§ 1433-09. Criteria for Establishment of an HS District.  


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  • Council may establish HS Districts to include at least 50 percent of its area within one or more of the 23 hillside areas listed in the Hillside Study. The area with a HS overlay district must contain four of the following seven characteristics:

    (a)

    Slopes of 20 percent or greater;

    (b)

    Existence of KOPE geologic formations;

    (c)

    A minimum of one acre of contiguous land area;

    (d)

    Prominent hillsides that are readily visible from a public thoroughfare located in a valley below a hillside;

    (e)

    Hillsides that provide views of a major stream or valley;

    (f)

    Hillsides functioning as community separators or community boundaries as identified in a community plan accepted and approved by the City Planning Commission; and

    (g)

    Hillsides that support a substantial natural wooded cover.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 15-2004, eff. Feb. 13, 2004)