Curmudgeon said...
Much interesting occured, but for now, the bottom line: on a motion to approve the new Sensitive Area Overlay Ordinance and the accompanying staff report and send to the City Council, the motion failed 3 votes in favor, 3 opposed. [Mr. Aretncio, the 7th member, was not present.]
Subsequent motion by Mr. Herman [hope I got the spelling right] to adopt the proposed ordinance but to keep the ban on construction on land sloping 30% or more until the Planning Staff and Planning Commission can consider and draft a "Hillsides Area Zoning Ordinance". At that point,the PC will consider amending the SAO Ordinance to remove the ban on development of land sloping more than 30%. [Reasons behind the motion complex, and I'll post more on it later, but for now, that was the gist of it.] The substitute motion passed by a vote of 4-2.
The advantages of doing it this way, according to those who favored the substitute motion, is that it puts in place immediately the necessary updated provisions of the SAO ordinance [expanding the area covered, etc], but keeps the ban on development over 30% slopes until new zoning covering hillside development can be drafted, particularly dealing with maximum densities on such lands and minimum lot sizes [to encourage clustering]. Told you it got complex.
So, SAO passed on to the council, but ban on development on land sloped over 30% remains in place for the time being.
Further deponent sayeth not.
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