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inspections must be performed by a certified inspector. The City currently has this requirement in City Code and is administering it accordingly. Rule 7080 also requires that ISTS have a maintenance assessment every three years and these can be performed by the homeowner. Consequently, staff has drafted an ordinance amendment that will establish that maintenance assessments of ISTS are required at least every three years and an annual reminder of this requirement will be published in the City newsletter. In addition, the City currently requires pumpers to submit a list of addresses where the ISTS have been pumped and that information is maintained in the computer and the property files. The proposed ordinance would affirm the pumping records procedure. Councilmember Hendriksen noted that this is the least stringent interpretation of state rules that the City Council can reasonably support. Motion by Councilmember Connolly, seconded by Councilmember Anderson, to introduce an ordinance establishing maintenance assessments for individual sewage treatment systems. Motion carded. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Connolly, and Hendriksen. Voting No: Councilmember Anderson. Case #15b: Proposed Ordinance to Establish Density Standards in the R-1 Urban Residential District City Attorney Goodrich stated that various parcels of land were determined to. be land use sensitive and were placed in moratoriums while the City worked on the new Comprehensive Plan. In addition, the Zoning and Subdivision Chapter of City Code has not been updated to implement the Comprehensive Plan being considered. A very important aspect of the draft comprehensive plan is that language which would establish density standards for new development abutting existing development. It will take at least six months to update the Zoning and Subdivision Chapter and, in the interim, the moratorium is expiring on various parcels. The proposed ordinance would propose density on the common border between new and existing development be equal or less than the existing density, but the minimum lot size will not be greater than one acre. The remainder of the newly developing property within 1,000 feet of the common border with existing development shall be restricted to a density of two units per acre. New development will also be subject to a traffic generation analysis. Mr. Goodrich recommended that the current Zoning Chapter be amended to establish the density standards in the R-1 Urban Residential District as soon as possible. Motion by Councilmember Hendriksen, seconded by Councilmember Connolly, to direct the Planning Commission to conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance to establish density standards between new and existing residential development in the R-1 Urban Residential District. City Council/June 13, 2000 Page 21 of 26