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Item 6C PUD-8$-10-4M. HODyard Village Sho_n_ning Center Application for a ma_jor modification to an approved Planned Unit Development (PUD) for Hopyard Village Sho_ng_ing Center. located at the northeast comer of HoDyard Road and Valley Avenue. to consider amendments to conditions of anoroval re~ardin~, uses. hours of narkin~, lot gate closure. parking lot lighting. landsca_nina. and lattice fence extensions for the 52 s_Dace back parking lot and buildings located at 5725 and 5737 Valley Avenue. Zoning for the pro~e_rty is pY.H) ('Plann~ Unit Development) - C-C (Central Commercial~ District. (SR 96: 87) Brian Swift presented the staff report. Mr. Tarver asked if staff had considered making uses conditional instead of permitted7 Mr. Swift indicated permitted uses would still have to comply with the existing conditions. The neighbors have indicated they are not interested in a lot of conditional use procedures; they do not want to have to keep coming to Planning Commission hearings to protect their interests. Ms. Mohr asked if there were many cars from 6:00 to 6:30 a.m.9. Mr. Swift believed there were just a few cars. Mayor Tarver declared the public hearing open. Thomas Cave, 150 Almaden Blvd., Suite 1375, San Jose, representing Manulife Real Estate, indicated the new owner has tried to accommodate the homeowners as much as it can. He had four items to discuss: the light standard, gate hours, building uses, and landscape and lattice work on the fence. The light standard will take the place of low bollards in the center of the parking lot because of the difficulty in installing the low beilards. There will still be bollard lighting around the perimeter and at the rear near the homes. The problem of turning the light off at 7:30 p.m. makes it almost worthless. In summer, it would never be turned on and in the winter it would be used only about two hours. The parking lot is open to pedestrians until 9:00 p.m. and the owners are concerned about lighting this area until 9:00 p.m. There have been numerous studies to make certain this style lighting has minimal impact. Manulife supports the request of La Petite Academy to have the gate open at 6:00 a.m. The Planning Commission changed the hours to 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The 7:00 p.m. closing time is unjus~fied because there has never been a complaint during that time period. With respect to the building uses, changing Building 5 to office only will seriously impact the economics of the center and current tenants. The owner can accept the limited uses on Exhibit D and believes those uses will not impact the homeowners. He continued, Manulife agreed to install the latticework because of the concern that the new landscaping would take a couple of years to grow high enough to block the Center. That is an expensive proposition. However, there is a concern that the residents want fully mature 03/19/96 -15-