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APPROVED 5/10/2010 <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 3/8/2010 Page 17 of 86 <br />1 2 3 <br />4 <br />5 6 7 <br />8 <br />9 10 11 <br />12 <br />13 14 15 <br />16 <br />17 18 19 <br />20 <br />21 22 23 <br />24 <br />25 26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 50 <br />51 <br />52 <br />53 54 <br /> <br />Rob Maitland: It looks like this building is designed perfectly to put some more kennels later when Mr. Lonsway decides to <br />expand the business. I can’t know that or you can’t know that but if you never spoke to Mr. Lonsway about expansion then I <br />will ask Mr. Lonsway stipulate that the maximum number of dogs that he will have here is 20 dogs because that seems to be <br />what this is designed for. <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker: Absolutely. The thought that you just explained never occurred to me. <br /> <br />Rob Maitland: You said very emphatically that you thought this was in harmony with the neighborhood. In your process of <br />designing this, how many of the neighbors did you interview and talk to about their expectations about what their <br />neighborhood should be like? <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker: None. <br /> <br />Rob Maitland: You never spoke with the Southerland’s about what there preference would be on this landscaping design? <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker: No. <br /> <br />Rob Maitland: You never ask them about any of the building placements? You never ask these people over here that are <br />going to be listening to the dogs? Nobody ever contacted them? <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker: Whoever will be listening to the dogs? Who are those people? <br /> <br />Rob Maitland: When the dogs are outside or noise seeps out of those small soffets? <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker: I have never talked with any of the neighbors regarding project. <br /> <br />Rob Maitland: You decided the scale of it fit in the neighborhood. You never had a neighborhood meeting and ask what <br />they thought. <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker: You ask me about my interaction with the neighbors. I can’t speak for Mr. Lonsway. I know he has had <br />interactions with the neighbors. In my opinion, this is a small scale facility, I don’t need to talk to the neighbors to have that <br />opinion. <br /> <br />Rob Maitland: Your statement that you think it will be in harmony is based without any discussion with any member of the <br />neighborhood. <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker: Yes. That is right. <br /> <br />Rob Maitland: Signage, did you discuss with Mr. Lonsway about having signage for this facility? <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker: Yes. We did. <br /> <br />Rob Maitland: Where will the signage be? He didn’t mention that. <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker: There will be two signs. On Exhibit 2, there is a location just to the right of the entrance drive, just behind <br />the right of way the sight line trial that we like to preserve for sight lines for a small sign that meets county criteria for <br />identification of the project. <br /> <br />Rob Maitland: To make people aware of the facility? <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker: Right. To have the name of the facility on a small low sign. <br /> <br />Rob Maitland: Two signs?