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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 9,2013 Page 6 Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd briefly summarized the request to clarify particu- lar provisions in one- and two-family zoning districts that address hard surfaces and rain water runoff as it is intended and applied; and as detailed in the RCA dated September 9, 2013 Councilmember McGehee requested further clarification for homes of a certain age that appeared to be excluded from mobility-impaired provisions; opining that the language needed to be worded more clearly. Councilmember McGehee fur- ther suggested that, on page 2 of Attachment A (line 49), "pools" be added as an- other structure in Section 3.0 (Improvement Areas). Mr. Lloyd advised that the intent was that there may be some circumstances with properties less than twenty (20) years old on small lots that were maximally de- veloped, that could not meet City Code requirements for setback and other storm water management provisions, but still needed to provide handicapped access. Related to rationale in not listing pools in Section 3.c, Mr. Lloyd advised that the language was left intentionally vague to avoid defining a set of circumstances when there may be instances when something may occur outside those circum- stances, therefore indicating general language that was left open-ended. Interim City Manager Trudgeon suggested language in the first section related to age as follows: "...for homes newer than twenty (20) years..." retaining the re- mainder of the language (page 1 of Attachment A, line 25). Councilmember McGehee clarified with Public Works Director Duane Schwartz in the audience that a pool was considered part of the impervious surface calcula- tion for a property. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Mr. Schwartz advised that the Plan- ning Commission had reviewed this, but that the Public Works, Environment, and Transportation Commission (PWETC) had not weighed in on the proposed lan- guage. While supporting this ordinance revision, Councilmember Willmus re- quested that in the future, the PWEC be consulted for recommendations with such issues under their realm of expertise. Interim City Manager Trudgeon concurred and duly noted that request. Discussion ensued regarding whether or not to defer action until the PWETC had a chance to review the language or to adopt the revisions tonight, allowing for them to have some input after the fact. Interim City Manager Trudgeon suggested that, if the City Council was willing to adopt the ordinance, the PWETC could be consulted, and if they had no major concerns, the ordinance could stand as approved tonight, or if there were major concerns of the PWETC, the ordinance could be brought back to the City Council for further review and consideration.