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lack 8i~tings April I7, ~9~1 P~g~ ~ uau~ cyan t~au~ ~ riAkKA~c?,L~1NtY y~~ B~~IENT,BiLL1~T~S I~Up4,'O~b states that sectiar~ ? ,17 ~ ~ ~ } ~ b~ "Continues the previous assessment pa~.ic~.es under section 7 ,18 4" . ~ection~ ? .1$ ~ was the riwmber for the predecessar.pravisians, UISC~'~sICN The concept of "~.ritensive use't that appears in the asterisked exp~.a~~t.f o~ ~f "other" in E, C, ? ,175 ~z ~ Eby ~ is not explained in the Code, It is susceptible to seve~`~1 interpretations. ~.. It may be a pZann,ing term that takes into account many factors such as: density, size of structures and improvements, activity on the property, tra,f f is ~ noise, odor, lot coverage and other demands upon the infrastructure or impacts upon abutting prapert~.e$. 2. It may also be a chart handed reference to the impact of the parcel. i s use upon the traffic using .the al~.ey. In this late~c cor~te~t a single family dwelling ~ s use of a~ alley is less than a mu~.ti--family bu~Iding that takes its parking off the alley. 3. Yet another ~A~aning could tle "intensive uses' to the area of ~ buYidzng~much as you have beep asked to do by the owner of 75~ Washington. Cr, some other single factor ~vther than use of the a~,ley~ such as the hours of use Qr access could be used as requested by the ten~~t, If .one just relies upari the ~rords of E.C. 7.275 ~2~ ~b~ ~a the Engineersng staff ha~re properly calculated the "mast intensive user' ~~ the p~roel as commercial and then applied the Co, Cwt and C~3 classification to arrive at a factor of 10. This is consistent with the language in E.C. 7. ~.7~ ~~} ~b~ ~ which deals 3n whole parcels and the permissible uses of each parcel under the toning regulations regardless of what the present use is of the parcel. That xs, the potential uses under the existing zoning dictate the factor, not the existing uses. Based upon the legislative history for ~. ~, ~',17~ ~2} {b~ 2a it is reasonable to .interpret the ref erence to "most 1,~tensive u~~'~ t~ mean. the use that puts the greatest amount of gaff is on the alley. .~pplyir~g this interpretation to the pr~s~nt alley assessments, the parcel is zoned MU aid can have uses ranging from ~~-~ residential to C~-~, C-3 or Go. Using th~.s ~,nterpretation on this alley project E~Nl~1T~ RAGE ~ OFD