Planning Commission Agenda and Packet 2017 11 09

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes September 14, 2017 Page 5 of 10 Ritchie stated that public notice was published in the Boulder Daily Camera on July 23rd, 2017 and posted in City Hall, the Public Library, the Recreation Center, and the Courts and Police Building on July 21st, 2017. Ritchie entered a new resolution with the correct date into the record. Motion made by Brauneis and seconded by Sheets to enter the updated resolution with the correct date into the record. Motion was approved unanimously. Ritchie continued the presentation stating that changes to the ordinance from the August 10t" 2017 are as follows: • The inclusion of specific, subdivision related criteria for applications for modifications to stand-alone subdivision applications; • The inclusion of specific, subdivision related criteria for applications for modifications to subdivision applications that accompany a PUD; • The inclusion of criteria that no modification shall be approved if it results in additional dwelling units beyond what would otherwise be allowed in the underlying zoning; • Two additional changes to Title 17 regarding process that staff identified and recommends for consistency. Staff recommends the approval of the Subdivision Code Amendment. Rice asked if housing that only feeds off alleys would meet the definition of a lot. Zuccaro responded that it could be permitted in a PUD with a waiver and would make sense in the context of having a PUD where innovate design is provided. Brauneis asked if the Commission should be thinking of alley access as more important in commercial than in residential situations. Zuccaro responded that in Old Town and Downtown, which have a lot of alleys, the concept of having both alley and street frontage mostly applies to residential areas. In commercial areas the city is promoting alleyways as pedestrian walkways. But in residential areas street frontage is for pedestrians and alley access is for cars and trash. Hsu pointed out that Louisville Municipal Code 16.16.050B states that each lot shall have vehicular access to a public street and asked if the Commission wants to change it from "public street" to "street" to accommodate private streets. Zuccaro responded that the section should be updated to make it consistent with what the Commission is trying to achieve elsewhere in the code. Hsu also requested that the Commission remove the minimum number of paper copies and add a maximum number of copies on applicants. Zuccaro responded that staff is trying to move toward having 100% electronic review for city applicants. Pritchard asked Hsu if the issue of the private and public streets needs to be brought back to City Council. Hsu responded that staff can amend the code without bringing it back to City Council and asked if the meeting minutes from the last meeting will be ready before the next City Council meeting.