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Approved 12.4.24 urban environments, that becomes a real hassle when you have very dense townhomes or single-932 family homes how you make that happen through micro-grading. So that's going to apply here. 933 And to the point about screening, the building code will still prevail over our ordinance. It's 934 required, and we can't allow violation of the building code, whether it would compromise the 935 foundation or lead to drainage back towards the building, and I don't disagree with you that 936 drainage away can cause different problems, but that building code is intended to preserve the 937 primary building itself. That will all be addressed and layered upon this, and generally speaking, 938 the building code will take precedence and be enforced above our ordinance whenever there's a 939 conflict. 940 941 Whitney Watson: Okay. Thank you. 942 943 Adam Beeman: Go ahead, Statler. 944 945 Statler Gilfillen: Technical question on Page 6-44. As an architect, I've dealt with this constantly. There are two 946 standard measurement systems that some place it has to define which one you're using. It refers 947 to minimum width the first A then 20. I assume that that is feet and not metric, but it is not defined; 948 it's just a number. It's a very technical issue, but that's splitting hairs. It says per linear feet. It's 949 just the way it's presented is a little bit confusing when I was reading it. He just pointed out that it 950 is up there. 951 952 Perdita Holtz: Well, it's for linear feet, but when it says minimum width, when the tables say minimum linear feet 953 and we're in America where we use feet and inches and not meters. I feel it's getting a little hair 954 splitty. It's more like an overhaul of the whole section instead of the limited things that we've been 955 authorized to do. 956 957 Statler Gilfillen: I'm only raising it because I have professionally found that sometimes that confusion is not 958 clarified. 959 960 Perdita Holtz: Okay. Duly noted. And if we can rewrite the UDO, it would be wonderful, but right now we can’t. 961 962 Charity Kirk: So, would you suggest it say 20 feet and 30 feet, or minimum width and then in parentheses feet? 963 What are you suggesting? 964 965 Statler Gilfillen: That may be already covered, and I missed this. At the top in yellow, it says plant material 966 required per hundred linear feet. That would imply, in a court of law, that it is all measured in 967 footage, in the English system not the metric. 968 969 Charity Kirk: So, you think it's okay? 970 971 Statler Gilfillen: I'm okay with it. Thank you. 972 973 Adam Beeman: Go ahead, Lamar. 974 975 Lamar Proctor: All right. So, looking at Page 34 or 6-38, at the top, Sub 2, "Existing native non-invasive and 976 drought-tolerant trees having a diameter of," why are we going from 1 foot to 24 inches? 977 978 Cy Stober: It's about what is effectively the legacy tree and what we're going to prioritize for preservation. If 979 you feel that's wrongheaded or you'd like to preserve smaller trees, which is what we do today, 980 then that can be part of your motion. 981 982 Charity Kirk: What is the rationale for changing it from 1 to 2 feet? 983 984