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/y^/n <br />MEMORANDUM <br />E_ <br />To: <br />From: <br />Date: <br />Subject: <br />Chair Rahn a:;d Planning Con'^issioners <br />MiksGaffron. Plajnur.g <br />August 26, 2004 <br />#04-3024R Propused 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 Moorse <br />C - Zonmg Code Section 7S-1577 (as amended 1 1-24-03 %ia Ordinance #4. Tlv.id Series) <br />D - Excerp* on Condit:ona! Uses fro:n “Advanced Zoning" by Jo'.m Shardlow of DSU Inc. <br />Discussion <br />The City Council in July reviewed die Plaiuung Commission ’s leconuner.datior. to not revise the 5*aci e <br />laaumun lot size rermrement for «orage of large \ rfuclcs, under the recently res issd “Extencr Storage in <br />R Districts" ordinar.ee <br />Council took no formal action on a zoning anicnd:nc:;t, but duccted staff and Planning Comntission to <br />consider the pros and cons of, and poteniial performxnce sundards for. allow ing Large \'eliiclc Storage <br />Basis for Current Ordinance <br />The current ordinance establishci a mnunium lot s:r c of 5 aa es for storage of a vch;. Ic 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 vcluclcs from adjacent properties. Tlic code as wrir.cn rcquucs that such <br />vehicles stored outside :nust meet a 50’ setbac’K from lot lines, must be fully screened ("not visible") fr?:n <br />adjacent properties and streets, and any maintenance of the vehicle must occur w itlnn a building. <br />Tlicbasis for the cunent otdinar.ee is to protect out neigliborhoods from the noise, vibration,odor and <br />general visual intrusion and disruption caused by the comings, goings and storage of vcr> large vcliicles. <br />Coaditlonal Use Applicability <br />A conditional use is, bydcfjution, ause that is permitted in a zoning district if certain established coadilions <br />or ‘performance standards’ arc met. A conditional use miglit not be appropriate generally within a zoning <br />district, but may be allow-ed wiiii ^propriatc restricuons established ’oy the zoning code if it is found that <br />1) the conditions detailed in the code arc met, 2) the use confoims to the Comprdiensivc Land Use Plan; <br />and 3) the use is compatible w ith the surrounding neighborhood.