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Planning CODmdssion Minutes - Decenber 5, 1984 Page 5 Planninr,z File .12Q.Q. - Amendment to the Zoning Code to create a new zoning district for industrial waste facilities Presentation Hr. Dahlgren indicated the Council had sugGested that rather than simply adding industrial ~{aste facilities as a special use in the 1-2 district, we should consider creatinG a separate zoning district for the vlaste facility use. Hr. Dahlgren indicated after discussions with the City Attorney, it does not appear the new zoning district would put the City in a better position to turn down an application for an industrial waste facility. The major difference is that a rezoning requires a 4/5 vote, versus a 2/3 vote to approve a special use permit. Hr. Dahlgren suggested the special use language should include a list of controls or standards to be considered when reviewing a request. Discussion Dressler asked whether if the City rezoned a piece of land for a facility, and in the future a different facility wants to move onto that land, would the new facility's request be more difficult to turn down, since the land is already zoned correctly. Mr. Dahlgren indicated the City would still have to approve a special use permit. Wiski indicated that if the purpose is to limit proliferation of industrial waste facilities, the new zoning district is not the vlay to do this. He suggested a City policy rBgarding industrial waste facilities should be included in the Comprehensive Plan. The policy could place limits on industrial waste facilities. Matson indicated his major concern is that detailed plans be provided at the time of the rezoning. He does not want an applicant to come in for a rezoning and say he will provide detailed plans at the time of the special use permit consideration. Berry indicated the Planning Commission's special use language had excluded radioactive [;laterials from the facility. She asked why that language had been dropped from the Council's language. [Jr. Nowlin, representing the HRC, indicated he does not have a probler.l vlith radioactive materials being excluded fr01:1 the facility. He indicated he supports the new zoning district, but does not see that it is a way to prevent a proliferation of industrial Haste facHi ty uses. ilr. Uowlin indicated he was concerned with the definition of explosives in the special use permit language. Specifically, with the secretary's list of explosive materials. The concern is that the list is subject to change. iHski indicated it does not seem that He get any more protection by creatine; a nevI zoning distr'ict. Matson indicated that in the past, the City has had someone ask for rezoning approval before providing details of the plan. He does not want this to happen, even though the City can still deny the special use permit after a rezoning, the rezoning has already oommitted the City to that type of use. It could bo more difficult to deny the special use permit after approving the rezoning.