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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 12, 2018 Page 19 Mayor Roe noted these are being proposed as conditional uses. Regarding solar access, looking at setbacks, especially above 40 feet in height, maybe the setback should be 100 percent rather than 50 percent of building height. One option is to revert to a lower height limit, if that helps the situation. There is also the ability to conditionally approve taller heights. Or the Council can leave the 120 feet, and increase setbacks. He asked the Council about height and setbacks. Councilmember Etten stated he is open to increasing setbacks. Regarding solar access,he would be interested in greater protection for single-family. Councilmember Willmus commented when the Council starts to discuss this height of building, he has concern about existing commercial uses. It is some- thing he would like to think about a little more. The overall height can be miti- gated by pushing it back further through increased setbacks. The overall height of 120 feet concerns him. He might look at a cap of 8 stories at 12-foot ceilings which gets it down to approximately 100 feet of overall height. Councilmember McGehee stated she is much more comfortable with 100 feet, or 8 stories, than with the 120-foot cap. She would like to think more about the ap- propriate setbacks. Mayor Roe discussed setbacks further. He noted that in the HDR-2 table, the max height is 65 feet; and there is a footnote saying buildings over 65 feet require con- ditional use approval. That could be an option, to provide conditions to go up to 100 feet. Right now,because this has conditional approval, the Council does have ability to look at setbacks on case-by-case issues, which might help alleviate con- cerns as well. Councilmember Etten stated he is supportive of that kind of thing. He does defer to the folks on the Planning Commission, who have development experience. Underground parking might be part of the multi-family. But it has to be econom- ically feasible for a developer. Councilmember Willmus stated he would like to explore a hard cap at 100 feet and maintaining setbacks as height increases. Councilmember McGehee stated she is happy with keeping it the same, with the conditional use provision. She agrees that the Planning Commission has devel- opment knowledge. The conditional use requires them to follow the design, and the Council has discretion. The hard cap could become problematic as well. Councilmember Willmus stated there should be a conversation to take out the hard cap and let them potentially go higher on a conditional approval.