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Chairman Wilson and ~inbers of the Commission i - pity of LaPorte Page 7 Accessory, permissable, and conditional uses allowed in the MH and all residential districts may be found in Section 5-600, Table A (Residential) of the Ordinance. This is an exclusive and exhaustive list. ANALYSIS: Since supporting uses which are permitted in the MH district are defined, no change would be recommended based upon the comment. 13) Section 5-600: Citizen comment indicates that a definition of single family dwelling special lot is needed. Section 5-600 Table A (Resi- dential) specifies which uses are liable in the various resi- dential districts, and it should be noted that single family dwelling special lot is a use permitted in R-2, R-3, and MH zones. However, it is not defined in the definitional section of the Ordinance. A single family dwelling special lot is intended to mean any single family dwelling located on a lot of less than 6,000 square feet. Attention to Section 5-700 Table B (Residential) will show that the miminum proposed lot area for a single family dwelling special lot is 4,500 square feet. In our current Ordinance, provision is made for down sized homes, but it is necessary that they be located on the same minimum lot size that regular single family detached dwelling units are located on. This Ordinance makes special reference to down size lots in both the case of a single family • dwelling special lot and single family dwelling zero lot line. ANALYSIS: Include a definition of single family dwelling special lot to mean a single family dwelling unit on a lot area -of less than 6,000 square feet but greater than 4,500 square feet. 14) Section 5-700, Table B (Residential): This table deals with lot areas, setbacks, heights, and lot coverages as well as density in a residential district (including manufactured housing). Citizen comment on this section is pervasive. Each issue addressed by the citizen comment will be analyzed separately. First, citizen comment indicates that the maximum height permissable on a residential dwelling unit should be increased to forty-five (45) feet from the currently proposed thirty-five (35) feet for all residential uses. The Comprehensive Plan does not detail particulars such as height requirements, but does provide a residential objective of relative uniformity of particular heights within districts (such as R1 as opposed to R2, etc.) . Current requirements for height in single family detached dwelling units are two stories above standard grades which would enable a house to be placed on piers in the case of a home built in the flood plain, which •