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(b) Development shall be setback at least 300 feet from the ridgeline unless there is a determination by the city manager that the area is not needed as a connection to the city's ridgeline trail system. For purposes of this section, the ridgeline trail shall be considered as the line indicated as being the urban growth boundary within the South Hills Study plan area. The subject property is located more than 300 feet from the south hills ridgeline. (c) Development shall cluster buildings in an arrangement that results in at least 40% of the development site being retained in 3 or fewer contiguous common open space areas. For purposes of this section, the term contiguous open space means open space that is uninterrupted by buildings, structures, streets, or other improvements. The development provides contiguous common open space, identified as Tract A on the applicant's plans, which is configured consistent with the above approval criterion. The applicant notes that the common open space constitutes 12.51 acres, which is about 47 percent of subject property. The applicant's written statement provides definitions of "buildings and structures" to demonstrate compliance with the above approval criterion as well. (d) Residential density is limited as follows: 1. In the area west of Friendly Street, the maximum level of new development per gross acre shall be 8 units per acre. 2. In the area east of Friendly Street, the maximum level of new development per gross acre shall be limited to 5 units per acre. 3. Housing developed as Controlled Income and Rent Housing shall be exempt from the density limitations in subsections 1 and 2 above, but are subject to the other applicable development standards and review procedures. The PUD complies with the density limitations above. The development proposed by the applicant (75 lots on 26 acres) would result in a residential density of about 3 units per acre, which is below the limitation of five units per acre required by the property's location being east of Friendly Street. EC 9.8325(131: Stormwater runoff from the PUD will not damage natural drainage courses either on-site or downstream by eroding or scouring the natural drainage courses or by causing turbidity, or the transport of sediment due to increased peak flows or velocity. The applicant responds to this approval criterion as follows: "Stormwater is not being added to any natural drainage course onsite. The plans show that Stormwater from this site, after treatment in onsite facilities, will enter the city's piped system at the north end of the site. These facilities eventually discharge to the Amazon Canal, an engineered drainageway and part of the city's stormwater system. In terms of impacts on the waterway offsite, the owners understand this standard to mean that no damage will result if onsite stormwater detention facilities are constructed to city standards to accommodate the 10-year design storm. The Hearing Official Decision (PDT 10-2, CU 11-1) 33