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Planning & Zoning Board January 8, 2003 Page 32 Staff advised that Section 1 of the ordinance lists findings. The findings accomplish a number of things. They connect the ordinance to the Comprehensive Plan, and they list facts and justifications that form the basis of the regulations created by the ordinance. Section 2 is the regulatory part of the ordinance. Each paragraph relates to one or more of the fundamental growth management elements listed above. Staff explained that it is important to read Section 2 of the ordinance in order, as each paragraph builds on previous paragraphs. Staff reviewed each of the findings as contained in draft Ordinance No. 01 -03 as well as the provisions contained in the Growth Management Policy. Staff addressed the approved Phasing Plan/Final Platting Schedule, noting that Paragraphs 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 refer to phasing plans and an inventory of approved phasing plans, which requires some explanation. The City needs a way to keep track of the number of housing units that are approved and the schedule for when they will be built. The best way to do this is to track and regulate the approval of platted lots or housing units. (A single family detached lot will accommodate one housing unit. However, multi - family residential structures can be built on one lot. Therefore, it is the number of units that counts.) Staff explained that lots cannot be built on until the final plat is approved. Once the final plat is approved, we can assume that the lots will be built on relatively soon. The ordinance states (paragraph 9) that all plats over 50 units must include a phasing plan. (The new Subdivision Ordinance also requires a phasing plan. This is one of the overlapping points of the Growth Management Ordinance and Subdivision Ordinance.) The phasing plan will be negotiated during the project review process. Ultimately, when the City Council approves a preliminary plat, the phasing plan will be part of the conditions of approval and included in the development agreement. The phasing plan lists which lots /units will be final platted in each year following preliminary plat approval. Staff noted that Exhibit 1 provides a progressive explanation of the inventory of approved phasing plans, or final platting schedule. The schedule includes a column for each year and a row for each development project. The approval of Stoneybrook in 2002 included a phasing plan that allows 51 lots to be final platted in 2002 and the remaining 52 in 2003. (Lots can carry over to the next year to some extent.) Staff presented the exhibits as follows: Exhibit 1, pages two and three show additional (imaginary) projects and their phasing plans. According to the schedule, Caroline's Estates could final plat 47 lots in 2003, 49 lots in 2004, 49 in 2005, and the last 23 in 2006. DRAFT MINUTES •