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January 16, 1979 Minutes - page 5 ORDINANCE NO. 623 PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED In order to test zoning regulations as applied to this particular property, we have to look at the uses that are permitted under the A-Agricultural zoning district. Permitted uses by right, under you code, #l-Agricultural or commercial crop or animal production. #2-Single family dwellings on 5 acre lots. ift3-Cemeteries. #4-Mortuaries and funeral chapels, and that's it. Those are the uses that this 47 acre tract of land may be utilized for; and that's what the property owners can look to. Agricultural or commercial crop production, single family dwellings on 5 acre lots, cemeteries and mortuaries and funeral chapels. I think you have to agree with me that that is the most restrictive zone in the City of Louisville, and that it is a very restrictive use category especially when you consider, we are not talking about a county or a non incorporated area, we are talking about an urban area, we are talking about the City of Louisville. We are talking about land inside the City of Louisville. We believe that it is far too restrictive insofar as those enumerated uses and it is not rea- sonable and therefore must be changed. Consistent with this is the Colorado Mun- icipal Annexation Act. As you know, you annex property in accordance with the state statutes which provide for annexation to municipalities. In order for an area to be eligible for annexation to the City of Louisville, there must be a showing and a finding by you that the area to be annexed "is urban or will be urbanized in the near future", now that's a site right out of the annexation act. The statute also defines what urban development means and it's de- fined as follows: the construction on land of improvements for residential, institutional commercial, industrial, transportation, pub- lic flood control and recreational and similar uses in contrast to use of the land for growing crops, truck gardening, grazing of farm animals or other agricultural pur- suits. The statute I am reading from is C.R.S. 31-12-103(13). Now what that basic- ally is saying is you have to contrast urbanization as opposed to agricultural uses.