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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes November 11, 2021 Page 4 of 12 principles that directly applied to the application. In this case, the Comp Plan was relevant because this application included residential and due to the GDP criteria. Howe asked if there was a requirement for ownership and/or occupancy tied to age. Ritchie replied that the language was a requirement of occupancy and did not speak to ownership. Howe asked if units could be occupied for a month and then rented out and asked how the additional 5,000 square feet of commercial would change the traffic. Ritchie replied that they had done a trip generation with the added square feet but they had not created a whole new plan. She noted that the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Manual had been updated since the version presented in August and she described the table showing the traffic study. Williams described 55+ housing characteristics, which she stated was a product that the city did not have much of and that the Council had asked the Commission to address. Ritchie added that design elements aimed at the 55+ market could drive attraction, as well. Brauneis stated that 55+ would not include those design elements and observed that it would have to be occupied by at least one person who was 55 years old or older. Ritchie added that the requirement would run with the land, in perpetuity. Williams noted that other cities had enacted 55+ policies. Ritchie agreed that such policies were on the books in other places. Moline asked about the reasoning behind talking about senior housing in this location, summarizing that it was not defined in the Comp Plan but that it had been part of a previous subdivision agreement. He asked if that summary was correct. Ritchie confirmed. Diehl stated that the Commission had previously approved the removal of that requirement, which Council had not liked. Ritchie confirmed. Brian Bair, 7552 North 83rd street in Longmont, shared the proposed changes and noted that 55+ provided a diversity of product so the developers were comfortable with the proposed requirement. He added that the commercial addition was added in response to Council and Commission feedback. He stated that conceptual site plans were always tricky at this stage, and even though they weren't required the development team liked to get something out there to engage the community before the layout and unit types would come in the subsequent phase. He hoped that people had seen that they were