Laserfiche WebLink
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />DPW <br />DATE: Ol/26/04 <br />CONSENT <br />ltem Description: Amendment to text of Shoppin� �'�r�s� ��riitt� Districts within City Code Section <br />1006 (PF3528} (FIRST READING) <br />1.� BACKGROUND: <br />L. L The Planning Commission, Council and staff have been completing a systematic rewrite of <br />outdated portions of the City Code for three past three years. Attached is the draft of an <br />ordinance which would modify the Shopping Center Zoning District language and format. The <br />new format consolidates the dimensional requirements on one page and also consolidates the <br />land uses allowed in each district into one standard chart, similar to the work that was done <br />earlier for the Residential Zoning Text. Staff has reviewed this document and changes in the <br />past two years with the Chamber of Commerce and representatives from the shopping centers in <br />the area, who are interested in seeing the language updated to record that their properties are <br />legally conforming uses and structures. <br />I.? One of the obvious amendment advantages is that it reduces the repetitiveness of the Shopping <br />Center Zoning text by consolidation.In addition, it allows users to view a comparison of what <br />other business (B-1 through B-6) districts uses might be allowed (or prohibited). No significant <br />changes have been made to the dimensional requirements. <br />L 3 This amendment, to Sections 1006.01 through 1006.05, ifpassed, would eliminate duplicated <br />text in this section of the code. It would also refine some of the land uses permitted by being <br />more specific than simply stating that uses allowed in a B-2 district are allowed in a shopping <br />center district. <br />L.� Lot coverage has been eliminated in this proposaL Floor area ratio has been changed to "1.0" <br />which is equivalent to the B-3 zone. Building height is clarified as 3 stories above the main <br />level entry or 3 5 feet, except as approved in a master plan or a PUD. More clarity has been <br />provided in the 24 hour standards, regarding buffer, landscaping, loading, lighting, and snow <br />storage. <br />L.5 Staff has added the definition for the shopping center district section, providing a clearer <br />understanding of the uses which should be allowed therein, and recognized the site plans and <br />permits in effect as of January, 2000 as the "approved" plan from which all future amendments <br />will be calculated. <br />��� RECOMMENDATIONS: <br />On December 3,2003, the Planning Commission held a public hearing regarding the proposed <br />changes to the City Code pertaining to Shopping Center uses and reulations. The Commission <br />recommended approval of the draft ordinance dated December 3,2003 and attached. There <br />were no public comments about the proposed ordinance, but comments were received about the <br />Har-Mar traffic, truck deliveries, landscaping, lighting, and snow pile storage areas. Staff <br />