm open to continuing. If you've
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got questions that are unresolved, then
you know,
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» do we know what the uh status of this
build is? like if they if we continue to
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a month, is that going to cause a big
problem for the builder?
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» I don't know. I know he's coming next
month for two other houses.
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» I guess with that being said, have we
approved this in the past and I just
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don't remember it
>> that Princeton I think we have. I mean,
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he's not changing.
Once one is popular, he's using
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he's building it over and over. Yeah,
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» made minor modification but that
Princeton I know we've we've approved.
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» Is this the one where there's usually
like an outdoor
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» No, this is a different one.
>> All right.
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Other
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comments or thoughts?
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» I don't know that I hate it enough to
continue it. Yeah, I would agree.
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I don't want to hold them up, but this
is not compliant. I mean, it's not just
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a little not compliant in my view.
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» Yeah. I would hate to find out. I wish
we could know if we've approved this in
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the past. I don't know how hard that
would be able to look that up.
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I'd hate to continue it and then find
out, oh, we actually approved it a year
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ago.
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Yeah, I don't think
I have to go into I mean it's not as
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fast as
>> Yeah,
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» because we don't go by the name but I
know
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I've seen that Princip I can't give you
how many or
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» or what it actually looked like because
they are a little different.
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» Three years ago we were not as strict on
That's fair.
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» I don't know if the if the applicant's
going to be here next month anyway. I
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don't know what the tremendous
inconveniences to just asking him next
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time he's here, especially if there's
not any sort of construction delay.
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Um he's once he gets approval he's
getting the permits right away
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» compared to other builders they wait a
few months.
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» What are the what are the rules around
uh calling the applicant?
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Well, they know that they're scheduled
today. So, I mean, that's that's the way
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it works. It's either a decision, you
know, if they choose not to appear, a
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decision is going to be made without
them or they're or it's going to be
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continued.
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» Well, without the applicant here, I
mean, I think it's fair to say that we
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could ask them the next meeting to help
us understand, and that would probably
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give us some time to also confirm if
we've reviewed this one in the past.
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Is that how heavy of a lift is that for
you guys that
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» not harder?
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» And I mean if it was three years ago
then maybe it's worth looking at it
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again but if it was six months ago
>> everything is online so I can just pop
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the first page and
Okay,
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» it's up to you guys. What do you Does
someone want to make a motion to
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continue it or a motion to approve?
>> And to be clear, too. Sorry. The the
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date we if we continue, we'd like to set
up for a date certain and the date of
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the next meeting is September 28th,
right?
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I'll make a motion that we continue this
until the September 28th docket.
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» Second.
>> All those in favor?
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» I
>> I
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» opposed. Okay. Motion is continued.
Next item is item D, discussion on the
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Fairway Municipal Code Chapter 15.
Is Abby, is this your report or is
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Basel? Both of you are on this.
on the solar. I took the lead on that
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one and then the basin's Basel had the
lead on that one.
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» Okay.
>> So, we divided it up.
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» Do you want to go over anything on the
solar with us?
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» Uh, yes. Let me pull that up.
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I don't know what page that is. Yours is
quite thicker than uh fossil.
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» Yeah. When we started looking at the
solar, it was more than just the R1.
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Then we realized we hadn't addressed it
in some of the other zones. So that why
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and then also we kind of had more
discussion in that to work off of. So we
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already had enough to actually craft
into the ordinance and have you review
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the red line. So we're a little bit
further on that one just because it was
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existing already compared to the basins
is starting something new.
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These watershed analysis are really
long.
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Here we go.
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Let's go storm water first.
So on the solar um just a history on
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that we put it in place and at that time
wanted to go to planning commission till
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we got a feel on you know how things
would work out which after so many years
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of review it's been kind of consistent
as far as what's been approved and
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that's just what we were working off of
for basis. Um, and then also adding the
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language into the special conditions and
uses of all the other zones, which
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basically reference it back to R1
because that's where all the same
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regulation would live in the code. Um,
so we are wanting to remove that from
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having to come to planning commission
for a final site plan. Um, one thing
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within
R1 that Basel was wanting to put in
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um was for that heat detector for
safety. So, within the mechanical room
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or wherever they have all the batteries
stored, they do have a heat detector on
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that. Um,
let's see here.
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This is the long one. R1.
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Here we go. So, just adding in the
battery storage area with the heat
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detector. Other than that, all the
regulations are already existing in the
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code.
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So, the goal is to not require us to
review solar panel systems unless they
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require a special condition.
>> Um, they're all under special conditions
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for uses. That's just where it's
regulated. The ones that would still
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come to you are like the commercial
projects that require a development
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plan. That would still require to come
to planning commission. um for this it's
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really freeing up the uh single family
homes that are pretty consistent on the
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regulations there. Everybody's meeting
it. Um so that's why we're just wanting
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to pull that one back. But all your
commercial that has the development plan
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would still come.
>> Okay.
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» Any questions for staff on that one?
>> How frequent is this coming up for
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residential?
>> Um our solar it's picked up. I think we
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have probably a handful or more each
year
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» typically. And I was just going to add
up, we get a lot towards the end of the
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year because of the tax credit. So then
they apply and then we tell them, well,
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you need to come to planning commission.
Then that delays them. So if they apply
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like in November,
there's a good chance they'll lose on
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that tax credit from the federal
government.
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So that was another reason really we
would like to have that gone.
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Last year we accepted solar applications
after the planning commission deadline.
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Really kind of last minute when we were
putting the packet together, we had an
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applicant come in and that was a big
thing. They had to have it installed by
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the end of the year for that tax credit.
So kind of looking at that big picture
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to get it going a little bit faster for
them.
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» Any other questions on solar?
All right, Basel, do you want to provide
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your report on the storm water
management?
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» Okay, so as far as the
storm water again, our version of the
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code that was adopted in 2014,
u watered
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was analysis was required
uh for new single family resident or if
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you're adding or replacing 50% of the
existing principal building. Um
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the code did not address
analysis required to as far as the
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detention or infiltration basin what
type of management or enforcement. So we
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don't have any enforcement and
maintenance
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for it. So part of our proposal is
require as build inspection
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certification for the drainage [snorts]
and we require 2year thereafter of
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furnish certification by an engineer. Um
then we're requiring that that needs to
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be actually recorded with the county. So
these are the requirement
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as far as the reporting
we're proposing
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before an occupancy on the structure
but we know we get the watershed
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analysis for the planning commission but
we'll give them that extra one year to
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do all the paperwork or that's I feel
that's fair.
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» Does this have to be disclosed when a
house is sold then? How does that work?
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» Yes. So, and and again, once that we're
requiring it to be like disclosed
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because it's recorded with the county.
>> Okay.
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» So, the new owner will know that they
have to comply with that maintenance.
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What's the what's the sanction if the
land if the homeowner doesn't provide
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the certificate or it's non-compliant?
If it's non-compliant, I see they have
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to reapply every year. But if they just
>> don't file one, then what's the
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» I mean, that's where we're going to put
some mechanism where then we'll issue a
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ticket or citation if they don't comply,
then it'll go to municipal board.
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» I see that Mission Hills has passed this
recently. Do we know are engineers
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readily available to do this inspection?
>> I asked them about their experiences
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with this and they said that people have
been submitting them and that they
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haven't they haven't been hearing
complaints about it.
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» Basel, you said this is recorded with
the county. Where is that recorded? Is
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that the register of deeds or
>> the agreement of the maintenance? Yeah.
[23:37]
» Okay. Thanks.
And I did look at Crater Village. They
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have something actually they're more
restricted. They're doing it at once a
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year.
So
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I thought that was an extreme. So
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» So I guess the is this the actual
changes on the back?
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» That's what we're proposing. Then
obviously once if if you're in general
[24:06]
agreement then we'll up
the ordinance
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» and we'll do the public hearing and all
of that. Okay.
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» Any other questions or comments?
[24:23]
» If none then we could propose a
>> one other thing. We did some initial
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numbers as far as how many we have right
now
[24:34]
» because with this code it would be
something that um would go back to
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wershed analysis. We started requiring
that in 2012. So we do need to make it
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retroactive back to 2012 to catch all
the homes that have already been built.
[24:47]
Um because this one basis comes from a
new home that was built a few years ago
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and a neighbor saying that the basin's
not working correctly. That's why we're
[24:56]
needing to put something in place to
address that kind of thing. Um, but we
[25:00]
are I look back to 2012 and since then
we've had um 168 homes built. Um, the
[25:06]
further you go back in 2012, 13, 14, it
was a little more difficult right now to
[25:10]
decipher if a basin was in there. I have
to do some more digging. Um, but I'm
[25:14]
estimating it's probably about 50 homes
is that it's going to catch. So, how are
[25:20]
we going to go about informing them that
they now have to
[25:23]
» We would be sending them most likely a
certified letter.
[25:28]
» Is that how Mission Hills did it?
>> I did not I don't recall if they did
[25:34]
that going back or if it was more of a
going forward. I I I'll ask about that
[25:37]
though. But that that's that would make
sense
[25:41]
» doing it that way.
[25:46]
» And again, ultimately I mean the city
council's decision, but it's your
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recommendation.
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» So, that'd be one thing to think about
as far as how far back to go with it.
[26:04]
» Yeah, I think I'd be pretty surprised if
I got a certified letter saying
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suddenly, oh, you need to inspect this
every two years and pay someone and
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especially if I didn't build the house
and suddenly inherited this.
[26:15]
» Probably not even know it's there.
>> Yeah, it'd be a little bit of a shock, I
[26:17]
imagine. How much how much does it cost
to have an engineer do this?
[26:23]
» Do not know.
>> Yeah, I mean the numbers depend on who
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you use.
I'm estimating a couple of grand.
[26:35]
» That's something we could probably check
into and see.
[26:40]
» Yeah. If you could also understand a
Prairie Village and Mission Hills had
[26:44]
done a retroactive one as well.
So the proposal would I'm just catching
[26:52]
up with you. I mean this would have
alleged a retroactive effect on people
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who complied with the law as is when
they built and were permitted as opposed
[27:04]
to just prospective on new builds. That
is correct
[27:09]
» because there was no regulation in place
at that time or now. So if we approve a
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new home that has a basin,
we don't have anything that's checking
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on them to see if they are working
properly.
[27:23]
Is there anything analogous or there any
other analogous
[27:29]
current requirements to go and go back
and check and confirm that? You see what
[27:35]
I mean?
>> We had
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not for something like that. Are you
talking about in general different
[27:43]
scenarios?
>> I think we we have
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storage
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like height of boats or whatever. I
think they went back like city council
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when they approved it.
>> They did have one when we addressed um
[28:06]
storage of boats and utility vehicles.
Um, previously the code said if you had
[28:12]
it behind your front building line on a
hard surface, you were fine. Um, they
[28:16]
removed that. So people that had put
like pads in their backyard to store
[28:20]
their camper or boats on, it's no longer
allowed, even if they had it prior. So
[28:25]
that's a similar situation of when they
put something in place [clears throat]
[28:28]
that covers people that have done it
previously.
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I I think what you're concerned with is
go back 14 years and all of a sudden we
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apply a potentially a couple thousand
dollar
[28:44]
yearly expense on on them, right?
>> If the time frame if you're I know it's
[28:51]
an expense because I know you'd
mentioned previous meeting about the
[28:54]
two-year period if it's something a
three or four year to think about as
[28:59]
well. maybe not making it as often, but
just some way to figure out it is still
[29:04]
working properly as it was designed.
>> Well, for the existing ones, other than
[29:09]
this one that we have a concern about,
if there's not an issue, then I don't
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know if
>> that's fair. But I mean, if it's
[29:17]
presented to us, then I feel like then
we could address it. But
[29:21]
if it's if it hasn't been proven shown
an issue, then I don't know if we
[29:25]
necessarily need to make them start
showing us that it is working. If it's
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not showing that it's not working,
>> that's something to consider within
[29:33]
there to to craft it as well. That's
what
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» I could see the options.
>> Yeah, I could see that being a challenge
[29:40]
just because of people saying, well,
well, I don't know.
[29:44]
» It would at that point it would be based
off a code complaint, right? Yeah, I was
[29:47]
thinking like a complaint standard. If
somebody complained about their neighbor
[29:51]
discharging water upon their property
due to a defective system, then it's
[29:56]
worthy of inspection. But the other part
is if you have if you say, well, you
[30:00]
don't have to get an inspect unless it's
new, then you might have people that
[30:03]
just are grandfathering own system old
systems and not repairing them because
[30:06]
what was built in 2012, if I put a new
one in, I'm going to be subject to the
[30:11]
annual by annual inspection. So, I'm
just going to keep my old one in and let
[30:14]
it just run till failure or whatever.
So,
[30:24]
» what is all involved in inspecting it?
>> I wish I know. [laughter]
[30:32]
I'm guessing they camera it through the
line and see
[30:38]
if there's any
I mean if the gravel is clean or not. I
[30:44]
mean I don't know. I don't think they'll
open it up or not. I mean we have few
[30:51]
that are
what I call the half moon like a
[30:56]
storage. Those are easy to verify, but
the majority of them is infiltration
[31:02]
bases here. So, I don't know to be
honest with you how they verify it.
[31:10]
» I'll ask about that, too.
>> How serious of an issue is storm water?
[31:16]
Is this like a recurring complaint
problem or
[31:21]
» Yeah, we do get a lot of complaints and
it's really
[31:27]
the whole thing because I was even part
of the discussion but we we took it out
[31:35]
even the reports that we're getting it
seems like now if you don't put a basin
[31:40]
they're they're taking the water to the
street well now you're creating issue
[31:46]
with the street being flooding
um I was going to put something to that
[31:53]
effect
that if you have existing going to the
[31:57]
street then you you cannot increase by a
percentage but I took it out I I don't
[32:03]
know
now that I said it I don't know what
[32:07]
your feeling about it is
>> I mean we've talked about that for years
[32:11]
we really curious about how much we're
actually putting into the brush
[32:15]
» they're not increasing it on the three
sides but then they're increasing it on
[32:19]
this tree well to me
[32:25]
is on 59th Street. That street's
starting to flood with a minor storm.
[32:32]
Now,
[32:36]
» I know there's also been issues. I know
Johnson County Waters, they're
[32:40]
conducting a study right now about the
effects of increased drainage and on
[32:44]
some stream beds and the effects it has
on erosion and how that can affect some
[32:48]
of the sewage infrastructure over time.
If that stream bed is not maintained and
[32:54]
it continues to erode, it's going to
eventually reach a sewer pipe which
[32:58]
could be damaged by the erosion. So
that's something to consider when we're
[33:02]
always we're increasing the amount of
discharge from an individual property or
[33:06]
development. So
[33:13]
currently as it stands, if you have an
issue with water, is it supposed to go
[33:17]
through the city or should that really
be handled
[33:21]
outside of the city? I feel like in the
past that's been more of a civil.
[33:26]
» At this point, that's what we do. We
considered a civil. Um I've been
[33:30]
involved with you over the years. We go
out and look and provide them the
[33:33]
watershed analysis and our part ends
there.
[33:39]
» Yeah.
>> So are we assuming more risk now by
[33:41]
adding requirements?
[33:46]
» Okay.
>> I think it would still go back on the
[33:49]
the engineer and the property owner,
right?
[33:51]
» Correct.
[33:55]
So, could they just not get it inspected
at that time and show whether it's
[33:58]
working or not?
[34:03]
» I do not know.
>> Okay.
[34:09]
What was that question? I want to make
sure I'm clear.
[34:12]
» Well, I mean, the option is one, we
could tell everyone that has one right
[34:16]
now that they have to start getting
inspected every two years, or we could
[34:19]
continue with the current course, which
is if it happens
[34:23]
We we could say I know this is kind of
what I suggested earlier and you said
[34:27]
no, but if it's a problem at that point
they have to handle it amongst
[34:30]
themselves. So at that point they could
have an engineer inspect it and
[34:34]
determine whether it's operating
correctly or not and that would be
[34:36]
between the two parties and it would be
outside of this entity.
[34:43]
» Sure.
>> I think the reason that um the adjacent
[34:47]
city was looking at it was because there
were so many runoff issues that they
[34:52]
were looking at it in a comprehensive
fashion. You know, let's let's do green
[34:55]
space, you know, minimum green space.
Let's, you know, minimize the building
[34:58]
envelope. Just try to reduce the
hardscape and then ensure that the
[35:03]
drainage facilities that are installed
are actually working. Um because a lot
[35:07]
of times I think the phrase I've heard
is set it and forget it happens. And so
[35:12]
they just that's this was just part of
an overall scheme.
[35:15]
» Sure.
something that might be worthwhile to
[35:19]
know since they've been submitting
reports recently. How many of them have
[35:23]
the engineer said it's not working?
>> Like if the answer is always it's
[35:29]
[clears throat] working, then
[35:33]
» why check it? [laughter]
[35:37]
» And how many engineers looked at it?
It's probably just one, right? There's a
[35:42]
little bit of engineer judgement.
>> Yeah. Like I wonder Yeah, I wonder if we
[35:47]
accomplish anything other than charging
people a bunch of money to do
[35:50]
inspections.
[35:55]
» I'll have some research questions that
I'll look into
[35:58]
back.
[36:01]
» All right. Any other questions?
[36:06]
» Do you need uh a motion? It sounds like
the solar there wasn't a lot of
[36:11]
questions. if we were to recommend that.
Do you need a motion or do you just need
[36:15]
our feedback?
>> I think right now we are just doing
[36:18]
feedback on everything. Okay. Um that we
kind of made a list the last meeting on
[36:22]
different ones to discuss and then just
kind of working through there and
[36:26]
crafting things. So at this time not
looking for a motion to send a council
[36:30]
or anything like that just to continue
discussion.
[36:32]
» Okay. Well, thank you both for digging
into all this and getting us this
[36:36]
information.
>> Yeah. So we just need your guys'
[36:39]
feedback on this. Yeah.
>> So, is there
[36:45]
outside of this meeting, is there some
way you want to receive feedback or
[36:51]
» is this it?
>> Can send by email.
[36:54]
» Okay.
>> Yeah.
[36:54]
» Just don't reply all.
>> Send it to me. Just send it to me
[36:58]
individually and we can keep looking at
that. But what we'll do is take the
[37:01]
feedback we got and all the questions
that you have and work towards the next
[37:04]
meeting to continue discussion on that.
Um, since solar is kind of marked off,
[37:09]
per se, we'll move on to another one of
the topics that we identified. That way,
[37:14]
we'll kind of have two each meeting to
work through instead of compiling it all
[37:18]
together. Just break it up a little bit.
>> I'm good with that as long as we have
[37:22]
applications. If we have a meeting with
no applications, I would choose just no
[37:25]
meeting.
>> Yeah, I don't anticipate that. I know it
[37:28]
was odd at the end of last year, we had
some all the time.
[37:30]
» Sometime every now and then we get one.
So, if we can have no meeting, then I
[37:33]
would
>> We have applications next month.
[37:35]
» Okay. So, not next week.
>> Not next week, but maybe in December.
[37:40]
» All right, I'm going to move on to
number item four, additional business.
[37:43]
The next meeting date will be September
28th, 2026.
[37:47]
Um, and then last item of business would
be a motion to adjurnn.
[37:51]
» Real quick before we do that, yes,
>> I don't know if it matters now, but just
[37:56]
I did manage to find that that Princeton
home we has been approved twice.
[38:02]
uh 5919 Granada Street and 5918 Delmare
Street. That was back in 2023.
[38:11]
» Do you have a copy of the plans?
>> I do. And it shows the same. So the
[38:15]
difference is is that the the current
one we're looking at is called the
[38:20]
Princeton Traditional. The ones that
were approved were called the Princeton
[38:24]
Modern. So the front facade is
different, but that elevation that has
[38:28]
that window hierarchy exception is the
same. Is that a date of a planning
[38:33]
commission meeting? Do you want to let
me know? I can see.
[38:36]
» August 28th, 2023.
[38:40]
» Do we need to make a motion to be open
discussion?
[38:45]
» Is that what you're looking to do? Or do
you want to go see it? Maybe.
[38:50]
» Yeah, I just thought I'd mention it.
>> Okay, I see.
[38:53]
» Because I was able to.
[39:00]
They were both on the same meeting, both
of those addresses.
[39:06]
» I would just ask Commissioner Deacon who
made the um the motion and
[39:11]
» Commissioner Swick, I believe, which one
second.
[39:13]
» I think I I think I seconded. Yeah.
>> Okay. Oh, did one of you it was? I would
[39:17]
ask that you withdraw the motion if
that's what you wanted to do.
[39:20]
» Okay.
>> And then have everybody vote on that and
[39:23]
then just make sure everybody agreed and
then you can move on to make another
[39:26]
motion to approve it if you wanted.
>> Okay. I I make a motion that I withdraw
[39:30]
my previous motion to continue this
matter to the September 28th, 2026
[39:38]
docket.
>> Do you agree with that? Commissioning
[39:42]
» second.
>> Okay,
[39:44]
» we need a vote.
>> All those in favor?
[39:46]
» I
>> I
[39:47]
» opposed. Thank you.
>> Okay.
[39:48]
» Yeah. So, it it's probably not exactly
the same, but it's the same. [laughter]
[39:54]
» Yeah. At least lines a little bit with
the upper windows.
[39:58]
» Very close.
>> It's kind of weird there's no window in
[40:00]
the kitchen.
>> I'm guessing there's a floor plan reason
[40:03]
for that, but
>> it's not up to us, I guess, for that
[40:07]
one.
>> Is it? I'm assuming is it similar for
[40:10]
the left, too?
Left elevation.
[40:14]
» Is it the left elevation's also
[40:19]
» uh if you go to the left on the plan?
Oh, never mind.
[40:27]
It's a little different, but yeah,
>> it's a little different.
[40:29]
» Still doesn't like
>> Yeah. Still
[40:44]
» Yeah, it's just So,
>> I guess the question is if we're
[40:47]
comfortable with the current proposed
layout because it does still require an
[40:52]
exception.
[41:00]
Yeah, I think my my position is kind of
the same. I don't I don't love it, but I
[41:06]
think I'm okay with it. And given that
there are two houses in the same area
[41:11]
with basically the same design, I think
I'm okay with it.
[41:18]
» Yeah, I agree. They don't look
materially different.
[41:21]
Agreed
to.
[41:26]
» Was it the same builder in 2023?
>> Yeah, there's We've got precedent for
[41:32]
sure.
[41:37]
» All right. Would someone like to make a
motion?
[41:44]
» I move that we approve the application
for 6114 Fontana Street. Uh seeking
[41:51]
exceptions for to the uh window
hierarchy for the right, left and front
[41:55]
elevations
uh and subject to staff conditions.
[42:02]
» Is there a second?
>> Second.
[42:04]
» All in favor?
>> I
[42:06]
» opposed. All right. Motion passes.
>> Thank you, Commissioner.
[42:12]
» All right.
>> Chat GP.
[42:15]
» Last item business is a motion to
adjurnn.
[42:20]
Is there a second?
>> Second.
[42:21]
» All right. All in favor?
>> I I journ.