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7.BB TOUSA HOMES’ REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR A MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO BE KNOWN AS HERITAGE GROVE Bob Raines, Esquire, stated that his client, Tousa Homes, filed a timely application before the permit expired; was issued the permit; and, they have a site plan that meets requirements. He asked the Board to grant his client’s request for an extension. Mr. Raines, in response to the Chairman’s comments about honoring future regulations as well, and not only current ones, said the problem would be trying to honor those with the design they have without redesigning the project. “What is lacking in this over our new proposed ordinance”, Commissioner Wheeler asked. Planning Director Stan Boling explained that it was difficult looking at it. Like the other project they would meet the recreation open space requirement, the stormwater requirements, curbing requirements, and the main difficulty would be to meet the planting density requirement for type “B” buffer along the perimeters. They have the room to do it and staff would have to look at the details of their wall proposals, which he thinks meet the variation criteria. Discussion ensued regarding sidewalk variation and buffers. Mr. Raines noted that his client is willing to work with staff to try to meet the requirements to the extent they can without design change and without affecting permitting. ON MOTION by Commissioner Lowther, SECONDED by Commissioner Davis, the Board unanimously approved Tousa Homes’ request for a one-year extension of the conditional site plan approval for Heritage Grove with all conditions to remain in effect. The new site plan approval expiration date will be February 24, 2007, as requested in the memorandum of May 3, 2006. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED A SHORT RECESS AT 10:21A.M. FOR CLOSED CAPTIONING PURPOSES THE MEETING RECONVENED AT 10:29 A.M. May 16, 2006 19