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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 20, 2014 Page 13 Councilmember Laliberte concurred, stating that she would prefer no parking pads, at least not enough to accommodate eight additional vehicles per lot; and would much prefer a 32' wide road that would accommodate parking on both sides, and allowing a typical driveway and parking surface for each home. Councilmember Willmus echoed his colleagues; stating that in his consultation with City Public Works/Engineering staff, even if constructed as an infiltration pond, an overflow would still be needed, and that would still need to be ad- dressed. Councilmember Willmus noted that the current plan, showing that stormwater crossing adjacent property that had no confirmed or defined easement available at this time remained an issue. Mr. Mueller opined that he was paying taxes for a storm sewer system that he couldn't use. Mr. Mueller further opined that when Mr. Cox redesigned his prop- erty with a berm down the back side and evergreen plantings, it created the drain- age issue. Mayor Roe asked staff to follow up on how to accomplish the stormwater drain- age if an easement was not available. Councilmember McGehee stated that she was familiar with Mr. Mueller's proper- ty; and opined that he could reduce the impervious surface and still leave the low area while constructing three homes arranged differently to avoid moving so much land. Mr. Mueller stated that his proposed lots were larger than the others in the imme- diate vicinity. In conclusion, Mayor Roe advised Mr. Mueller that he should take away from this discussion that the storm water management plan may dictate how many lots are feasible or allowed on the parcel. Mr. Mueller suggested that the City must have given other adjacent property owners approval to change drainage in the past. Mayor Roe advised that that may not necessarily be true, depending on what rules were applicable at the time of those developments, and whether or not those prop- erty owners or developers followed those rules and codes at that time. However, Mayor Roe noted that the situation needed to be dealt with as it now stood and under current rules and codes. Community Development Director Bilotta summarized his understanding of City Council direction: they were generally comfortable with the proposal for three homes if a stormwater outlet was provided to reach the public storm sewer system in some way; and while there may be some uncertainty on the history of the prop-