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<br />Planning Commission/OA 05-13 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />Analysis <br /> <br />As the City begins to transition the area north of County Road 33 from ten-acre to 2 Yz-acre <br />lot minimums, it will begin to experience development of properties with significant site <br />constraints such as wetlands and floodplains. To ensure that there is adequate area on any <br />given lot to support a dwelling and septic system, staff suggest that the lot area definition be <br />amended to require one acre of contiguous buildable area. The lot area definition would be <br />revised to the following: <br /> <br />Lot area. In R-la unsewered and A-l zoning districts, lot area means the horizontal <br />land area within the lot lines but not including any land within a public right-of-way <br />or any area occupied by rivers, streams, or lakes. O! any area one acre or larger and <br />classified as u.s. }...rmT Corps of Engineers type 3, 1, or 5 wetlands, as described in <br />the u.s. .L'\rmy Corps of Engmeers pampWet entitled "10 Important Questions," U.S. <br />Co-;ernment Printing Office No. 1979 768929. The buildable area shall be <br />contiguous and shall be a minimum of one acre in area. In all other zoning districts, <br />lot area means the horizontal land area within the lot lines, but not including any land <br />within a public right-of-way or any area occupied by rivers, streams, or lakes. er-ftfiY <br />area cla3sified as a u.s. Army Corps of Enginee!3 type 3, 1 or 5 ~.etland. <br /> <br />The proposed language change eliminates the reference to wetlands and includes a <br />requirement for one acre of contiguous buildable area. <br /> <br />Recommendation <br /> <br />Staff recommends that the Planning Commission recommend approval of the ordinance <br />amendment to the City Council. <br /> <br />S:\pLANNING\Case Files\2005\OA 05-13 Lot Area\08 23 05 PC memo. doc <br />