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PlanningBoard | 2017-02-13 | 7 | President Köster closed the public hearing. Board Member Knox White said he would like to see some clarifications for specific situations. He said he would like to see it apply to smaller properties and that there is enough flexibility built in. He said he is ready to see it move forward. Board Member Curtis said he is concerned that we preserve the flavor of Alameda and exempt older properties being rebuilt. Board Member Zuppan said she would like to figure out how to issue fewer waivers and get more compliance. She said accessibility is the priority and that there should be flexibility on which door provides access to visitors. She suggested some sort of waiver for reconstruction after disaster. She said she liked the idea of allowing staff to provide some waivers for small properties. She said she was concerned about the accessory structure issue that was raised. She said she is worried that we will be requiring an enormous bathroom on the ground floor for the visitability part of the ordinance. Board Member Mitchell said he would like to see simple exemptions for some of the accessory structures and odd scenarios. He said he would be okay with allowing a rear or side door meet the accessibility requirement. Board Member Burton said you can meet the accessible bathroom requirements with a 6'10" X 9' bathroom. He said putting in an effective date would be good, if we can. He said we should add a statement of purpose for the visitability goal. He said we should not exempt buildings like Del Monte that would add a large number of units. He offered several suggested technical edits and proofreading corrections. Board Member Sullivan said it was important to include comments from the building community about what costs certain items would add. She said she would like to see some tightening of the ordinance to allow single family homes to have flexibility. President Köster said he would like to safeguard older homes being rebuilt after acts of god. He said there are differences for mobility standards and accessible standards and we should be clear which we are referring to at different points. He said the aggressive nature of the ordinance could be something the city could market. Board Member Knox White said he hoped the purpose could start out by making the ordinance about people and not design standards and building requirements. Staff Member Thomas said they would do some fine tuning, meet one more time with the subcommittee and hopefully bring it back before a joint meeting of the Planning Board and CODI in March. Approved Minutes Page 7 of 10 February 13, 2017 Planning Board Meeting | PlanningBoard/2017-02-13.pdf |