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<br />3 <br /> <br />designated. An excerpt from the Comprehensive Plan that is referencing the merging of these two <br />districts is included below. <br /> <br />With the RS district we were able to get much closer to creating a neighborhood that could be <br />successful. If the Council did not want to use the RS we could use a PUD approach with similar lot <br />standards to that of RS. In addition to zoning there are a couple considerations needed to make a rural <br />neighborhood work, and these are described in greater detail below. <br />Before describing the additional considerations, I wanted to clarify how the soils, which do not work for <br />a community septic system, appear to work for individual systems. In the last few months we worked <br />with an individual septic designer/installer who has installed and worked on many of the systems in the <br />nearby area including in the adjacent development Torre Pines. He was very familiar with the area and <br />the soils and conducted 20-30 informal test holes across the Eberhard property to see if the soils would <br />likely meet the requirements for a mound system. All but three of the test holes informally completed <br />met the requirements for mound systems. <br />There is still a lot to do to make sure we have the 10,000 sq area needed on every lot and while there <br />still could be areas that potentially fail, there appears to be a good likelihood that if we use the RS <br />zoning, we will be able to be creative and locate areas for treatment systems on the vast majority of <br />homesites if not all of the homesites. <br />The requirements for individual systems are not as stringent as for community systems and more <br />importantly the water infiltration needs of individual systems are not as great as community systems. <br />Based on our initial analysis it appears that individual systems will work on the site. There could be <br />some additional costs due to the types of soils and impervious nature of the soils, but this does not <br />prevent us from developing the homesites. <br />The RS zoning district includes the following standards: <br />o Lot Size – min. 1.5 acres <br />o Lot Width – min. 125’ <br />o Side Yard setback – min. 10’ <br />o Front Setback - min. 30’ <br />o Rear Setback - min. 40’ <br />o Maximum Impervious - 25% <br />Using this RS zone allows us to find the needed 10,000 sf of suitable area for a primary and alternative <br />septic site on the properties. The RS zone in theory could allow for as many as 40+ units on the property.