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Chairman Wilsom and embers of the Commission City of LaPorte ` ~ Page 16 certain homes dictate the location of this within the side yard. The Design of modern residential developments tends to provide ' for this contingency, by staggering or alternating the location of air conditioning equipment so that said equipment is not located next to or close to adjoinging residential structures. However, it should also be noted that placement of said units in a side yard tends to discourage access from a front yard to a rear yard, ,particularly in cases of dense development. Finally, it should be noted that this section applies only to accessory uses or ,equipment' being located in required side yards. There- fore, if an individual has a side yard in excess of the basic requir~emerits, the said cooling structures or equipment can be located in the 'side yard, to the extent that the required setback is mainta~i.ned from 'the cooling structure equipment to the property line. ANALYSIS: Amend this section to allow air conditioning cooling structures and condensers in required side yards. 31) Section 10-603: Citizen comments indicates that this section, which generally requires a submission of Certified Site Plan drawings in case of building and zoning permits, but also further particularly "en- courages" developers to submit a Certified Site Plan in case of resurfacing of an existing parking lot, be amended to not encou- rage the submission of a Certified Site Plan in case of the re-surfacing of an existing parking lot. The intent of this section is to encourage re-surfacing of an existing parking lot in compliance with the new parking standards a~s established in this ordinance, which also would mean adherance to new and appro- priate standards regarding maneuverability and parking lot design, together with drainage improvements that might be necessary to alleviate flooding. It should be noted, however, that any exi- sting parking lot is a legally established pre-existing use under the terms of this ordinance, and complaince with this section cannot be mandated, without radically changing the treat- ment of pre-existing uses in the ordinance as a whole. In fact, strict application of this section might encourage a developer to actually not resurface an exiting parking lot when re-surfacing is actually called for for basic safety and maneuverability reasons. ANALYSIS: Remove the language in this ordinance section encoura- ging the applicant to submit a Certified Site Plan that adheres newdesign standards for parking lots that are to be resurfaced. 32. Section 10-605: Citizen comment indicates that this section, which prescribes design standards or requirements accessory to parking under this •