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... � Thomas Paschke From: Thomas Paschke Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 2:42 PM To: Tammy Pust Cc: Pat Trudgeon; Bill Malinen Subject: RE: Orchard project Council Member Pust; I have reviewed the Orchard report, the City Code, our files, and attempted as best as possible to recall my (other staf� presentations to past Council's regarding the previous multiple family projects in order to answer the questions you have asked. Below are my responses to your questions: Your first question is very difficult to answer. The nature of a planned unit development is to not follow general or standard Code requirements. The Planning Division has always utilized the PUD process for those unique projects that deviate from a number of general or standard requirements, in order to achieve the goals, objectives and policies of the Comprehensive Plan and Imagine Roseville 2025. I do know that the Planning Staff over the 10 years as City Planner, has made a point of noting some or most of these differences or deviations, but in specific text, charts or graphs. Part of this reason has to do with that fact that if one is proposing a PUD, then there will be several differences/deviations from any number of base zoning designations. However, a PUD is a separate zone that perhaps should not be judged against a specific zone because the Planning Division would need to analyze a specific multiple family project against upwards of three zones' requirements. Also, as it related to a portion of question one, the City Code only has two zoning districts where impervious coverage applies R-1 and R-2. So no Council has ever waived or deviated from impervious coverage requirements for any of the developments analyzed in Section 9.7 as there is no maximum impervious coverage requirement in multi-family zones. Each of the projects identified in the project report included a statement similar to the following: "The GENERAL CONCEPT PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT is a process by which a development/redevelopment proposal is formally presented in a public hearing to the Planning Commission for consideration. A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) is a zoning district, which may include a single or mix of uses on one or more lots or parcels, and is intended to be used in unique situations to create a more flexible, creative, and efficient approach to the use of the land." The Planning Staff typically has provided some context to what that means for the particular project before the Commission or Council. The following is the information provided in the project reports for the projects i