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PlanningBoard | 2008-07-14 | 7 | the 2003 entitlement that contain different numbers. In some cases, there are two or three conditions that address expansion and they have different numbers also. President Cook inquired what the different numbers are and asked if a development agreement (DA) takes it outside the typical regulations. Staff responded that there is not a DA for this project. The PDA has three different conditions and each condition has three different numbers. The largest is 25%, which matches the AMC. President Cook asked what number staff had been using. Staff replied there has not been an increase that triggered a PDA under any of the interpretations. President Cook clarified that the Board had not approved any expansion up to this point and asked about the existing size. Staff stated it is approximately 35-36,000 sf. President Cook asked staff to confirm that all conditions have been met. Staff stated that all mitigation measures had been met. The public hearing was opened. Eugenie Thomson spoke in opposition to the project. She requested that an economic impact study be conducted and stated she believed there were also traffic ramifications. Philip Jaber, part owner of Encinal Hardware, spoke in opposition to the project. He asked that a community impact study be conducted. Holly Sellers spoke in favor of the project with some concerns. She asked that the Board not approve the zoning until the parking, cart corrals, and traffic analysis are sorted out. Claire Risley spoke in opposition to the project. If the Board approved the application, she asked that the square footage of the proposed outdoor garden space be included in the Gross Leasable Area (GLA). The public hearing was closed. President Cook stated the applicant would install a signal to improve the traffic operations and assume financial responsibility. She inquired whether the Board was being asked to approve more than design review and whether the Board was being asked to approve a significant amount of square footage in the project. Staff stated the issue of square footage is in regards to the garden center. The applicant's proposal does not treat the outdoor sales area as an expansion of floor area. Outdoor use of space has not been treated as gross leasable area for example outdoor seating for restaurants and outdoor displays of goods. The Board could sever the garden area from the application, approve the design review for the building, make the approval of the expansion of the garden center a condition, and require that the applicant get a PDA, which is the next item on the agenda. Page 7 of 13 | PlanningBoard/2008-07-14.pdf |