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PlanningBoard | 2012-02-13 | 7 | President Ezzy Ashcraft replied that it is important to have a one-on-one meeting with the applicant and walk the property with him. She asked Farimah Faiz, City Deputy Attorney, to describe the call for review process. Ms. Faiz stated that their practice hasn't been to include more detail when a board member calls a project for review, but she will go back and look at the City's code in order to incorporate more detail. President Ezzy Ashcraft stated that for the record the City asked the Planning Board to approve the project without attachments, she then went to city hall to review the plans and she explained to staff that she couldn't sign off on the project and the project should come to the Board for review. President Ezzy Ashcraft called for the Board to make a motion to continue reviewing the project and require staff to help the applicant make revisions. Motion called by Board member Know White. 2nd by Board member Henneberry. Approved 6-0. 9-B. A Public Hearing to Take Public Comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the North Park Street Code and the Draft North Park Street Code. Mr. Thomas gave a brief report about the North Park Street Code Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) and Draft North Park Street Code. He explained that the meeting was for noting public comments on both the DEIR and code and staff would be taking public comments on the DEIR until February 20th. By April, the Board would be able to review the Final Environmental Impact Report, which would include the public comments and the final version of the North Park Street Code. Board member Knox White asked if the code would streamline the entitlement process, basically if the applicant met the guidelines then it would be significantly cheaper and simpler to develop, but if the applicant were to go outside of the guidelines it would be much more difficult. Mr. Thomas agreed and explained that the idea of the code is for someone to be able to look at it and apply the code to their property by knowing exactly what the City is looking for such as the type of building, shape of building and architectural treatments. The guidelines are more of a form-based code unlike a traditional zoning code that tells applicants what the City does not want. Board member Knox White asked whether the proposed process of approval is easier for applicants. Mr. Thomas stated the process will make it easier for the applicants by: (1) giving the applicants so much detail about how to design the building to where the review should be straight forward; (2) requiring zoning uses, where the planning department won't review applicants based on permitted uses, but staff will try to limit the conditionally permitted uses Approved Meeting Minutes Page 7 of 15 February 13, 2012 | PlanningBoard/2012-02-13.pdf |