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Planning Commission Page 2 <br />January 28, 2020 <br />----------------------------- <br />Chair Johnson indicated the public hearing was still open. There was no one present <br />to speak. Chair Johnson closed the public hearing. <br /> <br />Commissioner Rydberg asked if the neighborhood had contacted city staff regarding <br />this request. <br /> <br />Mr. Leeseberg indicated he had not received any comments or input from the <br />neighborhood. <br /> <br />Commissioner Feinstein asked about the discussion at last month’s Planning <br />Commission meeting with the possibility of a Conditional Use Permit for this <br />request and asked if that route had been discussed with the applicant. <br /> <br />Mr. Leeseberg stated he thought an Interim Use Permit (IUP) was briefly discussed <br />at last month’s meeting and stated the feeling he got was the Planning Commission <br />had a preference that they would support two units instead of three or more units in <br />this neighborhood; therefore, the applicant changed his request for rezoning to R2a <br />for only two units. He stated staff did discuss the route of an IUP with the applicant. <br /> <br />Chair Johnson stated he felt like the IUP was briefly discussed at the end of their <br />discussion. <br /> <br />Mr. Leeseberg stated staff did discuss the rezoning for two units but would not be in <br />support of it for many of the same reasons as presented. <br /> <br />Chair Johnson asked if going through the Interim Use Permit process was the best <br />route for the property to allow the property to continue being used as a rental <br />property. <br /> <br />Mr. Leeseberg stated he didn’t believe so as he felt the applicant was ok with having <br />two rental units on this property, which is why he chose R2a. He stated the initial <br />request for an R3 zone change had significant design standards and requirements <br />with that zoning district that the applicant didn’t foresee. <br /> <br />Councilmember Ovall stated he was confused about the Planning Commission <br />denying the request for a zone change and asked what the applicant was receiving as <br />a solution. <br /> <br />Mr. Leeseberg stated it wasn’t staff’s responsibility to give solutions but to base their <br />recommendation on the Zoning Ordinance and Comprehensive Plan, which when <br />applied didn’t guide this property as a rental property. <br /> <br />Commissioner Larson-Vito asked if the applicant could have an opportunity to apply <br />for an IUP. <br /> <br />Mr. Leeseberg stated the applicant would have to wait for six months to reapply. <br /> <br /> <br />