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RCA Attachment D a. Request For Preliminary Approval of a Major Plat to Subdivide the Development Site into Eight Lots for Single-Family Detached Homes and Shared Access to Lake Owasso as a Conditional Use (PF21-001) Chair Kimble opened the public hearing for PF21-001 at approximately 6:50 p.m. and reported on the purpose and process of a public hearing. She advised this item will be before the City Council on April 26, 2021. Senior Planner Lloyd summarized the request as detailed in the staff report dated April 7, 2021. Chair Kimble asked if the Commission had any questions of staff. Member Schaffhausen indicated she enjoyed reading the comments from the residents that live on Lake Owasso and some questions were raised that she wanted to make sure the City addressed. She asked in regard to the wetlands and if they are actually identified as wetlands, knowing that the land can be developed, what can or cannot the City do when it comes to this and how does that capacity in regard to wetland apply to this project and what can the City do about that, if anything. Mr. Lloyd explained the City does have regulations regarding this in the Zoning Code as well as some other areas that are maintained by the Public Works Department that pertain to wetlands. There are plans from the developer about how each site might be developed with a driveway and generalized building footprint. All of those, so far, have been designed to conform to the minimum standards in terms of the wetland setbacks and the shoreline that backs from the ordinary high-water level. He noted the shoreland requirements do address the development area reduction or density reduction when wetlands and the shoreline itself might be within some parcel boundaries. Those regulations specifically state any part of a parcel that is below the ordinary high-water level, lakeside of the shoreline, does not count in terms of the lot area for meeting the lot size requirements, whether it is depth or width or area. Further from that it says if wetlands cover more than twenty-five percent of a site there is some further reduction of the countable lot area. The figures that are in the staff report about the lot sizes all reflect those adjustments. Those lot size figures do not include any of what could parcel area below the ordinary high-water level, the shoreline and a couple of the parcels in particular in that block one, lots one through five, did need to be reduced in size by some amount because of the extent of the wetland that is on them. The City does have regulations about wetlands. Member Schaffhausen wondered why the City would be ok with taking cash in lieu of some semblance of land. Mr. Lloyd indicated the questions might be better directed to the Parks Commission but in general he thought the answer comes down to the City has a Parks and Recreation System Master Plan which identifies park land the City has and park land areas where park land is needed. This plan also identifies various improvements that are planning in the future for different places, different parks around the community and because in large part there is not a need identified in the Parks and Recreation System Master Plan for park land here or in this area, the dedication of park land was less appropriate, according to the judgement of the Parks and Recreation Commission Page 7 of 65