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The zoning code should do a better job specifying that prefabricated, exterior, <br />33 <br />“tip-up” wall panels used in commercial construction may pre-colored (e.g., <br />34 <br />dyed or stained during fabrication) but not painted because failing paint is <br />35 <br />unsightly and requires more maintenance than dyed or stained surfaces. <br />36 <br />Residential accessory building requirements: Previous versions of the zoning <br />37 <br />code limited the height of detached garages to the height of the house to <br />38 <br />preserve the visual cues that the house is the principal use on a residential <br />39 <br />property, but such a limitation has been inadvertently omitted from the current <br />40 <br />zoning code. The Planning Commission has also recommended a slight <br />41 <br />change to simplify the design requirements for detached accessory structures. <br />42 <br />The zoning code allows commercial properties of all descriptions to have <br />43 <br />accessory buildings, but specific setbacks and design standards have yet to be <br />44 <br />included and need to be created. <br />45 <br />The zoning code exempts church steeples, water towers, flag poles, and many <br />46 <br />other tall structures from the maximum height limit in a given district, and <br />47 <br />Planning Division staff proposes to add industrial silos to the list of <br />48 <br />exemptions and will look further into other potential exemptions. <br />49 <br />Regulations in Employment Districts require garage doors and loading docks <br />50 <br />to be located to the sides and rear of buildings, but service bays (which also <br />51 <br />feature overhead doors) are not mentioned even though they should be treated <br />52 <br />the same. <br />53 <br />Consider modifications to the Commercial and Mixed Use Districts specific to <br />54 <br />garage doors, loading docks and drive-thus where flexibility on location is <br />55 <br />allowed versus strict (as current) when a parcel/property has more than one <br />56 <br />adjacent public street. <br />57 <br />Consider additional modifications to Sign Regulations regarding temporary <br />58 <br />signs, specifically duration, number, and type allowed by permit annually. <br />59 <br />Consider additional modifications to Sign Regulations regarding the <br />60 <br />allowance of canopy signage – currently code is silent on the matter. <br />61 <br />Consider changes to trash/recyclable and drive-thru locations; currently <br />62 <br />trash/recyclables are allowed in front yards with screening, and a drive- <br />63 <br />through is not. <br />64 <br />Tree preservation ordinance changes – excluding two “junk” tree species from <br />65 <br />preservation requirements and creating more flexible protective fencing <br />66 <br />requirements. <br />67 <br />Consider the addition of a section to allow for small wind power-generating <br />68 <br />turbines, similar to solar energy systems. <br />69 <br />Residential storm water permits (ReSWP) are a new tool for accounting for <br />70 <br />excess impervious coverage on residential parcels while ensuring that storm <br />71 <br />water problems are avoided, but the present requirements fail to specify that a <br />72 <br />ReSWP is intended to be a tool available for older homes on small parcels to <br />73 <br />be modernized but that may not be used to facilitate excess impervious <br />74 <br />coverage on newer properties. <br />75 <br />RCA_ZOAmendments_012813 <br />76 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br /> <br />