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Ord 1435 - AMENDING HR ZONE DENSITY FORMULAORDINANCE NO. 1435 ORDINANCE AMENDING HR ZONE DENSITY FORMULAE THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Section 4.24.045 of the Los Gatos Zoning Ordinance is amended to read: Section 4.24.045 DENSITY FORMULAE The minimum land area required for each dwelling unit in any subdivision is determined by the following slope density regulation: (l) The average slope of land proposed to be subdivided is determined according to the formula S = •0023 IL A where: S is the average slope in percent (for example, 40% is written 40.0). I is the contour interval in feet. L is the combined length of contour lines in feet. A is the gross area in acres of the parcel, not including the right -of -way of existing public roads. A topographic map shall be used which meets the requirements for obtaining approval of tentative maps. Contour intervals shall not exceed ten feet. (2) Slope density -- the minimum land area for each dwelling unit shall not be less than "a" as determined by the following formulae: HR -1: a - 1 1 -.016S HR- 2 -1/2: a = the greater of 1 or 2.5 .6893- .011786S HR- 5: a = 1 .24375 - .0043755 HR -20: a = 1 .0609375- .00109375S -2- When the average slope is in excess of 50 percent, the minimum land area for each dwelling unit is as follows: HR -1: 5 acres HR- 2 -1/2: 10 acres HR -5: 40 acres HR -20: 160 acres (3) The maximum number of dwelling units allowed in a subdivision is determined by dividing the land area by the required minimum land area for each dwelling unit and rounding down to the next whole number. (4) In calculating the allowable number of dwelling units in anv subdivision, no parcel which can be further subdivided under this section shall be included in the net land area used in determining the maximum number of dwelling units allowed. However, if the development rights beyond one dwelling unit for such parcel are dedicated to the Town, the parcel may be included. (5) Where any part of the land slopes more than 50 percent, that part may be treated separately and the number of dwelling units permissible on that part may be added to the number permissible on the rest of the land to compute the to number of allowed dwelling units. -3- (6) Once a map has been recorded showing a parcel of land subdivided under the rules of any of the HR zones, further subdivision of any lot or parcel included in that subdivision is restricted. The current HR formula is used in determining the number of dwelling units (and by derivation, lots) which may be obtained by further subdivision. The formula is applied to the entire parcel originally subdivided under the HR rules, regardless of whether lots in the original HR subdivision have been sold or improved. Transactions in which one or more portions of the entire original parcel are reverted to acreage are not exempt from this restriction. The provisions of this section are intended to be a continuation and not a liberalization of the rule set by former subsection 6 of section 4.24.040 (Ord. 1337), and amended by Ord. 1425, subsection 6 of section 4.24.045. SECTION 2.. This ordinance takes effect 30 days after the date it is adopted, within 15 days after this ordinance is adopted the Town Clerk shall cause it to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the Town. This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on June 4 19 79 and adopted by the following vote as an ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos at a regular meeting of the Town Council on June 18 19 79 . AYES: NOES: ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS Ruth Cannon, Thomas J. Ferree, Mardi Gualtieri, Peter W. Siemens and John B. Lochner COUNCIL MEMBERS None COUNCIL MEMBERS None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS None SIGNED r of the Town of Los Gatos ATTEST: I:Axe t Clerk of the Town of Lo Gatos -5- PWH 5 -23 -79 j