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<br />4)Consider eEstablishing an average, rather than <br /> <br />minimum, lot size in the residential districts <br />whereby lot sizes are required to vary in width, <br />with a certain percentage being narrower and the <br />remaining being wider than the average. For <br />example, the average lot size may allow a <br /> <br />Average lot size provisions allow for design <br />variability of 10 percent (see inset on next page). <br />flexibility for up to a quarter of the lots to be 25 <br />5)In appropriate locations where increased open <br />percent smaller than the average while being <br />space is desired or needed to preserve resource <br />balanced by 25 percent of the lots that are <br />features (e.g., wetlands, tree stands, drainage <br />larger. This approach allows a variety of housing <br />channels) or to protect compatibility between <br />styles and also works well with constrained <br />adjacent developments, consider allowing flexible <br /> <br />sites. <br />site design and low impact development options <br />Graphic to be removed <br /> <br /> <br />that permit alternative treatment of utilities and <br />Source: Kendig Keast Collaborative. <br />infrastructure. There can be significant cost savings <br />to development from flexible site design and cluster <br />Single Family (no OSR) Single Family (no OSR) Cluster (30% OSR) Cluster (30% OSR) <br />development techniques, which translate into reduced lot and <br />house prices (e.g., reduced linear feet of street, pipe, <br />sidewalk; fewer street lights, fire hydrants; reduced <br />stormwater management needs; etc.). <br />)) <br /> <br />Conservation Cluster (50% OSR)Conservation Cluster (50% OSR)Preservation Cluster (80% OSRPreservation Cluster (80% OSR <br />T <br />The above graphic illustrates the different <br />6)Maintain an Large Lot Estate residential district (i.e., the <br />development forms that may be accommodated <br />while maintaining the same gross density and <br />Lomax Area) so that those seeking larger-lot living <br />character of development. While the form of <br />arrangements with a more open feel, be accommodated <br />development changes, the off-site impacts <br />within City limits. <br />remain the same while the on-site impacts are <br />improved relative to the preservation of open <br />7)Considering pProvidinge a density bonus to offset smaller <br />space and proteciton of resources. <br />units or attached housing in order to avoid <br /> <br />significantly affecting the feasibility of the <br />residential development. Density bonuses are a <br />type of housing production program where <br />projects are granted additional residential <br />density over and above the maximum limit <br />allowed by existing zoning, with the condition <br />that the additional housing is restricted to <br />occupancy by a certain target group and that <br />the units remain affordable over time. <br />8)Continue sponsoring the Bay Area Habitat for <br />Humanity program as one method of increasing <br /> <br />housing affordability within the City. <br />Continue sponsoring Bay Area Habitat for <br /> <br />Humanity (BAHFH) houses to ensure an adequate <br /> ‘…—•”‡ƒ͵–Šƒ…‡†‘—‹–› <br />availability of affordable housing within the City. By <br />2011, BAHFH has completed 22 houses in La Porte <br />Character <br />including the one pictured above. <br />The appearance of La Porte is the single most <br /> <br />Photo source: Bay Area Habitat for Humanity website. <br />evident glimpse of its economic vitality, government <br />proactiveness, and civic pride. The initial impression <br />2.15 <br /> <br />LAND USE & DEVELOPMENT <br />2.15 Adopted July 20, 2009 <br /> <br />