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Staff feels the PUD-LDR prezoning is consistent with the General Plan, it would facilitate the annexation to the City, the necessary infrastructure is available for development, and recommends the Planning Commission recommend approval to the City Council of the prezoning request to LDR and also that the density be up to two units per acre. Commissioner Wright inquired about the Lehman property, since they were not in favor of annexation. Staff advised that he could be included in the prezoning, whether or not he is ultimately included in the annexation. Commissioner Cooper commented that the PUD is to contain sufficient public amenities to justify the higher density. What amenities is this PUD bringing to the table to justify the higher density? Staff does not see any real amenities that would benefit that area that would justify going to the higher density, these are basically going to be individual development plans requesting two to four units. It would be very difficult to coordinate an amenity for the neighborhood that is not already available to it. Since the General Plan does not insist an amenity be provided (the language says "should'), staff feels no actually amenities be provided in this case. Further, staff noted there are other developments within the City having less than one unit per acre, which would balance out the higher density here, as allowed by the General Plan. PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED George McMillion, 3785 Trenery Drive, stated he is in favor of the prezoning and annexation. He, himself, lives on a one-half acre lot that was subdivided from his parents' larger parcel. He is seeking to keep the parking and traffic minimized on Trenery Drive. The street is fairly narrow and the City has advised that they cannot put up No Parking signs. Two cars cannot pass on Trenery if there is a parked car. The petition is asking for a minimum one acre parcel size, however, it is not their intention to disallow families to subdivide their land for their children's use. They are opposed to less than one-acre parcels for large developments. He also stated the buffer zone is owned by Kaiser Sand and Gravel. Shirley Lauer, 2221 Martin Avenue, plans to split their property off into three-quarter acre lots for their children. Spoke to the fact that they have worked very hard over the last 36 years to ensure this a low density residential area. In 1965, the City Council zoned it MDR in spite of their request to keep it LDR. She stated they have read and agree with the staff report and are satisfied with the prezoning of LDR with up to two units per acre. She feels the request for the one-acre parcels on Trenery is inconsistent in view of the fact that there are several existing houses one-half and three- quarter acre lots. She does not think developing their property will affect the residents on the opposite end of Trenery. Ms. Lauer urged the Commission to approve the prezoning as stated in the staff report, agrees with the condition that there be no additional streets, and believes this action would negate the need for hearings for additional variances. Planning Commission Minutes Page 11 February 12, 1997