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5000 sites ; suggested facilities were described such as community swimming pool . community center , and per. hays a senior citizens center , as well as pre - school facilities and tennis courts , with a pedestrian overpass to provide safe access between this area and junior high school . Traffic generated on Davit Lane was not expected to be a hazard , however . Over parking structures would be recreation facilities , thus relieving some of the demand on community facilities . Photo slides of similar developments in Marin County and in Irvine , California demonstrated possibilities in this subdivision . In this plan , school, facilities would be situated in the area where they woii1iR he surrounded by singie family detached units . Off - street park _infr is provided for on both sides . Another feature described was the " tot lot " to provide centrally :Located recreation area for pre - school children . Also described was a townhouse oriented to the slough , rather than interior waterway , and it was noted an ecological reserve would be incorporated in this development . Cul -de -sacs are planned to be relieved by trees and shrubbery . The commercial area could accomodate a fire station which would have an additional access to Peninsula Parkway . An adjoining public utility easement would be partially used for parking . Salt marshes nearby would remain protected . Placement of plantings throughout would be such as to permit long views of the water . Slides were also shown of residential units already built and in use . 1 The concept of " lot line " housing was described which eliminates the usual minimum setback repo �. rements , perm i_ tti np; a larger lot area on three sides , and enabling better usage of the available space . 1r . Johnson then Invited questions from Council and Commission , andCouncil questioned the placement of schools and park nn onposite sides of Davit Lane ; to what extent noise crerierated l iT adjacent arterial would affect schools , and whether these factors had been considered in the planning . Opinion was expressed that placing schools adjacent to major arterials is undesirable . Response was that school sites had been reviewed and approved by the Belmont School District . Land use was planned with view of achieving; in the garden apartment area a feel- ing of community identity . Placement of cul -de -sacs was designed with awareness that the general plan included high density residential areas which needed access to them without putting traffic pressure on low density units , thus requiring separate access to the apartments to avoid feedincr traffic through low density areas . Traffic engineer had advised them intersections limited as to volume Of traffic . Configuration or this site was somewhat less than ideal , whereas thus far the school sites in earlier subdivisions had all been designed under ideal conditions , and it was not necessary to feed through them . Objective here is to develop a community complex for activities to serve garden apartment types . It was noted schools prefer to be near collector roads , and the District does not appear to consider proximity to Davit Lane a detrimental factor . 1 v:�i '69