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Louisville City Council Meeting May 2, 2000 Page 6 dedication for right-of-way, and the basis for calculating the fee in-lieu of land dedication. With regard to the outlot dedication, Wood stated that the amended 1996 agreement required the dedication of a 2,772 square foot outlot for right-of-way purposes. Wood noted that Staff has met with the applicant and has reduced the size of the outlot by half, to 1,380 square feet. If the 96th Street Connection does not go through, the outlot would revert back to lot 3. Wood stated that the cash in-lieu payment has never been paid to the City and that the 1980 Subdivision Agreement required the payment, based upon 12% of the "total appraised value," be paid two years from the date of the agreement. Wood noted that the City Attorney has stated that, since no appraisal has ever been submitted to the City as a basis to quantify the cash in-lieu fee, the required appraisal must consider the value of all existing subdivision improvements. Wood stated that as a condition of approval, Staff recommends that the required appraisal reflect all subdivision improvements currently associated with the subject property, and that payment of the fee be required prior to recordation of the plat and/or PUD. With respect to the yard/bulk requirements, Wood stated that the requested exceptions to the district requirements involve reduced setbacks. The maximum lot coverage requirement (30%) of the underlying RL zoning district is not being relaxed through this request. The applicant has minimized the amount of setback which varies from the RL Zone District. Wood stated that as originally platted in 1980, all lots (Lots 1-5) met or exceeded the minimum area and lot frontage requirements of the RL Zone District. As replatted in 1981, Lots 3 through 6 were approved with smaller areas and lot frontages. The 25-foot setback from Bella Vista Drive is the most important because of the higher volume of traffic on the roadway. That setback is not reduced through the PUD. A series of 5' setbacks have been increased to 7' setbacks. Wood noted that the maximum building height has been reduced from the permitted 35- feet to 30-feet for the development, which is more in scale with the surrounding neighborhood. Wood stated that the only fence design requirement more restrictive than the underlying zoning regulations would be to limit fencing along Bella Vista Drive to a maximum of 42-inches in height and not less than 80 percent open. 6