#03 STAFF REPORT OP-PUD Workshop

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3 Error! Unknown document property name. 6. Lot creation. • Staff is suggesting that single-family lots that are served by individual septic tanks, utilizing communal drain fields, decrease in size from 21,780 square feet to 16,000 square feet. Staff also propose a 100’ minimum lot width and a 160’ minimum lot depth. These changes are meant to encourage development, while preserving natural land. • Staff is suggesting the addition of cluster development to this section and recommends that single-family lots being served by individual septic tanks utilizing communal drain fields shall be a minimum of 12,800 square feet in size with an 80’ minimum lot width and 160’ minimum lot depth. Cluster developments would be required to have a minimum open space area of 60%. Lots designed with rear-loaded parking through a secondary access (alley), may reduce the required front lot width to 80’ for a traditional development and 60’ for a cluster development. These changes are meant to encourage development, while preserving more open space area. Additionally, this can be more space-efficient and environmentally friendly compared to each lot having a separate drain field. Reducing the front lot width in cluster developments, from 80 feet to 60 feet, encourages density while allowing flexibility. C. Update Open Space PUD Development Standards – 105.12.1060 1. Building standards. • Staff are proposing adding an attached garage standard to be more consistent with the city’s design standards. Staff are proposing that the width of the garage shall not exceed 40 percent of the width of the entire building façade that is fronting the primary street. 2. Trail and sidewalk standards. • Staff is proposing adding “sidewalk” to this section of code to encourage both trails and sidewalks in Open Space PUDs. Adding sidewalks to this section allows developers to choose a combination of trails and/or sidewalks for their project. • Staff propose changing language in this code to encourage that sidewalks be constructed along the lot frontage on one side of the road. • Staff also propose additional language to encourage trail connections to other developments and public places. o There is flexibility in the language in this area of code to require more than the sum of the centerline length of all public roads in the development at the discretion of the community development director or the city engineer. D. Update Open Space PUD Review Procedure, 105.12.1080 • Staff are proposing cleaning up language in this section for consistency. See attached language. E. 105.12.980-105.12.1110 • Staff is proposing updates for all mentions of “planning director” to “community development director”.