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140 <br /> done. <br /> The Planning Staff recommends application of a two- <br /> acre minimum lot size throughout the Cane Creek <br /> Watersheds recommended in the study' prepared for the <br /> University Lake Watershed. Also recommended are <br /> impervious surface limits as provided in the revised <br /> sliding scale. Further consideration will be given <br /> to recommending more stringent standards upon <br /> completion of the technical study for Cane Creek, if <br /> so recommended by the Study. <br /> Due to the low level of residential development <br /> activity in Cane Creek Watershed, the Planning Staff <br /> finds that the application of standards proposed <br /> will not have any measurable detrimental effect on <br /> water quality, even if higher standards are <br /> recommended upon completion of the technical study. <br /> A table was included summarizing development in the <br /> Cane Creek and University Lake Watersheds between <br /> 1984 and 1993. (A copy of the table is an attachment <br /> to these minutes on page . ) Although both <br /> watersheds contain about the same area, more than <br /> three times as many lots have been created in the <br /> University Lake Watershed than in Cane Creek. <br /> The definition of Critical Area in Article 22 <br /> (Definitions) differs from the description of the <br /> Critical Area description in Article 4 .2 (Intent and <br /> Application Criteria) . <br /> The Critical Area is proposed to extend one-half <br /> mile from the normal pool elevation of the <br /> reservoir, or to the ridgeline of the watershed, <br /> whichever is less. This definition is correctly <br /> reflected in Article 4 .2 .27b) Watershed Protection <br /> Overlay Districts - Application Criteria, which <br /> includes a description of the location of each <br /> overlay district. <br /> The Critical Area definition provided in Article 22 <br /> (Definitions) in the draft text presented for public <br /> hearing was incorrect, and has been revised to be <br /> consistent with Article 4 .2 .27b) . <br /> The Planning Staff recommends that the Critical Area <br /> be defined as: The land area within one-half mile <br /> of the normal pool of an existing or proposed <br /> watersupply impoundment or the ridgeline of the <br /> watershed, whichever is less. <br /> Eidenier asked what comments OWASA made regarding <br /> the expansion of American Stone Quarry. Willis <br /> responded that OWASA did not make a statement at the <br />