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Planning Director Stan Boling confirmed Chairman Lowther’s recollection and <br />clarified that it was one of the initiatives that came out of the Affordable Housing Advisory <br />Committee in the early 1990s. The initiative was to allow higher density areas to have small lot <br />subdivisions to increase density and reduce cost. Under the current regulations there is no <br />requirement for tying the small lot subdivisions to low-income housing. <br /> <br />Joe Paladin <br /> stressed that this will give developers some incentive for building <br />small lot subdivisions. <br /> <br />Commissioner Davis questioned if the moratorium would hinder any current small <br />lot subdivisions still in the pipeline. <br /> <br />Director Boling stated that the only true affordable housing that has come out of <br />the small lot subdivisions requirements has come from Habitat for Humanity. He is not aware of <br />any other small lot subdivision plans that would be disrupted. He specified that staff has advised <br />some applicants over the last couple of months during small lot subdivision conferences, that the <br />Board’s direction is for this housing to be affordable. <br /> <br />Vice Chairman Neuberger asked if this would it mean every small lot subdivision <br />from now on would be strictly for affordable housing. <br /> <br />Joe Paladin <br /> explained that it is the committees’ desire for small lot subdivisions to <br />be set aside for low-income housing. He is not sure how many acres this would involve. The <br />moratorium would be to get the information together for staff’s approval. <br /> <br />A MOTION was made by Commissioner Wheeler, <br />SECONDED by Commissioner Davis, to have a six- <br />month moratorium on small lot subdivisions. <br />August 9, 2005 13 <br /> <br />