Agenda - Planning Commission - 04/01/2004

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Free standing restaurants, cafes, on and off sale liquor Private clubs or lodges serving food and beverages Motels, motor hotels, and hotels Free standing banks Fast Food establishments Gas stations Convenience grocery and/or food operations Day care services It should be noted that gas stations are proposed to be removed based on the fact that they require large fuel tanks to be installed underground and the City may not want to promote uses that require extra environmental care upon relocating or removing the business activities. Staff is proposing to allow banks, on and off sale liquor, and restaurants to be located within the corridor as long as they are housed within a multi-tenant facility. It would seem that when these uses are located within a multi-tenant facility they are smaller scale businesses than perhaps when located as stand alone business. Staff is cautious to completely limit the type of uses within the corridor especially considering that the existing multi-tenant facilities contain restaurants and liquor sales. It is also Staff's opinion that the City would still want to provide opportunities for multi-tenant buildings to succeed until the highway improvements are scheduled and not implement such strict language that results in multi-tenants buildings becoming vacant. Accessory Uses: Staff inserted language to address allowing a limited amount of outside storage with strict performance standards. Allowing for limited outside storage may allow a land owner to construct a slightly smaller building and therefore reducing the structure mass within the corridor. Smndar~: Currently the B-2 Business District states that maximum structure area is 35% of the lot area. The 35% is measured based on the size of the footprint of the building. Staff is proposing to maintain the 35% maximum structure area, however measure based on building goss square footage instead of the footprint. Staff is proposing to allow vinyl, metal, and wood siding Mthin the corridor. This again may provide the land owner some relief on the construction costs. Staff revised the vehicular access paragraph to state that efforts need to be made to eliminate multiple accesses on a singular parcel and to share access points for adjoining parcels when possible. It should be noted that the enclosed ordinance does not include the landscaping and buffer yard sections, as they are not proposing to be amended as part of drafting the H-1 ordinance. Attached to the case is a copy of the Official Map Ordinance that the City Attorney drafted. This ordinance will need to be adopted by the City Council. The ordinance follows the rules and process set forth in State Statues related to official mapping. Staff is asking the Planning Commission for any input on the ordinance. The City Council will hold a public hearing for the ordinance on April 13, 2004.