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Commissioner Dempsey stated that they could reqmre a certain lot width maximum as we~ ~:~. certain l°t size requirement, but if they require the frrst tier to be one acre and then of the development to be developed into urban size lots, the development ~ould~i ¢'e very:sil awkward. Commissioner Johnson rephed that developers are proposing urban singl'e:~fly develb~3'~ents adjacent to existing one-acre lot developments. He stated that the criti6'~J!~Uestion is d~O~.. reduce the tiering requirements in .tier 1 or tier 2 if a developer providesaddi~}~t, buffering. Councilmember Hendriksen stated that he would like the neighb6rlSO""'$dS~f;?'"~tend touether, not be separated by a heavily wooded forest. He suggested ~at ~e[ifir~t tier sh0q~id st~ith the one a~e lot requirement, ~en tier 2 should be half of tier 1 a~;i~n tier 3 :should be half of ti~ 2. He stated ~at ~ey need to come up with a system fo~(Ti:i~ng ~at ~J*hot create unusual lot sizes, but end up with ~e standard urban lot size of 10}86:0~'~,55~}¢., .~?~¢:~(':;}3~:~ ' ~e Co~inee ageed to ~e following: Use the concept of sta~ing with a one-acre lot si~e for der 1 ~;~h~ hal~Efhat for tier 2 .... :~:. ~ :, . . ~ ,~.:~E ~,~ <~.~ :~~' and ~en ~n ~er 3 be at the m~um Iot s~ze reqmrement Buffenng may be an approp~a~:~St~oE_~r~Ee of the t~er requ!5~ents. · ~ere should be a vmance provlslOmc~ · ~e buffer wid~ should be st~d~di~at 40 to'~5:feet. · ~e intent of buffeting is not to separate ~0~o &vel ghts, but to keep the buffering natural rather,[~-~fendsg or continuou~ 8'::~:i~g. · Remove the ref~ehCet~e CiW Ch~e?~6m the ordin~ce. d~1' 75 ~' ~ 2) Disafi~ion on Cont~t Rezonhg Co hi¢¢ e opmen . that Counci member Zinc== came across an ~icle h '~no~a;Un~'~)r:r~g~d~"~dover Ci, Council recently amendMg ~eir Code to establish":~ro3;6ions for con~act rezodng. He suggested ~at staff provide the Pla~ing .,~ )~7~0~sion wi~ a :d0'~y of ~e,anicle and that there be some discussion regarding whether or .:~};¢~;'~;~'~:~ff~. . ordin~'~: S~outd~ebe adopted into Ramsey's code. Under con~act rezodng, a woutdT.[~Uire the applic~t to submit a site plan or subdivision plan request ~6~.} ~ezoning ~'~: showing exafi~y how thePr~Pe~ is proposed to be developed. If ~e prope~ is not developed ~ accord~ce'~i~ the plus submi~ed at ~e time of the rezoning request, ~e Ci~ may i~tiate action to rev~:~ ~ back to ~e previous zoMng dedication. %e Plamng Co~ission reco~ended~a~ this item be founded to the Chapter 9 Subco~i~ee for review. ~';.¢'COnsensm;0~:fhe Co~i~ee was to direct ~e CiW A~omey to review the legalities of contract rezonmg prior to ~y decisions being made. -12- Ci~ Council/September 28, 2000 Page 4 of 5 I I I I I I I I I