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Planning & Zoning Commission/ Local Planning Agency September 9, 2015 Page 4 Mr. Woodruff explained that the Development Review Committee reviewed the plans on September 3, 2015 and the Committee provided a recommendation of approval to the Planning and Zoning Commission subject to the conditions that were noted within the September 3, 2015 Development Review Committee Response Letter. Mr. Woodruff requested the Planning and Zoning Commission provide a recommendation to the City Commission for SPR 15 -08 based on the site plan dated August 10, 2015, and the findings of fact and conclusions of the information provided in the staff report as presented at tonight's meeting. Mr. Woodruff said that the applicant will be presenting additional information to the Commission. A brief discussion ensued regarding the size of the parking spaces, access to the site, setback waivers, parking for the park area, and the design of the parking garages. A brief discussion ensued regarding the size of the agenda packet and the limited amount of time that the Planning and Zoning Commission had to review the documents. Mr. Henson asked the applicant to come forward. Mr. David McDaniel, Integra Land Company, 1525 International Parkway, Lake Mary, Florida came forward. Mr. McDaniel explained that the overall site is extremely tight and difficult to fit in the apartment buildings, the park and the commercial development. He said there is only so much room between the east property line and the west property to accommodate the buildings and the parking spaces that are required. He said it forced some decisions and constraints. He said the parking area was redesigned to plant the landscaping in front of the building and the addition of the diamonds between the parking spaces provided the tree canopy that the head to head parking island would have provided. He said parking spaces were eliminated to create some landscape islands. Mr. McDaniel said there will be shade and greenery within the parking area. Mr. McDaniel reviewed the parking for the site. He said the site meets the 1.75 required parking spaces and there are 21 additional parking spaces. He reviewed the garage layout for the site. He said that the garages are located so that any resident would be in close proximity to a garage. He said the location of the garages also provides a buffer for the park and the parking lot.