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134 Continued PUBLIC HEARING, Resolution of Intention of the Planning Commission to amend Ordinance No. 1130, the Zoning Ordinance, to add supplementary lot area requirements for sloping sites, was declared open, and affidavit of publication ordered filed, It was noted public hearing had been continued from meeting of February 16, 1970, since all Council members were not present at that meeting, Mayor Bury observed that the following members of the Planning Commission were present: Bruce M. Wyck- off, William R. Oeser, James S. Williams, and later in the meeting, William Floyd, Jr, Planning Director reviewed the background for the proposed ordinance, noting that the study was initiated by Planning Commission at the request of Council, and a set of proposals arrived at for hillside development based on studies in unincorporated area, Public hearing was then set by the Planning Commission and a subcommittee of the Chamber of Commerce requested an opportunity to review the proposals, In response to Council request for a recommendation, an amendment was proposed which would require increasingly larger lots in relation to increasing slope of land, Planning Director recommended that this amendment be considered in conjunction with another proposed Zoning Ordinance amendment pertaining to requirements for Planned Development Permit Applications, since they were closely related, Planning Com- mission recommended that amendment as a follow up to the proposed change in require- ments for sloping sites, and that it not be adopted unless the amendments relative to sloping sites are adopted, Councilman Rosselli felt that a Staff recommendation should have been submitted, and Planning Director responded that since the matter emanated from the Commission, rather than Staff, and further, that as the matter evolved, Staff was in complete concurrence throughout, it was assumed that Staff report was unnecessary, As a side issue, he also advised of an opportunity offered to the City for City-wide insurance coverage including various hillside problem conditions, underwritten by the Federal government, which, however, carried a provision requiring that the City take definite steps in the form of plans and regulations within two years to pre- vent problems in future in these areas, Councilman Arnett questioned how many cities in the immediate area have slope density requirements and make allowances for design, and the Planning Director advised that at the time of the study, the only city he was aware of having similar re- quirements was San Carlos, adding that Portola Valley was similar in theory, but density requirements were more stringent, Planning Director also pointed out that reactions to the proposals indicated two sharply identifiable objections, that either the City was going too far, or the City was not going nearly far enough. Planning Commission felt the proposed amendments struck a good balance,