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Louisville City Council Meeting December 5, 2000 Page 9. agreement with surrounding properties and the area is quite tight. He noted that with the setback requirement they would lose building space. Payne stated that they are bringing forward a quality building. Sisk asked the applicant if he is suggesting that Council grant the additional space to enhance their building. Payne stated that they did not feel it was that big of an impact. Sisk stated that the building is very impressive, but questioned whether this would impact future applications. Sisk asked Planning Director Wood if he thought this would come up again. Wood stated that Staff evaluated the request according to the required front setbacks. He noted that in preliminary review, Staff felt that the applicant was exceeding the setback requirements for a development structure. It did not occur to them that there was an attempt to maximize building square footage. Wood stated that, on a case by case basis, it is possible that individuals will ask for exceptions, and Staff will try to reduce those significantly through the IDDSG process. Payne stated that before they had lost building space, they would have lost two or three parking spaces. Payne asked Council to allow him to keep the parking spaces. MOTION: Mayer moved that Council approve Resolution No. 67, Series 2000, seconded by Brown. COUNCIL COMMENTS Mayer suggested that exceptions should require more clarification in the future. He felt that in this case an exception may be justified, but concurred with Councilman Sisk's comments that this should not be a regular process. Davidson stated that he concurred with Sisk's comments, but noted that the Planning Commission unanimously approved the PUD. Sisk stated that a message needs to be sent that only significant issues would detour from the IDDSG guidelines. VOTE: Roll call vote was taken. The motion passed by a vote o of 5-0. Absent: Howard, Levihn - excused.