Planning Commission Minutes 2014 10 09

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes October 9, 2014 Page 4 of 14 McCartney says the applicant wants the garages excluded so the square footage can be in the house. Moline asks about the appraisal price for the lots. McCartney says it was obtained independently. Moline asks about the Cultural Resource Survey and wonders if this is a normal requirement. McCartney says in Section 17.28.120, it says to treat the site sensitively if there are historical elements. It is not a requirement but Staff asked for it and the applicant agreed to it. Moline asks about the right-of-way line by the park. McCartney shows the park which is a 15' linear park. Applicant Presentation: Applicant, Owner, and Representative: Nest Builders. Reid Phillips, 111 West Cannon Street, Lafayette, CO 80027 • Nest Builders is a local company with an office in Louisville. They specialize in building out small communities of homes and in -fill projects such as this. Hutchinson is their first project in Louisville but they have built all over Colorado. The company is not only the developer but the builder so the intricate work and information involved is something they add to the process. • Phillips clarifies that the park being dedicated just a sliver of the actual linear park. The actual maintenance to be carried on by the City of Louisville once the two year period is over 2300 SF overall. • The park dedication removes actual land from the lots. With the RM district and multi- family, the company could have built 19,401 SF of floor area ratio (FAR). The current proposed without the garages is 16,240 SF which is less. They are asking to build 22' x 22' garages which are 484 SF per lot. The general homes being built are 2,780 SF so they are not using all the FAR being requested. • Material boards were submitted. Rice makes motion, Russell seconds, passed by voice vote. Commission Questions of Applicant: Rice asks about the building height and the waiver. Phillips says the reason for the building height waiver is to move from a dormer system to a more traditional two-story with a roof. Traditionally under 27' and to get the level of space upstairs, a dormer is used. In this type of home, we like to split the systems so there is a mechanical system in the attic with AC and furnace and a smaller system in the basement. In a dormer system, there is no room for the mechanical system. By allowing for the extra couple of inches, we can go to a more traditional roof system with room for the mechanical system as well as meeting insulation values. These homes will be fire -sprinkled homes and will need extra protection over the fire sprinklers such as insulation values since they can freeze. Moline asks about the company having experience building above former mines and concerns about subsidence. Phillips says that in addition to the due diligence done by the original developer, they went further with another company familiar with Louisville. They bore down to the actual mine shafts to see if the mine has collapsed. The mine cap on site has sunk down and there has been subsidence. Moline asks if there is company liability 10 to 20 years down the road. Is there any retained liability. Phillips says the Colorado Statutes of Limitations states that 20 years would be beyond that. The homeowners must be notified of the risk. Phillips says that the company contacted the Colorado Geologic Society and the 50' setback is their requirement for a mitigated mine shaft. If it was un-mitigated, the requirement would be 100'.