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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 25, 2019 Page 17 Councilmember Groff thought that would make sense because this is a nonprofit. Mayor Roe stated at the last discussion, he brought up the City's Accessory Dwelling Unit process, which he believed was a permitted use in the Code but there is still an application form. He was not sure if it is a one-time approval that goes forward or if it is something that needs to be reviewed on an on-going basis. He asked Mr. Paschke to review the process. Mr. Paschke reviewed the City process for Accessory Dwelling Units. Mayor Roe noted the City has permitted uses in Multi-Family Districts. He won- dered if that is somewhat parallel to this as well. He did not know if he wanted people to go through the City's full fledged costly Interim Use Process for this type of thing. He wondered if there was a way to do some sort of Limited Interim Use process for certain types of uses that are relatively unobtrusive and do not need to have the full open house process. He thought that might be an angle the City might want to consider as well. Councilmember Willmus thought the second thing Mayor Roe mentioned made more sense to him, a hybrid process pertaining to an Interim Use and structure something that way. With respect to an accessory as a permitted use or something along those lines, he wondered at what point does it cross the line and in effect become a conditional use? Attorney Gaughan thought the line would get crossed once it gets beyond design standards for how a particular structure may be constructed or screened or setback and gets into more of an operational type of condition, how many days per year can it engage in a permitted use or staff size. Councilmember Willmus stated with respect to a blanket waiver or fees, based upon whether it was for profit or nonprofit, he would want to be very careful be- cause the City does have organizations that are nonprofits that could be large or- ganizations. He did not know if he would want to go that route if thinking of that possibility. He thought that perhaps the Mayor's thought of a new process with an Interim Use being somewhat of the backbone of that. Mayor Roe stated what he was thinking about in terms of the difference between a Conditional Use and an Interim Use is that a Conditional Use is a one-time ap- proval and is good for the life of the property. Whereas an Interim Use typically has a five-year time limit on it as a max and allows the Council to revisit it. If that is something the Council deems is appropriate, Interim Uses are typically things not normally allowed in the Code so that tends to maybe fit with this.