Remarks by David Comden
71 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 3
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“Right, because there was one comment about parking and I want to be cognizant of it, but because state law has really come down, they're not required to do any more than they have, correct?”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026
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“Yeah. The tuck under parking, Does that mean certain parking spaces will not be the full 20 feet? They'll be 15 feet. Is that what you were describing that five?”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026
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“They will meet the normal size requirements okay, and the walls that will be built on those, yeah, with the greenery on top, the height of those walls at the parking area, do we know how tall those will be?”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026
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“Okay, because I could see how a car starting in the morning might affect a neighbor if it's residential on both sides of this. Now, the one to the east or the south, depending upon how your compass looks, that looks like the parking is not going to affect those units because this parking will be in the rear. Those units are in front. I didn't get a close enough look on the one that's between the rubicon and this property to see where those apartments are situated but i'm cognizant of noise you know if somebody gets up at 5 30 in the morning and starts their car that's what the setback is…”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026
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“I see the same with the apartment this looks to be an illustration So there are there's like a garage and then cars and then a main structure home Correct. Yeah.”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you. My last question is do we know if this owner intends to build or are they going to Get entitlements and then try and sell the property. I”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you again, Chair. I took a glance at Google Earth and I do see what had been thought of as a parking garage of some sort. That's clearly a residence on the alley, number 46. which is at the back of the lot adjacent on the west side. So if we go back, that would have been fine. Two more, go back. That building on the top left there is a residence and I'm looking at the picket fence and the house structure with steps up to it and windows now.”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026
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“Yeah, that's okay. If you had the ability to go to Google Earth, they do go down Poinsettia Place alley, and so you can clearly see it's a house for the sake of accuracy. It says beware of dog.”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. Two questions. We're an older town and can the sewer accommodate this much of an increase without upgrading? Where is the sewer? Is it on the street or is it in the alley? And what modifications might need to be done to accommodate this increase in users?”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026
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“And I saw there were markations on the roof for solar. Is solar planned for this?”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026
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“Do you know what the code calls for as far as kilowatt hours?”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026
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“Yeah. Two other questions. As far as lighting, is this going to be very low impact lighting?”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026
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“Okay, so aside from the Rubicon and the building two door, no, next door, the apartments, I didn't know it was apartments. I thought it was offices. This area is generally single story buildings, and this is a three story building. But I think it's been thoughtfully worked on in that from the street and with the seven foot slope, which is let's call it half a story slope, that third story will not be visible to people at least on the south side of Main Street and only marginally visible on the north side of Main Street. So I like the fact that they've pushed that third story towards the rear…”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. So with that newly discovered residence on the alley next door, I'm only mildly concerned about the noise that the tenants of this new property would cause the tenants of the existing property by starting up their cars and or if they backed in the exhaust that would occur to that, especially because we're now considering lessening the setback to two feet three inches or something of that magnitude, which is right upon the wall. I don't know how to resolve that other than either allowing it or asking them to go to the five foot setback, but I don't know that another two and a…”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026
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“Yes, me again. Two things. I was just thinking about the, and this is mildly off topic, it's not under consideration now, but I would probably advise against going to a one-way street. I'm just thinking if someone were to have a moving van or any impediment, it would force anybody using the alley to have to break that law by going out the other way. during the usage. So I don't know that it's necessary. It's not a well-used alley enough so that traffic would need to be controlled in that way. And the other letter that we received was about parking in the area. And my understanding is that you…”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026
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“Specifically to the nine-foot fence? Yes. Okay.”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026
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“Chair, can we take a straw poll on who's going to be there? I won't.”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026
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“Regarding the fence, so we're going to vote to approve the project, or at least that's what the ask will be. at a six foot fence and then if they choose to go to a nine, then they will come back to the city to ask for an exception, correct? And if so, I would like to just suggest that the applicant speak to the neighboring property holders to come back with some feedback from them because that will be a major question of mine is how do they feel about it. Looking at the adjacent one that we've identified now as a residence, There's pros and cons why a nine foot fence would be warranted…”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026
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“I promise I'll stop after this. Two things. That last project, is it a kindergarten, did you say? What is it?”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026
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“A daycare facility. And then there's a new kindergarten that I saw a sign up where the consignment store in Midtown on Main Street was. It's good to see youth are being accommodated. And I see more families. So those are good signs. I'm pleased to see and report that. Yes. The other thing I wanted to just mention, and this is outside the purview of us, but with the El Nino anticipated, there has been, I was just in an area that is rock bedrock stone. But that's not the case here. We have a lot of sandstone and a lot of shifting, sloughing off of mountains and things like that. And when I…”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026
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“um facing that same sort of challenge commissioner conan uh just one comment on the director's uh hearing which is always helpful um it would be nice you showed a uh 20 unit structure on on the avenue i think it was it would be helpful if we could see the before and after of that because i don't know precisely where this is where 624 is And I'm assuming this went director's hearing because they weren't asking for any exceptions or warrants or it was just very straightforward. But it's a pretty large project. I'm curious why it didn't come before us.”
Planning Commission · Aug 26, 2026