SouthHillsthatcontainalargequantityofsignificanttrees,largerlotsarethebestwayto <br />preservenaturalvegetation.” <br />TheApplicationcontinues: <br />“Dispersedaccessthroughamixtureofeasements,CapitalDrive,andCupolaDriveisa <br />farsaferandefficient(sic)waytoprovideaccesstolots,whileensuringthedevelopment <br />iscompatiblewiththesurroundingneighborhood.” <br />TheApplicationindicatesthatthe“dispersal”ofaccessisadirectresponsetoneighborhood <br />concernsaboutlotfrontage.Onceagain,howdosmallerlotfrontages“ensurecompatibility <br />withthesurroundingneighborhood”? <br />TheCommitteehaspreviouslyexpressedaconcernthatthethreeaccesseasementsareunsafe. <br />Thesethreeaccesseasementsaretoonarrowfortwo-waytrafficanddonothavesidewalks, <br />whichisadangeroussituation,especiallygiventhesteepterraintheytraverse,whicheliminates <br />anescaperouteofftheeasementifrequiredinanemergency. <br />Sincethereisnoguestparkingon-site,accesseasementswillalsolikelyfillwithparkedcars, <br />evenifaparkingprohibitionisposted.Thiswillfurtherimpedepedestriansand,especially, <br />emergencyvehicles. <br />TheApplicationcontinues: <br />“Consideringtheuniquequalitiesofthisneighborhood,atraditionallot-by-lotapproach <br />todevelopment,whichmanyoftheR-1standardssupport,isnotalwaysaneffectiveway <br />toensureeithercompatibilityorwell-designedinfill.” <br />“Therefore,werequestthatthedevelopmentbegivenflexibilitythroughthePUD <br />processwithrespecttothethreecriteriaabove.” <br />TheResponseCommitteehasexpressed,ingreatdetailabove,thattheApplication’srequestfor <br />“flexibility”under EC9.2750LotCoverage toallowa65%coverageratioifoneorbothof <br />Lots16and17areimprovedwiththreeunitsisnonsensicalandpoorlyresearched.Sixty-five <br />percentlotcoverageforLot16wouldbe111%ofLot16’sbuildablespace;sixty-fivepercentlot <br />coverageforLot17wouldbe151%ofLot17’sbuildablespace.TheResponseCommittee <br />urgesdenialofthisrequest. <br />Throughanextremelydetailedanalysis(above),theResponseCommitteehasresearchedthe <br />Application’srequestfor“flexibility”under EC9.2760LotFrontage toalloweightlotswithno <br />streetfrontageandonelotwithminimalstreetfrontage.TheCommitteehasdeterminedthatthis <br />requestispredicatedonadesiretomaximizelotcountand,therefore,tomaximizeprofits.Were <br />theApplicantwillingtogiveupafewlotsalongCupolaDrive,morecode-compliantlotscould <br />beachieved.TheResponseCommitteeurgesdenialofthisrequest. <br />161 <br /> <br />