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7.06: Review Recent Feedback Concerning Buildable Area on Parcels with Floodplains and <br />Wetlands <br />Community Development Director Gladhill reviewed the staff report and recommendation to <br />direct staff to work with the Environmental Policy Board (EPB) and Planning Commission to <br />develop ideas to resolve, or at least reduce, issues some homeowners are encountering as a result <br />of the proximity of the principle structure to a wetland, floodplain, and/or storm sewer pipe. <br />Mayor Strommen stated that she does not view this as an issue of wetland protection versus <br />allowing people to fill but rather there are lots that meet the minimum standards but are not allowed <br />to build decks because of the wetland location. She provided the example of a homeowner that <br />has a sliding door 1.5 stories up which is meant to have a deck but he had to go through a difficult <br />process to build the necessary deck. She noted that a solution was found in that individual case <br />but noted that there are other cases like this out there where a home was built on the lot in a position <br />which prevents them from building items that may be necessary. <br />The Council consensus was to direct staff to work with the Environmental Policy Board and <br />Planning Commission to develop ideas to resolve, or at least reduce, issues some homeowners are <br />encountering as a result of the proximity of the principle structure to a wetland, floodplain, and/or <br />storm sewer pipe. <br />