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�v ■ The zoning code should do a better job specifying that prefabricated, exterior, s�� "tip-up" wall panels used in commercial construction may pre-colored (e.g., 3� dyed or stained during fabrication) but not painted because failing paint is 3e unsightly and requires more maintenance than dyed or stained surfaces. �% ■ Residential accessory building requirements: Previous versions of the zoning s� code limited the height of detached garages to the height of the house to 3� preserve the visual cues that the house is the principal use on a residential � o property, but such a limitation has been inadvertently omitted from the current �° zoning code. The Planning Commission has also recommended a slight �2 change to simplify the design reguirements for detached accessory structures. n� ■ The zoning code allows commercial properties of all descriptions to have �!�� accessory buildings, but specific setbacks and design standards have yet to be �� included and need to be created. �t� ■ The zoning code exempts church steeples, water towers, flag poles, and many � �' other tall structures from the maximum height limit in a given district, and 4�� Planning Division staffproposes to add industrial silos to the list of 4� exemptions and will look further into other potential exemptions. �o ■ Regulations in Employment Districts require garage doors and loading docks �� to be located to the sides and rear of buildings, but service bays (which also F� feature overhead doors) are not mentioned even though they should be treated �� the same. 5�� ■ Consider changes to trash/recyclable and drive-thru locations; currently �:> trash/recyclables are allowed in front yards with screening, and a drive- �F through is not. 5i ■ Tree preservation ordinance changes — excluding two "junk" tree species from 58 preservation requirements and creating more flexible protective fencing 5g requirements. 60 ■ Add a section to allow for small wind power-generating turbines, similar to 6� solar energy systems. 62 ■ Residential storm water permits (ReSWP) are a new tool for accounting for 63 excess impervious coverage on residential parcels while ensuring that storm E�� water problems are avoided, but the present requirements fail to specify that a 6� ReSWP is intended to be a tool available for older homes on small parcels to ��; be modernized but that may not be used to facilitate excess impervious 6� coverage on newer properties. 6� "Use" 6� The Planning Division has identified a number of "use" type amendments. Some 7� of these are full Code sections like the sexual oriented business (S.O.B.) chapter, � � while others include minor clarifications. �2 ■ The Sexually Oriented Uses ordinance is likely in need of an update to �� account for modern uses and regulations. RCA ZOAmendments_111912 Page 2 of 4