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47 Special Meeting November 7, 1983 Page 3 lid) For the purpose of this subsection, Section 30-49.2, the reservation will be considered applied and non-revertable to the City when the property as described in the reserva- tion has been properly zoned, platted and developed with all required street, drainage and utilities accepted by the City and appropriate utility companies. If these infra-structure improvements have been completed and accepted by the City, the dwelling unit reservations for capacity will be assigned by the Director of Public Works to individual lots in the development and will be considered a commitment for capacity which will run with the land and not be severable; "e) The granting of the reservation of capacity will be approved by the City Council by resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter an agreement granting such reservation of capacity; and, "f) If the party who has been granted a reservation of capacity does not utilize the entire amount of the reservation by the time stated in the agreement, the remaining capacity will re- vert to the City to be used as the City determines with no re- fund from the City to the party with said reservation, but without prejudice to the party to reapply for another reser- vation subsequent to such reversion." City Manager Gonzalez stated this amendment makes a distinction between single family and all other development. It increases the time from three to six years for single-family development, which would start with the signing of reservation by the Council. It gives the Council the option to designate capacity to single-family development, and it gives the developer the capability of developing out a project without having a house on each lot. The reservation will be assigned to an in- dividual lot. After six years the City can get back the reservation and the developer would forfeit his deposit. Mayor Craddock re-opened the public hearing for comment on these amendment$. Jim Byrn said there were some commercial developments that needed the six years of reserva- tion as well, such as the JASBA property. Augustin Lucio said he thought there was too much concern of reservation of capacity, and that the City needed to reserve some capacity for emergencies. Chuck Mitchell asked for clarification that if a developer sells the lot he has a reserva- tion on, the reservation is designated on that lot for SlX years no matter how many times the lot changes hands. No one else wished to speak to this amendment, so Mayor Craddock closed the public hearing. The Council voted unanimous approval of Mr. Farr's amendments to Sec- tion 30-49. Mr. Guerra stated the Ordinance did not address an exemption for low income development to help the poor and needy. A map was provided to Council Members of the Small Cities Target area, wherein the Federal government has designated the area as a blighted area, and consists approximately of Victory Gardens land 2 and the Comal/Dunbar area. Mayor Craddock re-opened the public hearing on this matter. Ken Long stated that maybe a provision could be made for a lesser amount, such as 1% of the cost of an R-l dwelling. Ms. Kissler asked City Manager Gonzalez if we had any information how this was handled in Austin, and Mr. Gonzalez replied that Austin's fee is based on square footage and McAllen used an Urban Renewal area. Bryan Hoot said he disagrees that there should be an exemption allowed, that it would be more fair to leave the $750 charge. No one else wished to speak in the public hear- ing, so Mayor Craddock closed the public hearing. Mayor Craddock then moved the Staff prepare an amendment addressing Mr. Guerra's concerns and that it be presented to the Council, and Ms. Kissler seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.