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��e Czty Code sets for�a�.-c� il3at 1ar�d owners r�vz� 350 feet of an ac�ian �hat is specific to a <br />�a��icular parcet of lat�d at a p�blic �e�ing ivilt be noticed prior �o that meeti�3g (Sec�on <br />l OS.Q�{B}). �ii �ractzce, �ae Community Develap�e�at Depart�aen� no�ic�s p�a�erty awners <br />withit� �e greater o� 350 feei or t�e longest dirr�ensian of �e property. In most cas�s, �:his is <br />Iess �han The requested 1,000 feet. Tncreasing ihe notificaiion area i� somet�ir�g tl�at �e Czty <br />Council could consi�er as :future pQlicy. <br />4. Lo� ��� �a��d ��a A�e��g� o� �����aao� L��s <br />T�e Ac�v�sary Gro�zp �isc�ssed �e �c�ea of basi�g fi7i�e �oi saz� on �e�ar� d�rae�sioz�� a�d <br />area of the z�eaghboz�a�g pro�erties. The �ollovving is �e d'zseussion on a neiglibor�innd-coz��e� <br />or slic�in�-scale zonirzg ordinaixce ihai was pre�enied in �he gra�p'� �'mal r�port (IVIay 2007). <br />After much debate an the n�erits of th� neighbarhood cantext subdivision <br />�nethadpla�y, the CAG achreved a unanimous ag�eement that this was na� the <br />prefera^ed regulato�y tool fi+�m which to base futu�e lat split decisions. T�hile <br />CAG rnembet�s app�eciated t`he neighbo�hoad con�extuality affov�ded thr�augh <br />t1�is type of �^egulation, geneYal sentiment tivithin the g�oup was that the <br />benefats created though thi,s type of ordinance �vas outwezghed by satne of its <br />negative att�ibutes, v✓hich included decreased under•standqbility foY Yesidents, <br />vvhich wouZd r�esult in the neea'for technical e.xpe�tise to deter�mine �a lot <br />could be divided, and d�cu2t administ�ation. Some C�9%G �nefnlaeYS also felt <br />the applica�ian sliding scale, such as Edina `s, wauld Yesult in un�ealistically � <br />Ic�ge minimuYn lot sizes in sonte neig�iba�hoods. Another concern araund this <br />p�ac�ice arose a�ound the �oncept of an eve��-changing s�t of nzinirnu�n lot <br />standat�ds this method cYeates dependrng on the ot�der of subdivisions within <br />any one general c�rect. . <br />T�e cancept p��esented in Reco�e�datian 4 is a zxaoclified version a�'t�e slide-scale <br />re�;uaatzozxs tk�at the Ad�isQry Group disci�ssed. Al�ho�gk� usiz�� the average or mean of the <br />co�a��uous parcels may e�evate some of ih� tech�a�eal and adininistrative conce�,s a£the <br />Ad�viso�y Gxoup, ultimately is s�ill creates a chang�g-,s�t of standards after eaeh s�bdivisio� <br />of property. <br />� its aaaalys�s, sta.�£'s concez� as that af et�uity for alI properry pwners vaithin the en�ire <br />commu�.ity and wr��laiu� the same g�neral �eigliborhnods. A.lthough property ovmers have no <br />vested �ight in the fi�fure xegulat�oz� o£theu property, there is ar� ex�ectatio� a.nd reqrairemez�t <br />that properties witl�n the saxrae zozaing district be �reated equally—what's iair for c�ne awner is <br />favr for all n�rners. <br />� Page �4 Analysis of Alternafiv� Rscam€�enda#ians <br />