PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
Planning Commission approved the Major Amendment to a Planned Residential Development to allow four balconies to encroach a maximum of five feet into the twelve foot minimum required setback with the following stipulations:

Engineering Division Recommendations:
1. The applicant shall submit drainage plans drafted by a licensed engineer prior to issuance of a building permit;
2. The applicant shall submit utility plans drafted by a licensed engineer prior to issuance of a building permit;

Building Inspection Division Recommendations:
3. That the building permit be revised to show the construction of the eight balconies;

Urban Planning Division Recommendations:
4. The landscaping shall be constructed as identified on the site plan as submitted and shall be maintained in a live vegetative state;
5. The architectural style of the building will be constructed as shown on the elevations submitted;
6. The lighting will be constructed in a way as to minimize the impacts on surrounding land uses and direct lighting away from adjacent properties;
7. All parking shall be constructed as shown on the site plan as submitted; and,
8. That the stipulations of the Initial and Final Development Plan - Planned Residential Development (03PD014) be continually met.
Planning Commission recommendation:
9. That the railing for the balconies on the east side be constructed with similar materials to the building siding, that the railings be solid rather than aluminum, and, that the railings comply with the building code and be no less than three feet in height.

VOTE: (4 to 2 with Brannan, Hoffmann, Prairie Chicken and Stone voting yes and Schmidt and Wevik voting no)