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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL JULY 23, 2014 and a side entrance that would access the upper unit. McManus indicated that the house would have a walk -out with each unit have access to a portion of the lower level. McManus indicated that the floor plans for each unit would be close to the same. Keis asked if he purchased this house if he could live in one unit and rent the other to anyone. The City Planner noted that under the PUD District restrictions for multi -family housing, both units would have to be occupied by people aged 55 or older. The Planner indicated that the City would not have the ability to restrict occupancy by family relationship, however. Keis felt that this would be a difficult restriction to enforce. Montour agreed. The City Planner also agreed that enforcement of the age 55 or older restriction would be difficult to enforce. The City Administrator indicated that to his knowledge there are no other duplexes in the City that are age restricted. McGraw expressed concern about how this situation would work in the future. He cited an example of when the original owner passes away and a new owner wants to convert the house to a single-family home. The Planner replied that it could, and the PUD District would not require the age restriction for a single-family home. Keis asked what would happen if a family member inherited the property was younger than 55 years of age, and wanted to occupy a unit and rent the other. McManus stated that this could not be done since there would be a deed restriction limiting occupancy to individuals aged 55 or older. Keis was concerned about the City's ability to regulate occupancy by age. McManus again stated that it could be done via the deed restriction. He indicated that there are single-family homes that are being occupied by extended families and felt this was a better situation as family segments have their own separate units. Boss asked the reason for the age restriction for multi -family housing in the PUD District. The City Planner indicated that when this area of the City was rezoned to PUD District it was implied that there could be multi- family housing developed within the PUD District. However, given the City's policy to discourage new market rate multi -family development, the age restriction was placed to limit any new multi -family to senior housing. The City Planner indicated that this is not an uncommon practice as some cities view senior multi -family housing more favorably than market rate multi -family housing. Keis asked if the duplex proposal met setbacks. The Planner indicated that the proposal meets basic zoning requirements. The Planner noted, 7