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APPROVED 5/10/2010 <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 3/8/2010 Page 9 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 />suggested a few things we could do to improve it. Mr. Lonsway readily agreed to do that and then Mr. Stewart formed some <br />numerical analysis on the design in terms of sound proofing and determined we had a very good sound dampening design. <br /> <br />Nick Herman: He is here and he will testify. Did he make certain additional recommendations to the design for acoustical <br />purposes? <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker: Yes. <br /> <br />Nick Herman: Did you, in connection with your then, construction plans, incorporate those recommendations? <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker: Yes. <br /> <br />Nick Herman: Did you incorporate all of them? <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker: Yes. <br /> <br />Nick Herman: Do you remember what they were? <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker: I remember some of them. The ones that I recall, to be sure, I mentioned this earlier, that the soffits and the <br />ridge vents are absolutely minimal in their opening size so as not to let unnecessary sound through to also line the ducts or <br />HVAC system with a material that actually reduced the sound that might travel through the HVAC system to the outside. <br />Also, the window design that I described and the heavier door design that I described were his suggestions. <br /> <br />Nick Herman: In Applicant’s Exhibits 3A, 3B and 3C. What does 3C depict? <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker: 3C labeled as A3 which is the storage building, not Phase 1 or Phase 2 but the Phase 3 storage building <br />which is essentially a large space for utilities and storage purposes. <br /> <br />Nick Herman: No dogs in the storage room? <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker: No. <br /> <br />Nick Herman: If there are no objections, I am going to introduce and make part of the record Applicant’s Exhibits 3A, 3B and <br />3C. Mr. Whitaker, did you prepare a statement for the applicant as to how the applicant believes that his application <br />complies with all the Special Use Permits requirements? <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker: Yes I did. <br /> <br />Nick Herman: Is that statement of the applicant what I have marked as Applicant’s Exhibit 4. <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker: Yes. <br /> <br />Nick Herman: And is that part of the application file? <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker: Yes it is. <br /> <br />Nick Herman: Want to ask you a few questions about that. Is there any rule of the Orange County Control Department in <br />connection with overseeing or regulating this use if approved by the board? <br /> <br />Tony Whitaker: Yes. The county does have regulations regarding Animal Control and uses the County Animal Control <br />Office to administer those. This case, it is required before a building permit is issued that the County Animal Control Office <br />review and approve the building plans to make sure they comport with their regulations and I believe there is continuing <br />oversight by the Animal Control Office having at least annual inspections that I understand are randomly carried out. <br />