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Public Hearing <br />INTRODUCE ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 9.11.04 <br />(ACCESSESORY STRUCTURES) OF THE <br /> ZONING CHAPTER OF CITY CODE <br /> By: Breanne Dalnes, Associate Planner <br /> <br />CASE # <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />At the Planning Commission meeting in October, the commissioners expressed a desire <br />to review and possibly alter the accessory structure size limitations in order to reduce the <br />number of Conditional Use Permits granted for size overages each year. The proposed <br />ordinance increases the maximum accessory square footage for three of the smaller lot <br />size categories. <br /> <br />Enclosed are the following documents: <br /> <br />a) Accessory Structure Permits and Conditional Use Permit Information <br />b) Proposed Changes to Accessory Structure Limits <br />c) Proposed Ordinance to amend 9.11.04 of City Code <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />Since 2003, the Planning Commission has received 17 requests from residents to exceed <br />square footage restrictions for garages. Of these requests, 15 have been for lots between <br />the sizes of .5 acres and 2.5 acres. The suggested revisions focus on these lot size <br />categories. <br /> <br />The major revisions consist of two major changes: <br /> 1) Adjust size categories. The proposed ordinance divides the smaller categories <br /> differently. Under the changes, anything smaller than ½ acre would be <br /> allowed accessory space equal to I0% of lot size, or 1,500 square feet, <br /> whichever is less. The current category of 14,880 to 43,559 acres is too large <br /> in staff's opinion, and the proposed categories would be ½ to 1 acre and 1 to <br /> 1.5 acres (see enclosures) <br /> <br />2) <br /> <br />Increase allowable square footages. The major changes are proposed for the <br />three categories of lot sizes in which most of the conditional use permits were <br />requested. The largest increase is 536 square feet for lots 1.5 to 2 acres in size. <br />These .changes were based on the overages requested in previous Conditional <br />Use Permits. An effort was made to find a reasonable increase that would <br />reduce the requests for conditional use permits in the future. All categories <br />were rounded off to the nearest hundred for ease in application. <br /> <br />79 <br /> <br /> <br />