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9/4/84 Page -16- you can accept a low density use of office. Acting City Administrator Rupp stated the reason was that the Administrative Office zone might want to be restricted to 3 acres was because of size, intensity, square footage of the building, height restrictions, etc. He felt that if we were veiwing a little larger in size, it maybe more fitting because of the clients that might locate there, that a certain amount of retail might be permitted as long as it is incorporated within the same structure. With the ex- perience that he has had, if the site be- comes larger then the activitiy may also become more intense; that there maybe a condition that exists that they can only provide so much office use and then they are approaching the City to change to commercial zoning because they just can't develop any more office space at that low intensity. So they may sell off a portion of their site and we get into a zoning issue. The fear that he saw was that we are looking at arguments to maybe come in - sway the council on the argument that they are just going to do administrative office - get an 8 acre site; develop 2 acres of it and then they sell it off and then the next owner says we can't develop this as strictly office it has to be something else, i.e. commercial. He felt the limited size offered much more control for the City. He suggested that perhaps that the retail use as provided in the business office zone be subject to review also. Councilman Leary Suggested that this version of the ordinance, since it had been significantly changed be discussed by the Planning Commission es- pecailly in regard to the 3 acre restriction. Another of his concerns was the RR as stated in 2 M. of the ordinance, he felt this was too restrictive and perhaps should be 2 units per acre as the cost of the utilities, i.e. water and sewer lines would be very costly for one unit per 5 acres. This was another item he would suggest that the Planning Commission discuss. Mayor Meier suggested that perhaps as per- mitted under the P.U.D. guidelines the homes could be clustered and suggested staff look at this also.