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2 The proposed amendments were presented at public hearing on February 24, r 1997. Planning staff indicated it had not been possible to translate some of the Planning Group's recommendations related to the Flexible Development Village Option into ordinance language due to a lack of specificity. Public comment was limited to one planning group member who spoke in favor of the proposed amendments,but asked if it might be possible to re-visit the Village Option recommendations to see if greater specificity was possible. A meeting was held in the Planning Department Conference Room on April 7 to review the following Village Option recommendations developed by the Planning Group at meetings on August 22 and September 19, 1996: 1. Limit Village Proper to higher and intermediate intensity areas; 2. Commercial cannot be visible from road; 3. Village Green must be surrounded on four sides by Village Proper; 4. Village Proper shall be surrounded on four sides by the Village Conservancy; 5. Buildings should be permitted to front to pedestrian access with streets/alleys in rear; 6. Lower the maximum Village Proper from 100 acres to 50 acres; 7. Increase the required open space to 50%. Only four Planning Group members were in attendance(Clint Burklin,Lee Rafalow,Bob Strayhorn,and David Yelton),but they were all residents of the area who had been active in the process from the beginning. They also represented a broad cross section of landowner opinion regarding the small area plan and implementation strategies. Staff pointed out that items 1 and 6 had been included in the proposed plan and ordinance amendments presented at public hearing.Upon further discussion,it was group consensus that items 2,3,4,and 5 were either addressed adequately by the existing Flexible Development standards or that their incorporation into ordinance requirements might otherwise limit the ability to incorporate certain desirable features,e.g., scenic views, in a village development. There was some misunderstanding regarding the status of item 7 and staff pointed out that it had=been included in the public hearing package due to a lack of specificity as previously mentioned. Some disappointment was expressed(in that item 7 was not included),but group consensus was to stay with the Village Option recommendations as presented at public hearing and not recommend any changes. The Planning Board met on May 7 and recommended approval of the proposed plan and ordinance amendments as presented at public hearing on February 24, 1997. The vote was unanimous. RECOMMENDATION: The Administration recommends approval of the proposed amendments to the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan, Zoning Atlas, Zoning Ordinance,and Subdivision Regulations.