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• • Amending Growth Management Policy page 7 1. For the purposes of this ordinance, "conventional development" is defined as a development proposal that meets the minimum requirements of the City's ordinances regulating development including but not limited to subdivision and platting (Ordinance No. 04 -03), zoning (Ordinance No. 08 -03), street construction standards (City Code Chapter 302, and other pertinent requirements. 2. For the purposes of this ordinance, "conservation development" is defined as a collaborative process which results in a development plan, typically a planned unit development, in which certain stipulated public values are achieved in exchange for greater flexibility on general development requirements and the growth limits defined under Section 2 of this policy. Amendment Option 1: 3. The growth management policy allows the City Council reasonable discretion to approve housing units in any given year in excess of the stipulated growth limits of Section 2, paragraphs 4, 5, and 7 of this ordinance in cases where a conservation development proposal results in significant and discernable public values above and beyond those achievable under conventional development. These public values include, but are not limited to: • Preserving more natural open space than required under current ordinances and development policies • Reducing the extent of impervious surfaces and size of the development footprint • Restoring /enhancing ecological systems on the site as part of the development process • Protecting off -site ecological systems through increased buffering • Ensuring long -term natural resource stewardship through an endowment program sponsored by the Developer • Providing public park and trail opportunities consistent with or in excess of the System Plan • Managing stormwater (flow rates and quality) using natural infiltration and ecologically -based approaches • Preserving the open space aesthetic to which community residences have become accustomed • Maintaining natural buffer between established and new developments