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goes into debt, under the theory that lease-purchases weren't really a debt obligation, that the City could back out of it at any time. You legally can back out, but the credit bureaus all remember you did. Debt is something that requires voter approval. Mayer moved that Council approve Ordinance No. 1081, Series 1992, an ordinance prohibiting financing of real or personal property for governmental or proprietary purposes through lease-purchase or long-term lease agreements and set Public Hearing for September 1, 1992. Seconded by Hornbostel. Roll call was taken. Motion passed by a 7-0 vote. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO SUBDIVISION AND PUD SECTION OF PUD CODE Mayer stated that using the Subdivision Code itself is not the best way to bring in large significant developments. There are very few controls that the City has on such developments. He recommended that the City amend the Subdivision Ordinance such that any subdivision with more than five housing units shall be required to submit a PUD plan and be subject to the sections in the PUD Ordinance to ensure that the large housing subdivisions that come into the City will be of high quality. Davidson: Are we allowed to do that? Susan Griffiths, City Attorney, stated that she saw Mayer's proposal just the day before and had not been able to go over all of the legal issues related to it. She'll go over the issues and get a response to the Council along with a draft of the ordinance, if Council would like. The one concern she has is to ensure that the requirement complies with the PUD State Statute, which sets out a series of requirements that apply to the PUD process. One is that all of the development in a City cannot be required to go through a PUD process. Davidson: Tom (Mayer), the intent for the five units or less, if Susan, in her reviewing it, found out it needed to be 20 or 25 units or less, that still meets your basic intent? Mayer: Certainly. A full PUD review might be an onerous burden on the very small developer. For any development that is going to have a significant impact on the City, it would be worthwhile to protect the City's interest. One could adopt many of the PUD proposals in the Subdivision Ordinance, but it's more straight forward to just adopt the PUD procedures in total.