Planning Commission Minutes 2015 04 09

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes April 9, 2015 Page 14 of 27 commercial structures up front. It would not change heights. It would allow a lower density than is currently allowed to be considered. Currently, multi -family is allowed to be considered and single family is not allowed to be considered as part of the Downtown Zoning District. He does not believe it will change the intensity of Downtown. The effect will actually change the difference. It will give economic opportunity for lower density to have viable uses. Staff knows that what is done to Chapter 17 will affect Chapter 13. Staff does not believe this affects this particular issue in Chapter 16, but Staff is aware of Chapter 13. Draft ordinances have been sent to the Finance Director who runs utility billing as well as Water Engineer and Public Works Director modifying some of the water ordinances that require separate distinct taps. Under one owner such as a shopping center with multiple tenants, the Code reads every premise needs a separate connection. There is no ordinance for Live -Work. The Finance Director has reviewed it from a public utility billing perspective and is comfortable requiring only one tap to serve a building. The Water and Resource Engineer as well as the City's Public Works Director both feel comfortable that this would not impact water supply. There is consensus among all of them that the water rates would be charged at a commercial rate, not residential rate. These types of ordinances will be married under City Council. Camilla W. Donnelly, 2366 Senator Court, Louisville, CO She may be confused but the Downtown has grown in a nice way over the last 10-12 years. She wonders if we might have more control if people have to "ask" to do things, rather than start tweaking with it. Perhaps she is misunderstanding things but we are suddenly trying to do Work -Family rather than focusing on the commercial. She looks at Bittersweet and how they moved back with a lot of commercial things that bring people from outside. This is where we get our tax dollars. She thinks most people don't work in Louisville, but work outside. It seems like a strange thing to start doing now. Barney Funk, 1104 Hillside Lane, Louisville, CO He thinks this is an excellent idea. There is a town in western PA called Ligonier, PA. It has Work -Live standards in its town. In the center of town, there is a Main Street coming in north - south, and a street running east -west, and they have Live -Work homes on the Main Streets and the sub -streets leading in. It has created Work -Life home environments where the owner of the property and the resident of the Live part own a piano store giving lessons, an antique store, a gift store, and a florist. There are little stores east and west, north and south, and it brings in a lot of additional sales tax to the community. It brings in a home environment. He didn't think Louisville was thinking about it, but he compliments you. To do any research, the zip code is 15658, Ligonier, PA. It is 60 miles east of Pittsburgh. They have this and it is working very well. Laurie Bija, 3169 Oak Circle North, Broomfield, CO She is attending for a school assignment. She highly supports this. It supports a reduction of sprawl for people coming into Louisville and causing more traffic and commotion. If they can live where they are actually employed, it is very awesome. Well done, Louisville. Closed Public Hearing and discussion by Commission: Brauneis is in support of Live -Work. With the advent of smart homes and monitoring different things, the water issue has the potential to provide the capability for people in these units to have information come to them. At a minimum, if we can't cost effectively require separate meters for two very different uses, we can require from a plumbing perspective that the two different areas within a building can be sub -metered, not within the City purview but outside of City purview, so the pipes are in place. Long term, we talk about Louisville having plenty of water but when we're in a 10 year drought seen elsewhere in the country, it becomes a real issue. With the growth of electronic smart homes, this is something to be made available with minimal cost at this time. He thinks Live -Work makes a lot of sense. The question was raised about why we want to tinker with this now? Actually, it goes back to 1967 when we tinkered