Item 3: Action - Minor Land Use Code Amendments

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Table 9.2760 Residential Zone Lot Standards (See EC 9.2761 Special Standards for Table 9.2760.) R-1 R-1.5 R-2 R-3 R-4 Fourplex Lots (In R-1, lots 16,000 -- -- -- -- shall be indicated on the final square feet subdivision plat and [sM-U] may be developed as a fourplex, triplex, QC duplex[;. _. _:__1_ #:^_:tu'~ .. .) C. Amend Ordinance Section 40. to revise Subsection (4) ofE.C. Section 9.6810 to provide: 9.6810 Block Lem:Jth. Block length for local streets shall not exceed 600 feet. unless [the developer demonstr3tes that a block length must be gre3tor than 600 feet because of the existence of] an exception is granted based on one or more of the following [conditions]: (4) As part of a Type II or Type 111 process, the developer demonstrates that a strict aoolication of the 600-foot reauirement would lthel resultli:!Hll in a street network [will not create eX-6eSsive fravellenplhs andl that is no more beneficial to vehicular. oedestrian or bicvcle traffic than the proQosed street network and that the DTODosed street network will accommodate necessary emergency access. D. Amend Ordinance Section 42 to revise E.C. Section 9.6820 to provide: 9.6820 Staff Motions - 2 Cul~e-Sacs or Emerqencv Vehicle Turnarounds. (1) Except for streets that are less than 150 feet long and streets that will be extended in the future, all streets that terminate shall be designed as a cul-de-sac bulb or an emergency vehicle turnaround. (2) If a street [qualifies f-or an exception under section (1) because it] will be extended in the future, a temporary easement shall be provided and an emergency vehicle turnaround shall be constructed[...J.R...a.R alternative location]. (3) [If a street qualifies for an exception under section (1), a hammerhead turnaround shall be substituted where possible. (4)] There shall be no cul-de-sacs more than 400 feet lona from the centerline of the intersectina street to the radius ooint of the cul- de-sac bulb. (5.4) [The planning director shall require pJPublic accessways to provide safe circulation for pedestrians, bicyclists and emergency vehicles may be required from a cul-de-sac or emergency vehicle turnaround longer than 150' in length when[;] measured from the centerline of the intersecting street to the radius point of the cul-de-sac or to the center point of the emergency vehicle turnaround[...te provide safe, convenient, and direct circlJlation for pedestrians, bicyolists, and emergency vehicles].