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Commissioner Puryear - My guess is that is you that if you look at a solar access ordinance, <br />such as Boulders, it will make bulk plane look like a walk in the park. I am open for <br />suggestions. While I would like to look at solar access, I think it would be best done as a <br />separate issue. <br />Commissioner Boulet - I agree. Lets keep it as simple as we can. Although F.A.R. does not <br />perfectly address all the solar access situations that could arise, it is a limit which will in effect <br />indirectly result in solar access in most situations. After looking at all this that is the way I am <br />leaning. I think F.A.R. would be a simpler solution and it will accomplish most of what we <br />want even in the solar aspect. That plus height limits. And at the same time be flexible and <br />easy to administer. At this point I am wondering if anybody else on the Commission feels like <br />we are ready for public input as to these issues. I think if we advertise and get public <br />comment we can find a way to weigh all of these considerations. <br />Commissioner Solek - I understand the need to keep this simple. I have lived in some cities <br />where there are some situations which really result in some very ugly environments. I would <br />like to know if there are some other towns in this vicinity, or in the United States, that have <br />some simple ways of addressing this. It may be impossible to find a simple solution, but I <br />think it is worth considering. I do think it would be useful to get public input. <br />Commissioner VanNostrand - My sentiments are the same as Commissioner Lipton's. I would <br />say that F.A.R., I think, meets to the best extent the five major of objectives. I think we need <br />to allow for maximum design flexibility which the bulk plane would not allow. For preserving <br />solar access I think we need to stay with something that is very simple. I feel it is time to <br />bring this issue before the public. <br />Commissioner McAvinew - I think the solar access needs to be addressed in terms of criteria <br />rather than an absolute hard standard. We need to have something that is consistent, easy to <br />understand and easy to enforce. <br />Chairperson Boulet - Perhaps we could come up with several different scenarios for the <br />F.A.R. restrictions showing maximum allowable square footage for when we open the public <br />hearings. We need to let the public know that we are considering limits on the size and square <br />footage of any new construction in the Old Town area. That should generate some public <br />interest. <br />Commissioner McAvinew - We need to remember the issue of grandfathering that we had <br />discussed earlier. <br />Q. To Staff - What about timing? <br />A. Paul Wood - We know what our limits for March are going to be. I think in <br />March we need to package some of this for your direction. By the end of March <br />12 <br />