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-266- City Council conducted a public hearing and reviewed the proposed ordinance on October 24. Some of the councilmembers expressed concern with exempting development proposals that required a rezoning from commercial/industrial to residential from the density transitioning requirements. The City Attorney advised that there have been significant changes to the draft ordinance since the last public hearing by the Planning Commission. He stated that although the City Council conducted a public hearing that evening, Section 9.03.05 of the City Code requires another public hearing to be conducted specifically by the Planning Commission. It would not. be appropriate for the City Council to introduce this ordinance until the Planning Commission has conducted another public hearing and made a formal recommendation. City Council directed Staff to place the draft ordinance on the November 6 agenda. City Staff scheduled a public hearing on the proposed ordinance for the regular meeting of the Planning Commission on November 6. The Commission received a written comment from Orrin Thompson Homes requesting that the proposal to exempt development proposals that require a rezoning from commercial/industrial to residential be retained in the ordinance. City Staff also referenced a telephone conversation with former Planning Commissioner Ben Deemer, in which he suggested that the language exempting parcels that rezone from commercial/industrial to residential be retained. However, the rezoning would be conditioned on the fact that the most restrictive screening and setback standards, current zoning district versus the proposed zoning district, will be applied to the development proposal for the subject property. On November 6, the Commission also discussed Subdivision 4 (Traffic Generation Analysis) and authorized staff to modify the language as necessary to clarify the intent of the requirement as follows: a) new development has to largely drain to a collector or arterial road; b) limit traffic impact on adjacent existing neighborhoods to no more than that which would have been realized if the newly developing property was at the same density level as the existing neighborhood; c) the new development proposal has to deflect traffic from existing developed neighborhoods. Recommendation: The Pianning Commission moved to recommend that the City Council adopt the density transition ordinance. Chairperson Nixt commented that he still has some reservations with exempting parcels that rezone from commercial/industrial to residential, but in the interest of implementing the charter amendment he voted in favor of the motion. Staff would like to reserve the right to further refine the ordinance text prior to final adoption. Council Action: Motion to introduce Ordinance #00- establishing density transition standards. Review Checklist: City Attorney Loren Gordon/Hoisington Koegler Group CC: 11/14/00 I I I I I I i I I i I' I I I I I I I