PDF Page 56 <br />2. Development under planned unit development procedures when it can be <br />demonstrated that a proposed development is consistent with the purposes of <br />this section. <br />The applicant's materials demonstrate compliance with this requirement by largely preserving <br />portions of the subject site over 901' in elevation from an intensive level of development. Staff <br />concurs. Staff Report at Page 7 para 2. <br />That all proposed developments in the south hills area be reviewed to determine if <br />connecting linkages ore possible between various park sites, particularly north of <br />Skyline Park to Hendricks Park and between Blanton Heights and Hawkins Heights. <br />The applicant's plans show the proposed dedication of open space along the southerly <br />boundary of the site which is intended to function as ridgeline open space and allow for future <br />connectivity of the City's Ridgeline Trail system between the nearby Moon Mountain Park, <br />which abuts the subject property at its northeast corner, and the Ribbon trail to the west of the <br />subject site. Staff concurs that the applicant's proposed development meets the intent of this <br />policy. Staff Report Page 7 para 4. <br />That in the area east of friendly Street the maximum level of new development per <br />gross acre be limited to 5 units per gross acre (the maximum figure of 5 dwelling units <br />per gross acre being subject to positive findings under the planned unit development <br />criteria.) <br />The applicant proposes a density of 5 units per gross acre, which is the maximum allowed under <br />this policy as the subject site is located east of Friendly Street. As discussed above, because the <br />5 du/ac cap is the city's ultimate policy choice for limiting the conflicting uses (residential) on a <br />significant Goal 5 resource (visual resources), it should be presumed-that 5 du/acre are <br />allowable. As noted by the last phrase in the standard, other PUD criteria must be met, too. <br />The last phrase is not an invitation to roll back the Applicant's right to 5 du/acre. That is not <br />what the language says, and that would be a slippery slope, one that would make it difficult to <br />approve any units, <br />That planned unit development procedures be required for development of any parcel <br />over 4 acres in size, characterized by a slope in excess of 20 percent in the area <br />between 500' and 701' in elevation. <br />This standard requires the use of the PUD process to develop the site. <br />That planned unit development procedures shall be utilized for the following purposes; <br />To encourage clustering of development in areas characterized by: <br />a.) shallowest slopes, <br />b.) lowest elevations; <br />LaurelRidge Applicant Final Argument - Page 22 <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) <br />Page 860 <br />