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• MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Cheng, seconded by Johnson and passed unanimously to adopt Resolution #43-00 adopting the Town budget for fiscal year 2000-01 and the appropriations limit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 and Resolution#44-00 amending the Town's compensation schedule for Fiscal Year 2000-01 11.2 Introduction of proposed ordinance of the Town of Los Altos Hills amending Sections 10-1.501(b), 10-1.502(c) and 10-1.503(c) of the Zoning Code with regard to development area, calculations for fire department turnarounds and driveway width, and with regard to allowable development area and floor area on constrained lots (FIRST READING) Jim Abraham, 12831 Viscaino Road, recommended not changing Section 10-1.5030. He believed regulations were onerous enough without reducing the allowed amount of floor area. He did not agree with the proposed reduction from 4,000 to 3,500 square feet. He also believed relaxing the rules on slope lots as he believed these regulations were the basis for a lot of the confusion and problems. Al Whaley, 26925 Taaffe, did not support this proposed ordinance. Ordinances should come from a set of principles and first values and he did not believe this ordinance did. This appeared to be subjective. He believed that Council had to accept that ratios may be off of house to land on smaller lots just so people could have space to live. More homework needed to be done on this ordinance. Drainage, aesthetics and views need to be • worked into an understandable set of principles which were more mathematical and based on principles rather than subjectivity. Dot Schreiner, Planning Commissioner, presented an historical background. First, she corrected the Planning Commission vote as stated in the staff report. The vote was unanimous, not four to one that the ordinance be passed. She supported 6,000 square foot floor area and 15,000 square foot development area be included for a one acre lots as endorsed by the Town because this was the concept that the Town started from and set the tone for any changes to constrained lots. Presently 4,000 maximum floor area (MFA) and 5,000 maximum development area(MDA) were allowed on constrained lots at .50 luf and over. These were artificial numbers and had no reference to the slope ordinance that the rest of the Town had to follow. 4,000 MFA in most cases was 25% higher than what was allowed for flat lots of one acre. The most a flat lot was allowed was 6,000 square feet. A .50 luf would result in a figure of 3,000 and we are allowing 4,000. Conversely, the MDA allowed was 5,000 which was too small. It was impossible to have a 4,000 square foot house with a driveway a turnaround, etc. unless you reduced the floor area and no one wanted to do this. Therefore variances have been requested. The proposed ordinance followed the same principles of the slope density ordinance and if the garage was included as part of the floor area,part of the problem would be solved. Scott Tilley, 26217 Dori Lane, did not think the Section 10-1.5030 should be changed. The restrictions were already onerous enough. He also did not think this would decrease June 15, 2000 Regular City Council Meeting 12