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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Department Approval: DPW DATE: Ol/26/04 ITEM NO: 3.5 Agenda Section: Item Description: Amendment to text of Industrial Zoning Districts within City Code Section 1007 (PF3529) (FIRST READING) 1.0 BACKGROUND: I.1 The Planning Commission, Council and staff have been completing a systematic rewrite of outdated portions of the City Code for three past three years. Attached is the draft of an ordinance which would modify the Industrial Zoning District language and format. The new format consolidates the dimensional requirements on one page and also consolidates the land uses allowed in each district into one standard chart, similar to the work that was done earlier for the Residential Zoning Text. One of the obvious advantages is that it reduces the repetitiveness of the Industrial Zoning text by consolidation. In addition, it allows users to view a comparison of what other industrial districts uses might be allowed (or prohibited). No significant changes have been made to the dimensional requirements have been made. 1.2 This amendment, to Sections 1007.01 through 1007.04, if passed, would eliminate approximately forty percent of the duplicated text in this section of the code. For example, uses such as lumber mills, hosiery, hat makers, and ink mixers are no longer germane to the industrial base Roseville has inherited. Many of the current uses can simply be defined more generally as light or general manufacturing or light or general assembly, storage or warehousing. 1.3 Staff has added the definitions for each zoning district section, providing a clearer understanding of the uses that should be allowed therein. After the November �'� meeting, using the direction from the Commission, staff has stricken many of the repetitive uses within the charts. 2.0 RECOMMENDATIONS: On December 3,2003, the Planning Commission held a public hearing regarding the proposed changes to the City Code pertaining to industrial uses and regulations. The Commission recommended approval of the draft ordinance dateti December 3,2003 and attached. There were no additional public comments.