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• MINUTES OF PUBLIC HEARING AUGUST 15, 1985 PAGE 3 n so we're recommending that the height be raised to a greater height than is listed, also recommend that dwelling units per acre for single families be increased to 4.8 units per acre which is currently the dwelling units per acre that we are achieving in the Fairmont Park area. Were also recommending that the multi-family dwelling units per acre be increased to 27 dwelling units per acre. Sect. 5 - 701- Provides for additional setback along thoroughfares and we are suggesting that the current 10 ft. wide yard setback next to the public right-of-ways is sufficient and that the extra 5 feet not be residential area or that extra 10 feet in the commercial area is not necessary. Sect. 5-201 - We are dealing with the greenway corridor and the 20' land scaping setback along the corridor and we feel like this is a very important area that neds to be considered. We actually feel that the greenbelt area is a park land which the City of La Porte should allocate r park funds toward a purchase for manhours and if an extra 20 ft. of land scaped area is desired, that the City should purchase that landscaped area and maintain it. We feel like that is the most sufficient way for the City to keep proper maintenance for our areas that they would like to see as park lands and since it is park land, we feel like the City should allocate the funds and actually purchase it from the land owners. That same idea applies to the greenway or the land scaping setback areas along the park way corridors. We don't actually find a definition of parkway corridors in the zoning ordinance but if it is justifying a type of thoroughfare type situation, then the same thing would apply; the City actually purchases any landscaped thoroughfare and landscape their property and maintain that at the City's expense. Section 5-800 - Specifies that the zoning