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then, he had conferred with their architect concerning the ADA and the engineer regarding the necessity for on site detention. He explained that it was decided that going with a two story configuration was not feasible, which makes it even more difficult for them to do the kind of floor area that they want to do within the 18' height restriction proposed within the AO-T. They can't even get a two story structure within the 25', so they have a great height concern. He commented that, when you take the 6.7 acre site and deduct the 12% off the top, as an open space dedication requirement, that leaves 5.9 acres. It's a very long, narrow site. They would lose about 1.8 acres of that site just within the 50' buffers alone, leaving them with 4.1 acres. If they were to do the 60% over and above those two deductions, they are left with 1.6 acres. He stated that requesting a 60% medical facility out of the professional building and 40% non-medical, they could only get about 25,000 s.f. of professional office use on that site. He stated that the amount of developable area on this site, the floor area ratio would be .08, using 25,000 s.f. over 6.7 acres. Neodata across the street had been approved at .31 floor area, four times more dense than this property. Durham was aware that they could come in as a PUD, but they preferred not to. He stated that they intended to bring their proposal in to the city in 30 days or so. They want to be a part of the City of Louisville. Barry Morris, 650 - 12th Street, Boulder, Colorado, representing Louisview Corporation, stated that he didn't believe that the Council had looked at the economics of this, just the physical aspects of the proposed zoning. Economically, it renders this parcel useless. Their lender had virtually told them to forget it, the property is sterilized and they wouldn't even consider lending them money on it. He felt that it would be a more fair situation for them, as well as other developers that come into Louisville, if the AO zoning remained. If the Council voted down the AO-T and allow them to come in with a PUD, Morris believe that Council governs everything necessary, as far as the conforming of buildings and roofs/pitches, designs, allowing them so much more flexibility with the PUD. He asked Council to stay with the original AO zoning. Davidson called for Council comments or questions. Susan Griffiths, City Attorney, wanted to clarify the application of this ordinance, stating that this ordinance does not apply to any specific parcel of property. This ordinance is not limited to any specific parcel of property. The ordinance merely creates a new zoned district called AO-T and will not become applicable to any parcel of property until it has been rezoned in accordance with the city's code or zoned initially, if the property is annexed to the city. She stated that there is property outside the city's boundaries that has not been annexed to the city and is not currently subject to the city's zoning code. She stated that what Council had before them was a question of whether or not a new zone 3O