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12 <br /> DRAFT <br /> 248 Taylor Perschau: We would have a zoning atlas that is inaccurate. Currently there is an error in the zoning <br /> 249 atlas. So, if it wasn't adopted the error would remain and the zoning atlas would be <br /> 250 inconsistent with on the ground ridge line. <br /> 251 <br /> 252 Charity Kirk: Yeah. <br /> 253 <br /> 254 Taylor Perschau: So, it affects how planning staff reviews the impervious surface for this particular property. <br /> 255 <br /> 256 Charity Kirk: Right. <br /> 257 <br /> 258 Taylor Perschau: And part of why this is coming about now is the property is, there are three separate <br /> 259 applications for subdivisions that have been applied from an original parent tract. So, <br /> 260 they're in the process and they're trying to figure out where houses can be sited and what <br /> 261 their impervious surface constraints are. <br /> 262 <br /> 263 Charity Kirk: Why would we want to say no? <br /> 264 <br /> 265 Taylor Perschau: I don't have a good reason. <br /> 266 <br /> 267 Charity Kirk: Okay, thank you. That's it. <br /> 268 <br /> 269 Taylor Perschau: Yes. <br /> 270 <br /> 271 Statler Gilfillen: If I am understanding what you are saying, this is a procedural issue where the original <br /> 272 way it was laid out is no longer in consistency or corrected to the current standards and <br /> 273 that you are asking us basically to bring this up to the current standards. <br /> 274 <br /> 275 Taylor Perschau: Yes, the request is to get mapping to be accurate with the topography found on site, yes. <br /> 276 <br /> 277 Chris Johnston: You good Charity? <br /> 278 <br /> 279 Charity Kirk: Yes. <br /> 280 <br /> 281 Cy Stober: And for what's it worth to play this out in the regulatory framework. This is different from <br /> 282 most other zoning cases in that because the EMC has recognized the watershed <br /> 283 boundary and because we are a delegated program by the state and these watershed <br /> 284 boundaries are assigned to us by the state, the appeal would go directly to the <br /> 285 Environmental Management Commission. It would not go to our Board of Adjustment, <br /> 286 and they've already recognized this boundary, so it's a bit of cart and horse, but I do think <br /> 287 this is the appropriate way, and this is what the state DEQ has directed us to do. This <br /> 288 process and this procedure of recognizing the new surveyed ridge line boundary and <br /> 289 following up with our locally applied zoning even though this is zoning that reflects state <br /> 290 watershed protections. It is cart and horse depending on how you look at it, but this is the <br /> 291 path forward that the state has laid out to us. <br /> 292 <br /> 293 Charity Kirk: So, it would be kind of ridiculous if we said no? <br /> 294 <br /> 295 Cy Stober: You could say that. <br /> 296 <br /> 297 Chris Johnston: Whitney? <br />