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5 PROPOSED ORD12VANCE/PLAN AMENDAUM ORDlNANCEIPLAN.• Zoning Ordinance REFERENCE- Article 5.1.1 Schedule for Residential Development, Single and Two-Family, Multi-Family, Residential Hotels, Rooming Houses, Etc. Article 5.1.2 Schedule for Non-Residential Development Lot-By-Lot, Planned Development Article 6.2.4 Density Averaging in AR and R-1 Districts Article 6.23.2 Residential Densities See "Existing/Proposed Ordinance/Plan Revisions"below. ORIG12V OFAMEIVDMENT.• Staff Planning Board X_BOCC Citizen Other. STAFF PRIORITYRECOMMENDATION. X High Middle Low EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE.•June 30, 1994 PURPOSE OF AMENDIr[E1VT.- The proposed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance seek to establish a "base-line" minimum lot size requirement of two acres throughout the County's planning and zoning jurisdiction from which proposed Rural Character Strategies may be implemented. WACTS/ISSUES The Board of Commissioners received a report on proposed Rural Character Strategies at its May 17,1994 meeting.Discussion was continued to the May 26,1994 budget presentation meeting.At that meeting,the Commissioners decided to conduct a special hearing at the end of June to consider the following items: 1. Rezoning of the remaining 37% of the County's planning and zoning jurisdiction from one dwelling unit per acre to one dwelling unit per two acres; and 2. Receipt of citizen comment on the following open space preservation issues: a. Whether clustering is a desirable and marketable form of development; b. Whether a 50 percent open space requirement is appropriate, and how should open space be defined; and C. Whether density bonuses should be provided as incentives for preserving open space. Summary of Proposed . The proposed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance seek to implement item #1 above by changing the minimum required lot area per dwelling unit from 40,000 square feet (0.92 acres) to 87,120 square feet(2.0 acres)in AR Agricultural-Residential and R-1 Rural Residential zoning districts.A related amendment concerning "density averaging" allows developments to provide varying lot sizes so long as the overall density does not exceed one dwelling unit per two acres (after excluding street rights-of-way)and no lot is less than 40,000 square feet in size.Another amendment is also proposed to insure consistency with Protected Watershed Overlay Districts;e.g., the minimum lot size requirement in the Hyco Creek and Flat River watersheds are increased from 40,000 square feet to two acres.