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f <br /> 2 <br /> watershed protection strategies to its constituent <br /> jurisdictions. in October, the Work Group completed a <br /> proposed agreement on University Lake watershed <br /> protection and asked that it be circulated to the <br /> respective governing boards for comment and adoption. <br /> The proposed agreement included several provisions <br /> which, if implemented, would provide greater <br /> flexibility in the interim development standards by <br /> addressing potential hardships experienced by <br /> landowners in the watershed. (See #2, #3, #4, and #5a <br /> of the attached agreement. ) <br /> Though not the stimulus for the proposed ordinance <br /> amendments, an example of the flexibility needed in the <br /> standards was presented to the Planning Board at its <br /> October 16 meeting. The Durham Estates Subdivision <br /> consists of ten lots with an average density of one <br /> unit per 5.38 acres. (See attached sketch) . The <br /> smallest lot proposed is a 3 .59 acre tract separated <br /> from the main portion of the subdivision by a public <br /> road right-of-way. All other lots exceed five acres in <br /> size. <br /> The current standards require each lot to be at least <br /> five acres in size. The proposed standards would allow <br /> the subdivision to be approved, provided all other non- <br /> watershed standards were met. (See Article 6 . 15.2 and <br /> Section IV-C-2, subsection a. 3 .c) . ) <br /> The proposed amendments were presented at public <br /> hearing on November 27, 1989 . While many comments were <br /> received, those persons in opposition focused almost <br /> exclusively on the five-acre minimum lot size <br /> requirement adopted on October 2, 1989. <br /> A specific concern raised at the hearing involved the <br /> applicability of the proposed four percent impervious <br /> surface ratio in conjunction with the five-acre minimum <br /> lot size. The same concern was voiced about the six <br /> percent ratio as applied to two-acre lots. <br /> At the December 12, 1989 Planning Board meeting, the <br /> Planning Director presented preliminary information <br /> regarding the proposed impervious surface ratios and <br /> the ability of citizens to comply with same. The <br /> Planning Board asked that additional information be <br /> developed to address the potential hardships resulting <br /> from the inability of citizens to comply with the <br /> proposed ratios. <br /> At the January 9, 1990 Planning Board meeting, the <br /> Planning Director presented a more in-depth analysis of <br /> lot-by-lot development scenarios using the four percent <br /> and six percent ratios. He indicated that compliance <br />