CC_Minutes_2010_1206 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Regular City Council Meeting Monday, December 06, 2010 Page 25 Further discussion included the Use Charts; and permitted uses; "y" notations in- dicating and referencing additional information available in the Property Perfor- mance Standard section of code specifically related to a particular use, addressing multiple issues over many years that had been documented by staff and included in this rewrite. Councilmember Ihlan requested staff's identification of new design or placement standards for comparison purposes between the old and proposed codes. Commercial and Mixed -Use (CMU) Districts Chapter 1005 Staff reviewed proposed design standards to minimize impacts; a simplification of the Use Table; clarification and update of dimensional standards; Mixed Use Dis- trict initially encompassing the Twin lakes Redevelopment Area; inclusion of the former Shopping Center District requirements in the Regional Business District, but placing heightened requirements in the Property Standards chapter under Commercial Uses. If adopted, staff advised that they would then proceed to move forward on a regulating map to address the type and general placement of struc- tures at specific locations, through development of the regulating map and district for the Twin lakes Redevelopment Area itself. Councilmember Roe expressed similar comments to those of multi family and HDR -2 Districts next to LDR properties; and the need to also address larger side yard setbacks e.g. 30') for CD, RB, and CMU Districts, specifically those adja- cent to residential properties; recognizing that NB is a more scaled to neighbor- hoods. Staff noted the new buffer and screening requirements in the Performance Stan- dards section that may mitigate some of those concerns, but advised they would review those setbacks. Councilmember Ihlan expressed concern with current standards for the current Shopping Center District and whether those standards had been incorporated or removed. Staff advised that they had been incorporated and slightly revised in the Property Performance Standards chapter (page 35), some modified to be consistent with the zoning code, and to reasonably mitigate impacts. Staff cautioned that huge buffer areas could not realistically be incorporated in all cases, since those standards would not be applicable to other business districts across the board. Councilmember Ihlan specifically addressed Har Mar Mall and its proposed zon- ing designation Community Business; with staff concurring that this was consis- tent with the 2030 Comprehensive Plan