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H'U\!P <br />MEMOR.\NDUM <br />To: <br />From: <br />Date: <br />Subject: <br />Chair Rahn and Planning Commissioners <br />Mike Craffron, Plamring Director <br />August 26, 2004 <br />7-c <br /><#04-3024B Proposed Zoning Code Amendment: Section 78-1577(c) <br />- Consider CUP for Large Vehicle Storage on Residential Property <br />Attachments ' <br />A - July 9, 2004 Moorse Memo to Council <br />B - July 7, 2004 MPG Memo to Mooisc <br />C - Zoning Code Section 78-1577 (as amended 11-24-03 via Ordinance Ir4, Third Series) <br />D - Excerpt on Conditional Uses from “Advanced Zoning" by Joint Shardlow of DSU. Inc, <br />Discussiou <br />The City Council in July reviewed thePlanningCommissioiVsrecommendation to not revise the 5-acrc <br />minimum lot size requiremcitt for storage of large velticles, under the recently revised Exleitor otorage in <br />R Districts" ordinance. <br />Council took no fonnal action on a zoning amendment, but directed staff and Plamting Commission to <br />consider the pros and cons of, and potential performance standards for, allowingLarge Vehicle Sloiagc <br />as a Conditional Use in rcsidcittial zones, and whether this could be limited to just existing users. <br />Basis for Current Ordinance <br />The cuiTcnt ordinance establishes a miitimum lot size of 5 acres for storage of a vcluclc in excess of 14,000 <br />lbs. GVW. The 5-acre standard was put in place to ensure the ability to provide adequate separation, <br />buffering and screening of large velric ’'-., uom«. dj acent properties. The code as wntten requires that such <br />vcliiclcs stored outside must meet a 50' setback &om lot lines, mustbc fully screened ("not visible") from <br />adjacent properties and streets, and any maintenance of the vehicle must occur within a building. <br />Thebasis for the cun ent ordinance is to protect our neighborhoods from tlie noise, vibration, odor and <br />General visual intrusion and disruption caused by the comrngs, goings and storage of vei^ large vehicles. <br />Conditional Use Applicability <br />A conditional use is, by definition, ause that is pemritted in a zoning district if certain established conditions <br />or 'perfonnance standards’ arc met. A conditional use miglit not be appropriate generally within a zoning <br />district,but may be allowed with appropriate rcstrictrons established by the zoning code if it is found that <br />1) the conditions detailed in the code arc met; 2) the use ccnfomis to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan; <br />and 3) the use is compatible with the surrounding neighborhood.