01/15/2003 Environmental Board Minutes

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ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING JANUARY 15, 2003 Chair Kukonen inquired the reason for the R-1 omission in (D, 2)(p.2-4'7) under the Zoning Districts, is because there is increasing information on local plant communities. Mr. Brixius answered that a PUD would be mandatory for townhomes. • Chair Kukonen recommended that it state "may be allowed in R-1 and R -1X." Mr. Brixius responded to the above recommendation by indicating that buildable land was not counted against the lot area. Easements and buffers created outlots. Tree preservations would also apply. There was a concern for R-1 not to reduce the lot size so as a compromise, R -EC zoning district was developed by staff. The City had discretion to apply the zoning and along greenway corridors there could be an application for R -EC, but the lot densities would be consistent with R-1. Asleson stated that R -EC could be used in the areas defined by the polygons where rare communities were present. Mr. Brixius indicated that open space preservation could take place by creatively choosing the locations, and would accomplish the goals of preservation with the R -EC designation. Grochala responded that he wanted Mr. Quigley's in a PUD, but in the past there was difficulty in getting them passed. Asleson mentioned it had to make economic sense as well. Mr. Brixius stated that with maximum lots a developer could obtain the same number of lots with setbacks and lot size but preserve open space. The standard rule of lot area was unique to the City and he encourages its use for other cities. Donlin indicated she agreed with Chair Kukonen's point of view, because some developers wanted to be creative to preserve certain areas but rezoning was cumbersome. Grochala clarified that the PUD Rezoning and Conditional Use had the same process except for R-2. Mr. Brixius added it was the only contractual conditional zoning classification that would be created for that area alone. He mentioned an example of a City with all PUD in an area, and a resident had difficulty finding a location for a garage. Mr. Brixius reviewed that the buildable area for under 10 acres only required 2 acres of buildable land including a right-of-way for (C,2)(p.3-5). In (D)(p.3-6), it inhibits two principle buildings on a lot. For (3.)(p. 3-8) a PUD would be required for townhomes and apartments. Subdivision 4 (p.3-11) ensured that homes built would have quality and aesthetics for years to come. The height requirements in (C)(p.3-16) had provisions for solar availability. That could be 5 APPROVED MINUTES