City Council Minutes 1979 01 16 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

ORDINANCE NO. 623 PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED January 16, 1979 Minutes - page 20 The point was made that the agricultural zone is an overly restrictive zone. I think that is certainly a debateable question in that it is overly restrictive in normal residential zoning, our smallest single family lot size that they are applying for is 7,000 feet. We have other zones which permit 12,000 square foot lots and 20,000 minimum square foot lots; but in terms of an open space buffer, I don't believe that one unit per 5 acres, particularly if clustered, is overly re- strictive at all. The adjacent zoning of the area around the site and the Lafayette zoning was pointed out. I think if one carries that to its ultimate conclusion, then there would be no way to ever stop development because always there is going to be a zone adjacent to open space and vice versa somewhere, or it is going to be adjacent to some other city or the county or something, but there has to be a line drawn somewhere and I don't believe the fact that Lafayette has zoning which permits 1 dwelling unit per 3,000 square feet right north of the site is the basis to lead this City to do anything. Lafayette has violated the open space buffer on several, has violated several times and I don't think that's justification to violate it as well. The cost of utilities for 5 acre lots was pointed out. Again I believe the opportunity to use the Planned Unit Development provisions of our zoning ordinance which would allow the clustering of these houses would provide for the reasonable economic development of the site. The statement was made by Mr. Porter that the City directed the annexation and zoning and that it was temporary. The statement was made and I am trying to quote, but this may not be precise and if we have to play back the tape we can. When Mr. Caranci was asked the question What did Mr. Wurl say, or something of that effect, referring to what was Mr. Wurl saying to the development group that; and I am taking this out of context, that Mr. Wurl said that they could, that they should zone it agricultural now that will make it easier at this time and that they could come into the City for rezoning. Well, I think that is an accurate assessment of the situation. That statement itself does not say that anyone said that it would be rezoned, because I don't know how a City staff person could say that when the