2016-11-02_PC_Agenda_Packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

of a number of amendments to items related to motor freight terminals. While the ЊЉЋ Planning Division staff agrees there are additional areas concerning outdoor storage, ЊЉЌ semi-trailers, motor vehicles, and motor freight terminals, which require further ЊЉЍ consideration and possible amendment, these items are not a component of the ЊЉЎ published/notices public hearing. Therefore, a separate public hearing on these and ЊЉЏ other items the Planning Division has identified could be addressed as early as January ЊЉА 2017. ЊЉБ There are, however, two items related to the proposal that the representative of Koch ЊЉВ Trucking would like the Planning Commission to consider. They include the following: ЊЊЉ To include “primary” before public street in line 82-83 (above – criteria 37 a) so as to ЊЊЊ identify which public street would be used in determining trailer parking; and ЊЊЋ To reduce the side/rear setback in line 85-86 (above – criteria 37 b) from the ЊЊЌ proposed 10 feet to five feet in order to be consistent with the established parking lot ЊЊЍ setback in Section 1006.05.C (Table 1006-3) of the Zoning Code. ЊЊЎ In the case of outdoor storage, specifically semi-trailers, the Planning Division is ЊЊЏ opposed to allowing semi-trailers or other items adjacent to the public street. In 2009, ЊЊА when the City was rewriting the Zoning Code, it discussed at length ancillary or ЊЊБ accessory use and the appropriate location for such items on a site. It was deemed such ЊЊВ items should be located in rear yard areas or side yards, but not in front of a primary or ЊЋЉ principle building. The 2010 Zoning Ordinance also established new design standards ЊЋЊ for building and parking placement on a property and a property at two intersecting ЊЋЋ streets or a corner lot. Parking is allowed between the building and the public street, ЊЋЌ but this parking is employee or customer and not to be used for outdoor storage. ЊЋЍ Supporting the proposed change would conflict with existing Design Standards and the ЊЋЎ regulations covering various types of outdoor storage. ЊЋЏ While the Planning staff understands, in certain instances, the need or desire to be ЊЋА consistent or even clear, the established setback is tied directly to a parking lot, not ЊЋБ specifically parking of vehicles. In the case of semi-trailers and their potential as a fire ЊЋВ hazard, the Fire Chief has indicated his preference for a 10 foot setback from a side and ЊЌЉ rear yard property line to add distance between the semi-trailers and other building, ЊЌЊ vehicles, or semi-trailers on an abutting property. Planning staff supports the proposal ЊЌЋ as written. ЊЌЌ Please note - there are difficulties or challenges in most all code amendment because ЊЌЍ they cannot be designed to fit every situation. Regarding these specific amendment ЊЌЎ before the Planning Commission, the Planning Division has considered the proposed ЊЌЏ text amendments from a holistic perspective and not from a site specific perspective. ЊЌА SPCA ЊЌБ UGGESTEDLANNING OMMISSION CTION Based on the project report, public comments, and Planning Commissioner input, ЊЌВ consider approval of the amendments to Table 1006-1 and §1009.02, adding motor ЊЍЉ freight terminal as a conditional use in the Industrial District. ЊЍЊ