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I gross acre, and all density designations on the zoning map should be in dwelling units per net acre as defined in the zoning code. The Zoning Code in effect when the application was submitted did not include a definition of "net density" and "net density" was not defined in the General Plan. The General Plan glossary includes definitions of gross and net acreage; however, those definitions are for informational purposes and were not adopted by Planning Commission and City Council . The definition of gross acreage states that it includes dedicated roads, parks and public facilities; while the definition of net acreage would exclude dedicated roads, I parks and public facilities. Testimony was received at the public hearings that environmentally sensitive areas and private roadways should be excluded from the site acreage in determining net density. It has been the City's practice when determining the density for apartment projects under the old zoning code to include all of the area within the property lines and to not exclude environmentally sensitive areas. The zoning code in effect at time of application for the proposal allows the transfer of development to usable portions of the site in multiple family areas and this has been done on sites throughout the City . The Zoning Code provides indirect limitations on transferring development to buildable portions of a site due to requirements for the provision of parking, recreation facilities, setbacks, and height limits. The EIS for the Merrill Creek proposal included the identification and analysis of environmentally sensitive areas; and conditions in the concomitant agreement state that development is not permitted in those areas, with limited exceptions. In calculating gross acreage, the Merrill Creek proposal 1 included the area within the property lines. The calculations 11