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• • WS — Item 5 WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT Work Session Item 5 Date: February 6, 2012 To: City Council From: Paul Bengtson Re: Zoning Amendment — Section 6 — Residential Zoning Districts Background Section 6 of the Zoning Ordinance contains all of the basic requirements for the Residential Zoning Districts within the city. Staff has comprehensively reviewed this section of the ordinance and determined a number of changes that must be made to properly implement the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. The Planning and Zoning Board has reviewed staff recommended amendments and identified additional changes that should be made. The result of these efforts is now being presented to the City Council for consideration. The format of the section will remain essentially the same; however a residential district that has not been used in the city since its adoption (R -EC) will be eliminated. The attached ordinance language clearly shows all amendments, but for the purpose of presentation, staff has identified the following nine changes as being major in scope or impact: 1. Purpose statements amended to clarify that public utilities are required for development and that development densities must be consistent with the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. 2. Buffers (as already required in the landscape standards) have been added to each district. 3. Impervious surface percentages have been updated to meet the Comprehensive Plan goals. 4. The minimum building size calculations have been clarified and the minimum building size requirements standardized. 5. Recreational facilities have been clearly defined to exclude off-road vehicle courses. III 6. The R -EC zoning district has been eliminated since it was never used after its adoption.