Agenda - Planning Commission - 04/06/1993

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'1 I I I I I I I I I I I ! I I I I confines of the principal dwelling are an option in the residential districts. Some property owneirs try to argue that the attached garage is part of the principal dwelling and therefore qualifies them for a conditional use permit for a business in their garage. It was also determined that it was necessary to define 'primary' and 'secondary accessory buildings. o Lot, minimum area of - As discussed previously, language has been eliminated that allows developers to include road right-of-way when meeting minimum lot size requirements. 0 Parcel - This definition was added to clarify that a parcel size is determined based on the measurements from property line to property line, exclusive of road right-of-way. Personal Services - For years City Code has listed 'Personal Services' as a permitted use in some of the commercial districts, but there was no definition of 'Personal Services'. To summarize, some of the major amendments proposed to Section 9.11.02 (Accessory Uses) are as follows: Subd. 2 - Outside storage of any unlicensed vehicles would be prohibited. In addition, the showing for sale of more than one automobile shall be considered an auto sales business and shall not be permitted. Subd. 5 - Clarify that the height restriction on accessory buildings refers to detached accessory buildings because it is possible that the height of attached accessory buildings may exceed 16' or 22' based on the design of the home. 0 Subd. 7 - This amendment just clarifies that attached garages are not exempt from meeting the minimum front yard setback requirements. Subd. 9 - In simpler terms, this amendment establishes that the attached garage is the primary accessory building and in the absence of same, the initial detached garage is considered the primary accessory building. Subd. 12 - For simplification purposes, all of that language that establishes the rules for how much garage space is allowed on a parcel, based on the size of the parcel, and the maximum size of any single structure, was replaced with a table format. In accordance with the recommendations of Commissioner Deemer and Building Official Huff, the parcel sizes in the table were converted from acres to square feet. It is Staffs opinion that square feet is more accurate than acres to the tenth. Additionally, I believe Commissioner Deemer's written recommendations submitted at your March meeting reduced some of the size allowances on any one accessory building and the total amount of accessory building area allowed. Staff did not incorporate these size reductions into the proposed amendments. It is Staffs position that the current size allowances have been working quite well and to reduce these should be a consensus of the entire commission. Subd. 13 - The language that was eliminated from Subd. 12 that establishes the type of construction allowed was replaced with the addition of Subd. 13 entitled Performance Standards. Item (a) requires that accessory buildings on parcels less than 2.0 acres in size have the same type construction as the home. Item (b) states that on parcels greater than 2.0 acYes, the exterior finish of accessory buildings need only be compatible with the home, i.e., a metal building or pole building that is color matched to the home. However, it also states that any building of this type that is constructed within 100 feet of any property line must include design features such as soffit, facia, eave overhang and the roof material must match the home. In accordance with Commissioner Deemer's recommendation, Item (c) requires that the initial garage constructed on a property served by city sewer and water must be an attached garage.