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Peter Kernkamp - That is a very valid point. It would be much easier for us to administer <br />something like the F.A.R. Bulk plane gets a little difficult to administer and takes a more <br />thorough review of the building plans to make sure they are in compliance. <br />Q. How would this work in combination with the setbacks that we had talked about <br />earlier, is this just an overall requirement that also has to met in addition to all the <br />setback changes that we talked about? <br />A. Yes. You could set those minimum setbacks and then say within those minimums you <br />need to comply with the bulk plane. <br />Q. Do these bulk planes apply to all property lines? <br />A. That is something we would need to determine, what the desirability would be. I <br />think we already have some provision in there that deal a little bit with that. For <br />instance, the exception for the covered porch, which allows the one story covered <br />porch to come out closer to the street. The second floor would still need to meet the <br />further setback line. <br />Q. So the figures that you show here are without dormers? <br />A. Right. That is based on maxing out the width on the first floor. Basically, taking side <br />setback to side setback and then assuming that you're going back, whatever the <br />maximum distance is, until you bump into the lot coverage. Then the second floor <br />takes up the remainder. You could potentially have a combination of the bulk plane <br />and the F.A.R. <br />Chairperson Boulet - I would be interested to know what type of materials they give to citizens <br />who come in who want to make additions to their house so that they can understand what is <br />acceptable under their bulk plane ordinance. I would like to know if we setting up a nightmare <br />or if people can understand and comply with. What I'm thinking is, that if it is possible if you <br />have standard lot sizes you could have pre -computed heights and materials that people could see <br />what that means in terms of how high they can go right up to the setback line and what type of <br />roof they may have to have. <br />Peter Kernkamp - That is what we have attempted here. I do think that most of lots fall within <br />a certain category. There may be some variation, but probably 90% are some combination of the <br />25 foot lots. <br />Chairperson Boulet - I really like the suggestion of the 24 foot setback from the opposite property <br />line for the garages. I am wondering how that fits in with the three foot setback. <br />Peter Kernkamp - I would see it working this way. If you're just putting a storage shed in your <br />back yard you may be able to come within three feet. It is only where there is a garage door that <br />is entered from the alley. Certainly, if you had a situation where for some reason the garage was <br />entered from the side then you could push it to the three feet. <br />