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Louisville City Council Meeting July 3, 2001 Page 11 can be turned down on first or second reading. He stated that any of those actions would terminate the annexation process. He stated that he would evaluate the state statute and further advise the Council. Mayer voiced his opinion that the Council could simply deny Ordinance No. 1363, Series 2001, as legislative discretion. VOTE: Roll call vote was taken. The motion passed by a vote of 5-1. Mayer voted no. RESOLUTION NO. 31, SERIES 2001 - A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDED FINAL PUD DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO MODIFY LOT COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PORTION OF THE CEDARWOOD PARK SUBDIVISION Davidson called for Staff presentation. Wood reviewed the background information on the Cedar Park Subdivision. He noted that originally it was approved as both a plat and PUD in 1979 for a total of 45 units. Some of the units were approved for duplexes up to four-plexes. In 1982, both plat and PUD were amended to authorize the townhouse development, which did not change the overall density with a total of 45 units. The 2,000 SF limitation on lot coverage for the single-family detached lots existed from the original 1979 approval. Staff has not determined the source for the lot coverage restriction, which for 19 of the 22 lots is effectively more restrictive than the underlying zoning requirement, which would be 30 percent of lot area. Wood stated that the City Attorney reviewed the request to verify that the City did not need to obtain written authorization from some or all of the property owners within the subdivision/PUD. Wood reviewed that the applicants, Ian and Barbara Edwards, owners/residents of 615 West Street in Cedarwood Park Subdivision, have requested an amendment to the existing PUD for a portion of their subdivision. The amendment would modify the maximum lot coverage requirement from a flat 2,000 square to a standard of 30 percent of lot area or 2,000 SF, whichever is greater. The change is requested for the single- family detached lots within the subdivision. Wood explained that the Cedarwood Park subdivision also includes the Cedarwood Park townhouse development along West Street and the large single-family lot along Hutchison Street, which is deed restricted to a single unit as part of the subdivision/PUD approval. Wood reported that the request was based on the denial of their variance request. The Board of Adjustment found, in part, that the request was not unique, given that the 2,000 SF standard applies to many lots. In order for a variance to be granted, one of the six mandatory criteria to be met requires that the circumstances surrounding the variance request be unique to a single lot, not general to a neighborhood. Based on the denial, the 11