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11~ 5.01 1175.02 INTENT Whereas the hillside areas of the Village differ from the Village's flatlands, hillsides necessitate different provisions for their development and their protection. The Hillside Protection Regulations are established to achieve, among others, the following ab,~ectives: a} To permit development on hillside areas while conserving and promoting the public health, safety, convenience, and general welfare by minimizing water .run-off and sail erosion problems incurred 9n ad,~ustment of the topography to meet development needs. b) To use the best accepted design, landscape architecture, architecture, and civil engineering to preserve, enhance, and promote the existing and future appearance and resources of hillside areas. c) To preserve and enhance the natural beauty of the landscape by encouraging the maximum retention of natural topographic features such, as natural drainage swales, streams, slope ridge lines, rock outcroppings, vistas from and of the hillsides, trees, and other natural plant formations and to retain the sense of identity to the Village. (Ordinance 1988-32. Approved by Voters 11-08-8$) DEFINITi0tdS a} "Average percent slope." computed by the formula: s - o.oozzg I L A Average percent slope "S" is Where S average percent slope X = contour interval, in feet L = summation of length of contours, in feet A = area in acres of parcel being considered *Calculations of average percent slope should be based upon accurate topographic surveys using a contour interval no greater than ten feet and a horizontal map scale of 1":200` or larger. b) "Cut" means a portion the earth has been excavation; the depth excavating surface. of land surface or removed or will below the original areas from which be remove6 by ground surface or