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JAN 14191 <br />Box A5 pmt644 <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED'ON DEFERRING PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL <br />UNTIL THE UTILITY QUESTION IS RESOLVED, AND COMMISSIONER FLETCHER <br />FELT THAT JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT DONE THIS IN THE PAST DOES NOT <br />MEAN WE SHOULD NOT START DOING IT NOW. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS FELT STRONGLY THAT YOU DO NOT CHANGE THE RULES <br />IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME. IF WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THESE RULES, WE <br />SHOULD DECIDE WHAT CHANGES ARE NEEDED, HAVE THE NECESSARY PUBLIC DIS- <br />CUSSION, AND THEN INCORPORATE THOSE RULES IN THE LAWS SO THAT PEOPLE <br />UNDERSTAND IN ADVANCE WHAT THE RULES ARE. <br />DISCUSSION CONTINUED RE BUFFER, ZONING AND PAVED ACCESS - <br />MR. ZORC STATED THAT HE WAS WILLING TO ACCEPT APPROVAL OF <br />THE PLAT SUBJECT TO PAVING OF THE ROAD, IN REGARD TO BUFFERS, HE <br />NOTED THAT THEY DO HAVE EXISTING BUFFERS AND A MANDATORY SETBACK WHICH <br />ALLOWS FOR 50' - 25' EACH SIDE AND AN ADDITIONAL 15' STRIP, OR A TOTAL <br />OF 65' SEPARATION, HE CONTINUED THAT HE WAS WILLING TO COMMIT TO <br />PUTTING IN A LANDSCAPED SHRUBBERY STRIP ALONG THE WEST LINE AT THE <br />DISCRETION AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. <br />.JOHN COLLINS, INTERESTED CITIZEN, NOTED THAT LANDSCAPING <br />CAN DIE VERY EASILY IF NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED, AND WHAT IS REALLY <br />NEEDED IS A SOLID WOODEN BUFFER FENCE THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE PROPERTY, <br />PLUS PROPERLY MAINTAINED LANDSCAPING, HE ALSO BELIEVED THE UTILITY <br />DIRECTOR, WAS MISLED AND APPROVED THIS DEVELOPMENT ON THE BASIS OF <br />SINGLE FAMILY WITH WELLS AND SEPTIC TANKS. <br />MR, ZORC AGAIN REFUTED THAT HE GAVE ANYONE THE IMPRESSION <br />THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SINGLE FAMILY. HE NOTED THERE ARE PROBABLY <br />SEVEN AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THE TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND IT IS <br />POSSIBLE ONE HAD AN ACCIDENTAL NOTION ABOUT THIS, BUT IT WAS NOT <br />OBTAINED FROM HIM. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS BELIEVED ITIS IMPORTANT TO ASSURE THAT THE <br />LANDSCAPING SURVIVES AND FELT WE MIGHT GIVE CONSIDERATION TO HOLDING <br />FUNDS IN,ESCROW FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD TO ASSURE THISâ–ş <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE ADDRESSED THE MATTER OF SERVICING THE <br />WESTERLY LOTS WITH ELECTRICAL UTILITIES. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON UTILITY EASEMENTS AND THE PROBLEMS <br />INVOLVED WITH THE NEED TO HAVE SITE PLAN APPROVAL ON EACH INDIVIDUAL <br />MULTI -FAMILY LOT AS IT IS DEVELOPED, <br />66 <br />