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• �__ ....--___-. Public Hearing TMfinutes - 1 d. Affordable Housing 2 (1) Article 7.14.4 - Density Bonus for Affordable Housing In summary this item was presented to receive citizen commenttonitheand 3 proposal to provide incentives for the development of affordable housing Task Force, 4 moderate income families. The Report of the Low-Moderate Income Housing Ordinance Fore , 6 completed September, 1987, included a recommendation to amend the Zoning The 6 increase incentives for new construction of low and moderate-income housing. It is 7 proposed amendment represents one tool which may be used to achieve that goal. 8 p to 50x be permitted if a percentage of the lots 9 proposed that a density increase of up 10 or units are reserved for occupancy by, or sale to households which qualify as being in the low or moderate income bracket. The proposed provisions are most likely to be 1. t non-profit organizations already intending tolde develop poaffordablechhousing, or 2 by by 3 by developers/ landowners with suitable land of lesser d ran e g density increase. A more comprehensive and effective approach to the long-range studied o r 4 wager udi sewer 5 affordability of housing involves other issues,hthenruralncharacter,e�n� 6 discussed at this time, including watershed 7 extensions, and environmental imp 8 e. Public Hearing Procedures 9 (1) Article 20.6 Public Hearing and Notice Thereof '0 In summary this item was presented to receive citizen comment on the ?1 � proposed amendment to the public hearin decision is madeebylthetBoard of County any _2p 23 public hearing remain open until a final Commissioners....; The testimony received at a PusliccHs ring Testimony received outside ormaio of 25 considered. by- the Hearing Body in rendering 1 26 the public Hearing may not be considered. ' The purpose of the proposed Board of mendment is to 1 ?7 assure that all.-information Teceived prior to public hearing 28 Commissioners can be consideredn=" date the final decision. 29 as open, from the initial hearing 30 he 31 PLANNING BOARD CHAIRMAN JACOBS, indicated that the ad concerns a go t left openc 1 32 how Hearing procedures.- Specifically; the notion of have 33 He stated that it seemed to him that the process ective becoming more recommendationsffic�he�and the 34. Planning Board- is making- less informed an that n that the Planning 35 already entertained,:_in Public Hearing, altotrehashtevertthingrmation that the will 36 Board- is ,to_,consider-and they- do- not need _. . I..37 They make a,_recommendation based on vlasthossiblemtoithethe materialsathe Commissioners Commissionersi - i38 receive so that _it adheres,ii7closel, P 39 will see. The. changes that-.are_proposed will neeatin. lot- of thinefficiency nly of hear n�r: .- � 40 process unless it is specified that the Public 41 information.°.---He:asked__that if- the- �blmissioners would determinerwhetherf theatian a , i, 42 one of the stipulations: be that the Com Board. 43 information was significant= enough to refer it back to the Planning 44 was that �+ritten information 17-457-77-2- COMMISSIONER MARSHALL indicated that her understanding 46 could be accepted up until the time a decision is`made-but that-herbal COmmunicatione- 77 47 could only be received up to the last Planning Board meeting. 48 was in- agreement with that procedure. - Also, citizens sometimes felt that- they did accept information_up until the no 49 need to go through the process if the ommi _.-- -..... 50 last moment. _ __ 7 . . that he agreed EX indi: with Commissioner I. 52 CHAIRMAN CAR cated Marshall. He stated that to either written information or 1 53 he felt it should be limited after the Public Hearing d ii either written enw formation and 54 limit it altogether or keep it open altogether. Keeping i .