PDF Page 64 <br />The City's ridgeline park system begins at its most eastern end at Moon Mountain Park. The <br />applicant is proposing to dedicate a public connection along the south property line of the <br />development from Moon Mountain Park to the existing frontage road. From the frontage road, <br />where the applicant also proposes sidewalk improvements, a connection is made to the Ribbon <br />Trail Park on the west side of the development. This policy is satisfied. <br />That all developments (planned unit developments or subdivisions) be reviewed to <br />ensure maximum preservation of existing vegetation. <br />See discussion at EC 9.8320(4) below. <br />The applicant's proposal includes a portion of the site to be developed with multi-family and a <br />portion of the site to be developed with single family lots. The design of the site maximizes the <br />use of existing logging roads, creates connections between park systems along the ridgeline, <br />utilizes the multi-family strategy to cluster units, creates large lots which necessarily preserves <br />some of the site ground plane, limits affected area within the single family lots and preserves <br />large contiguous areas of open space containing Goal 5 resources. To the extent that the design <br />accommodates the residential use of the property a total of 76.95 acres or 63.2% of the site has <br />been left untouched (preserved). Except for one area of the site, the property is covered with <br />vegetation fairly equally. In this manner, with the preservation of large contiguous areas of <br />property, the vegetation is necessarily preserved as well. <br />If the applicant had proposed the development under EC 9.8325 (12)(c) Tentative Planned Unit <br />Development-Needed Housing Criteria, the requirement for open space would have been 40%. <br />This is the maximum amount of open space preservation required anywhere in the land use <br />code. In the predominantly vegetated areas of south hills properties this would also mean <br />approximately 40% of the vegetation would be preserved at a maximum. <br />The 63.2% preservation exceeds the highest maximum required in the current code. <br />For these reasons, and with no definitive way to quantitythe word maximum in relation to <br />other conflicting standards that must be met, this policy is met by the applicant's proposal. <br />To the extent resource protection needs to be addressed through the Final PUDthe following <br />conditions apply: (Text in ( ) indicates Tentative PUD decisions and Staff Reports in the Record <br />from which the condition language is borrowed.) <br />6 Prior to Final Subdivision Approval, open space areas proposed for dedication to the city <br />for preservation of Goal 5 resources and connections to parks and trail systems will be <br />dedicated and recorded. <br />Prior to Final Subdivision Approval, the applicant shall record a deed restriction for each <br />single family lot that delineates the Forest Preservation areas. <br />LaurelRidge Applicant Final Argument- Page 30 <br />113 <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 868 <br />