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1 - f. Requiring rezoning to PDD or PUD based on the size of a development may be illegal. COHMENT: Regulating development based on its size, location, and intensity is the fundamental basis for the establishment of zoning districts. The requirement to rezone from an existing district has precedent in our existing zoning ordinance. Now, all development in the M district must rezone before a building permit can be issued. g. Use of laydown curb is an acceptable and desirable way to treat stormwater runoff. Correct. h, Section 14 Variances. Pecuniary means monitary. 3. Eliminate minimum size requirement for PUDs in the SMRC. Add to Section 2AC1. There shall be no minimum size for a Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoning district in the SMRC. 4. Prohibiting all but single family homes on a minimum of one acre lots in the floodway. COHMENT: The staff had recommended that no building should be allowed in the floodway. This is a legal concept and is employed in many jurisdictions. The Citizens Advisory Committe rejected this concept as too stringent even with transfer of development rights alternatives. The proposed restriction speaks more directly and significantly to character of development than it does to envirorunental protection. The proposed restriction would prohibit commercialization along the River bank even if an engineering udy proved no flood hazard problem for a commercial structure. Some jurisdictions specifically prohibit all residential uses the floodway, but may allow non-residnetial uses in certain circumstances if the building is safe and does not further expand the flood problem. Since non-residential development can be designed to be as environmentally sensitive as residential development, and if maintenance of existing natural character and open space is desirable, the Council may consider other control strategies than limiting use in the floodway to large lot residences. One of the most widely used techniques to achieve the objective of maintaining the critical environmental mechanisms associated with open space is the impervious cover ratio, essentially the amount of cover on a lot. Rough equivalence to a large single family house on a one acre lot would be an impervious cover ratio of 10%. Limiting use to single family on acre lots is a very direct way of insuring a pleasing character near the River. Another way is to establish a design or architectural review process which could include standards regulating height, bulk, color, shape, and compatibility with the natural vegetation and topography. Staff proposed the design review technique to the Citizens Advisory Committee, but they rejected this technique as being unnecessary and beyond the scope of the community fundamental concern- environmental protection.