EnergyElement <br />PolicyJ.8Commercial,residential,andrecreationallandusesshallbe <br />integratedtothegreatestextentpossible,balancedwithallplanningpoliciesto <br />reducetraveldistances,… <br />Applicationstates(p.22of67):“Theproposeddevelopmentisonaninfilllot,whichreduces <br />traveldistanceswhencomparedtoadevelopmentofthesametypeproposedfurtheroutsidethe <br />urbancore.”Thissentencereflectsthekindofover-generalizedassertions–lackingsupporting <br />evidenceandcriticalthinking–thatareprevalentintheApplication.Aswehavediscussed <br />aboveandwillbelow,theproposedCHPUDsiteisnotconvenientlylocatednearcommercial, <br />educational,employment,andtransportation.Itselevationandthesteepnarrowroadways <br />connectingittothevalleyfloorwouldpresentsevereimpactsthatcouldnotbeminimizedor <br />mitigatedfortravelandemergencyresponse.Factorsoftime,ease,obstacles,andsafetyare <br />amongtheconsiderationsfortravelroutesanddistances.Wehavepresentedthedata\[See EC <br />9.8320(1)PolicyA.11,(5),(11)and EC9.8300(1)(b)under EC9.8320(10)(k)\]. <br />However,thereisnowaytocompare“traveldistances”relatedtotheproposedCHPUDwith <br />hypotheticaldevelopments“outsidetheurbancore”ortheUGB.Suchotherproposed <br />residentialdevelopmentsmaywellbenexttoorcontiguouswithrelatedcommercialand <br />recreationalsites.Applicationdoesnotofferaspecificexampletoanswerthequestion: <br />comparedtowhat? <br />Similarly,theApplication’sclaim(p.22of67)thattheproposedCHPUD“integratesresidential <br />andrecreationallandtothegreatestdegreepossible”isnotjusthyperbolebutmisleading.Just <br />becausethesiteisadjacenttoHendricksParkandtheRibbonTraildoesnotmakethese <br />recreationalsitesmoreaccessiblefortheproposedCHPUDresidents.Giventhetopographyand <br />proposedfencingandprivateownership,accessotherthanwhatnowexistsforthepublicwould <br />berestrictedandhazardous\[see EC9.8320(3)p.32,and(8)p.86\]. <br />Consequently,theApplicationdoesnotmeetCriterionEC9.8320(1)PolicyJ.8andshould <br />bedenied. <br />Throughoutitsstatement,theApplicationdoesnotsatisfyanyofthepresentedsectionsof <br />Criterion9.8320(1),“applicableadoptedpoliciesoftheMetroPlan,”andthusshouldbe <br />denied. <br />#### <br />17 <br /> <br />