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M • Barkett Petition (Sections 33 and 34) Sections 33 and 34 would change the LDRs to allow residential centers, which are the largest type of "group home", in the RM -3 and RM -4 zoning districts by special exception approval. Currently, residential centers are allowed in the other multi- family districts ,(RM -6, RM -8, RM -10.) by special exception use approval. As proposed, the same specific land use criteria that apply to the other multi -family districts would now apply to the RM -3 and RM -4 districts. It should be noted that the number of residents per project acre are limited by the applicable zoning district densities. Thus, residential centers in the RM -3 district would be less "dense" than projects in the RM -4 district; projects in the RM -4 district would be less dense than projects in the RM -6 district, and so on. Staff has no objection to these changes. The Professional Services Advisory Committee voted unanimously to recommend that the County adopt the proposed changes related to the Barkett petition. Sections 35 - 38 These sections are standard legal language used by the County in the preparation and adoption of ordinances. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners: 1. Provide staff with direction(s) for any changes to the proposed amendments; and 2. Announce its intentions to take final action on the proposed amendments on Wednesday, February 27, 1991 at 5:01 p.m. in the Commission Chambers. Planning Director Boling recapped that LDR amendments will require 2 night hearings. This first hearing will be for input, any direction the Board has for staff, and to establish formally the next hearing date to finalize the action recommended tonight. He informed the Board that we do have another amendment applica- tion in; so, we will be going through this procedure again probably in April and staff will try to "piggy back" some more minor changes at that time. Planning Director Boling continued that what is before the Board this evening is basically two sets of proposals, most of them being staff initiated minor changes; i.e., clarifications, typos, etc. The others relate to the Barkett petitions which involve two changes to the ordinance. Referring to transmission towers, Director Boling noted that mostly the changes that occur are just a matter of formatting. There are no substantive changes in the tower regulati.ons with one exception and that gives a option for the setbacks for towers in non-residential districts. The other staff -initiated change of some substance is the change in the open space requirement in the A-1 zoning district, which has been changed from 80% to 600. 7 F E 9 J 2 199