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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April 26, 2010 Page 4 a. Presentation of Progress and Proposals regarding the Zoning Regulations Update City Planner Thomas Paschke summarized the zoning ordinance rewrite process, since the previous report on February 11, 2010; as detailed in the Request for Council Action (RCA) dated April 26, 2010, and related to the residential and commercial/mixed use district drafts of the zoning code rewrite. Mr. Paschke noted that Sections 3.2 and 4.2 of the RCA highlighted those areas where more predominant changes to code were proposed. Mr. Paschke then reviewed the next steps in the rewrite process. Discussion included anticipated amount of public comment related to the changes and whether more than one public hearing would need to be scheduled, with the schedule allowing for delay if necessary; additional educational materials for the public as part of the process for long-term land use throughout the community; background information and ongoing reiterations of proposed ordinance changes available on the City's website and through staff contact during the process for public review and comment, in addition to public comment opportunities at the Planning Commission level; with opportunity for comment until final adoption of the Ordinance by the City Council. Further discussion included inclusion of the recent application for a regional church use as Institutional land use districts are considered, and as an outcome of the upcoming Comprehensive Plan Amendment; as well as putting performance measures in place in Industrial land use districts to ensure clear definition of ap- plicable uses for those more intense business impacts (i.e., asphalt plants), given the public interest and concern expressed in recent application for such a facility. Additional discussion included minimum lot sizes to achieve 93% compliance versus current compliance of approximately 52% of single-family lots not in con- formance and requiring variances, with the proposed 9,500 square foot minimum lot size and 75' width. Councilmember Ihlan expressed policy concerns to a draft provision in imposing lesser minimum lot sizes city-wide, referencing the previous study by a citizen advisory panel several years ago that looked at lot sizes with the intent to preserve neighborhoods where lot sizes are larger; and expressed the need for additional public input before such a change was implemented. Councilmember Pust expressed the need to review that study again as part of the rezoning rewrite process, as her recollection of their recommendations differed from that of Councilmember Ihlan. Further discussion included the creation of an overlay district for smaller lot size allowing for reduced setbacks; and past controversy on several subdivisions and