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City staff have worked with Bonestroo to prepare draft new site layout performance standards and landscaping and tree preservations standards. All of these are intended to apply to all new plats, site plans for commercial /industrial /institutional uses, conditional use permits —in fact, all new development in the city. The site layout performance standards are new. The landscaping and tree standards would replace the existing sections of the zoning ordinance. The process for reviewing new development is as important as the regulatory standards that must be met. While we have been practicing the collaborative method for the past few years, the new process sections will codify those practices into ordinance form. The new collaborative design sections of the subdivision regulations would apply to all new plats and planned unit developments. The PUD section of the zoning ordinance would refer to those sections of the subdivision regulations. This will eliminate redundant and potentially conflicting requirements in the current ordinance. All these documents are drafts that are undergoing revision. It is likely the levels of requirements now in the tables will be pared down. We also will need to clarify some things. For example, tree preservation requirements for a development project should be different from a builder getting a permit for a house and from a homeowner removing a tree in his yard. ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD At the June 2, 2010 meeting the Environmental Board recommended approval of the ordinance amendments, with the following corrections and comments: Attachment 1: Site Layout Performance Standards – REVISED May 26, 2010 Recommended for approval as written Attachment 2: Landscaping and Tree Preservation Standards – REVISED May 26, 2010 Page 4 NO SPECIFIC CHANGE RECOMMENDED Environmental Board would like to encourage developers to exceed the requirements for landscaping materials, though offering incentives might not be warranted. Staff commented that the PUD process allows the flexibility to increasing some landscaping requirements in exchange for leniency elsewhere. Page 6 Q.6.a Page 7 Q.7.b Page 8 Q.7.h replace `is' with `are' revise `plans' to be `plants' in line two Replace with: Approved permanent wall /fence materials shall include wood, metal, masonry, concrete, stone, or other pre- fabricated and sustainable materials. • •