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~c~~ <br />of June 26, 1997. This would be <br />watershed overlay zoning district <br />effective date of January 1, 1994. <br />Recommendation <br />in keeping with the last round of <br />changes in 1993-94, which set an <br />The Planning staff recommends that the County approve the ordinance <br />and subdivision regulation text amendments implementing <br />management option #3 (the OWASA-recommended option). Our <br />reasons for this recommendation are as follows: <br />1. Our completed research on the use of cluster for water quality <br />protection has not yielded any other programs that use cluster <br />development for water quality protection, with or without using <br />structural controls (detention ponds and basins) or large-lot base <br />zoning. <br />2. In the Cane Creek Watershed Study, the other two options did not <br />protect water quality to the same degree of certainty as the <br />OWASA-recommended approach. Staff has not determined any <br />mitigating factors that alters this finding. <br />3. Option #2 (Creative Open Space) is not a true alternative, as it <br />could be done through the OWASA-recommended approach. <br />4. In addition to the lack of supporting data for options #1 and #2 for <br />water quality certainty, there was also no support for these two <br />options at the October 29 community information meeting. <br />i. The October 20 staff report failed to note that Option #1 (Mandatory Flexible Development) also <br />included large-lot zoning in the critical area. <br />2. At the community meeting, participants were asked to participate in a straw poll of the three options at <br />the close of the meeting. Four persons supported Option #3 (OWASA), while the remainder supported <br />none of the above. No one voted for Options #1 and #2. <br />