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197 <br />~a C~~~ce~An~ regulations related to watershed Protections are changing. <br />~esp~nseo ~o changes to watershed protection regulations are being proposed. Critical and <br />Protected boundaries are not changing. ~rhe existing watershed Protection ~veriay District <br />provisions Section 4.~}have not been changed. <br />~a C~ncernn Conditional districts should be prohibited from the Universit*~ Lake watErshed Qverlay <br />District, the Cane Creek and Upper ono Protected and Critical Areas, ar~d the Rural duffer.. <br />~csi~~n~~a Prohibiting conditional districts would be problematic because County regulations <br />currently require that subdivisions of certain sire thresholds be approved through the Planned <br />Deve(apnlent process. In the UDC, trie approval process for certain subdivisions would be the <br />Canditianal, Use approval process see Section 7.z.3 an page 7-4 for sire thresholds}. Additionally, <br />prohibiting conditlonal districts Pram these areas would be a significant change from existing county <br />regulations which allow property owners to apply far Planned ®evelapment districts in these areas <br />with legislative apprvva[ following due process procedures. The conditional district regulations <br />contained in the Ur~~ require a Neighborhood Information Meeting prior to the public hearing see <br />Sections ~.9.1~~} and ~.9.2~D} on pages 240 and Z~44, respectively}. Presently, neighborhood <br />infvrrnation meetings are required only far major subdivisions. County Planning staff believed it <br />would be prudent to require that al(conditiona(district projects bald a neighborhood information <br />meeting in orderta promote public involvement and Transparency ratherthan have potential <br />confusion that could result ii only certain projects ~majar subdivisions} would be subject to the <br />requirement. <br />3 <br />(revised 03,03.11 <br />