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ORDINANCE NO 1770 SERIES 2019 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 17 OF THE LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING LOT COVERAGE STANDARDS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL ESTATE ZONE DISTRICT WHEREAS, the City of Louisville is a Colorado home rule municipal corporation duly organized and existing under laws of the State of Colorado and the City Charter; and WHEREAS, the City has previously adopted Residential Estate yard and bulk standards in Title 17 of the LMC that sets forth a 20 percent lot coverage maximum, and WHEREAS, following the original construction of residential structures in many of the Residential Estate zone district neighborhoods in accordance with approved Planned Unit Developments, the City amended Title 17 of the LMC to require that underlying zoning district standards apply when that standard is not set by the approval of a Planned Unit Development, leading to a majority of Residential Estate zoned properties becoming non -conforming to the yard and bulk standards by exceeding the maximum lot coverage, and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend the Residential Estate zone district lot coverage maximum to reduce the number of non -conforming properties and allow reasonable building additions and improvements to properties that more accurately reflect the intent of the original Planned Unit Developments and the desired neighborhood character NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO Section 1. Row 4 of the table and footnotes in Section 17 12 040 of the Louisville Municipal Code are hereby amended to read as follows (words added are underlined, words deleted are stricken through) Sec. 17 12.040 — Yard and bulk requirements Zoning Districts and Requirements Yard and Bulk Item A A-O B-O R RR SF R SF E R-R R-E R-L SF- LD SF- MD SF - HD R-M R-H C-N C-C C-B 4 Maximum lot coverage 20 30 40 10 10 15 20 2-0 30 20 20 25 35 40 40 40 2 40 50 Ordinance No. 1770, Series 2019 Page 1 of 4