Attachment 14To: Town Council, April 2, 2019
Re: 16100 Greenridge Terrace
From: Dave Weissman, March 28, 2019
Staff has conceited that the lengths of driveways and cul-de-sacs presented in the Staff
Report to the Planning Commission at the March 13th meeting, were in error. These illegal
length driveways and cul-de-sac place people’s lives and property in danger from fires, as
acknowledged by several Commissioners. And such concerns were the reason the Hillside
Specific Plan and HDS&G limited new houses to 300’ (driveways) and 800’ (cul-de-sacs) in
length. I have not seen staff’s revised numbers, since this letter is due before that report comes
out, but it seems to me that giving the Planner Commissioners inaccurate numbers, should
invalidate any decision which was based on those false numbers. In legal terms, a mistrial
should be declared, and this issue should be returned to the Planning Commission with
accurate numbers given.
Several Commissioners also commented about how they were unable to accurately determine
where the proposed pads for houses on Lots 1 and 2 would be located, since no markers were
in place. Do we just overlook this situation also? What happened to the need for accurate and
complete information? Yes, these hearings are not about A&S applications but once you grant
the PD subdivision, the applicant is guaranteed their 8 lots.
The applicant is correct that under their plan, 82% of the site would be left free of
development. At slopes all over 30%, and in many cases over 50%, of course those areas can’t
be developed, except for a downhill ski run. So, let’s protect them completely from the start,
regardless of how many lots are developed. Such protection is specifically suggested as
Alternative 3 in the EIR. Then the Council should require that now.
Lastly, if the deciding bodies in this Town are so easily persuaded to grant exceptions for
driveway lengths that exceed the HDS&G standards by almost a full 300%, then why do we
even have standards at all? Exceptions are supposed to be the “exception to the rule.” Instead,
they seem to be the development normal in this Town.
ATTACHMENT 14