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Page 10 ridgelands and isn't sure how this should be accomplished - by ordinance or resolution. He said the City has been working on this 1-1/2 years and there is still mass confusion. Commissioner Getty agreed with this statement. Commissioner Lindsey said this is a sensitive area which they want to preserve but that the ordinance is extremely confusing. He said that it might be possible to ask the staff to come back with guidelines and developers could have an idea of what could be done in the area. He said it should be done for the entire area so everyone knows what to expect. Commissioner Jamieson said the people who have to understand the ordinance do so and the staff has expertise in these matters and in interpreting the ordinance. He said Mr. Dunkley's points and examples are well taken and that the ordinance does need to have clarification in areas outlined. He said he doesn't believe there should be general guidelines as stated earlier. Commissioner Wilson spoke to the variables of the current ordinance and he doesn't believe that spending all of this time on this ordinance has done anything to protect the ridgeland. Commissioner Jamieson asked about the example calculated by Rich Glenn. Mr. Harris said that in order to calculate this figure accurately one would need accurate topographic and maps. Mr. Harris stated that if the General Plan were amended to provide guidelines it should be for the overall ridgeland area as well as other hillside areas throughout the City. He spoke to the types of things which should be added or changed in the General Plan guidelines for hillside development. He said some of the guidelines would be excerpted from the ordinance. He said the General Plan is now almost silent with regard to standards for open space and conservation. Commissioner Wilson asked Mr. Henderson how many units, under the proposed ordinance, Mr. Dunkley would be allowed to have. Mr. Henderson said about 21 units if the data given in the EIR is correct. Commissioner Wilson then asked if he was given to understand that the new ordinance would allow Mr. Dunkley 21 units. Mr. Henderson said he doubted that Mr. Dunkley could come up with 5,000 sq. ft. per lot less than 25~. Commissioner Wilson said the point he is trying to make is that he would be allowed about the same number of units as those approved in the original submittal. Mr. Harris stated that the comments made by Mr. Dunkley using 2.9 acre site is misleading inasmuch as the majority of this hillside is in large holdings - 50, 100, 200 and even 600 acres in the area. Commissioner Getty said that if the purpose of the hillside ordinance is to protect, then houses should be clustered and made not visible.