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DATE: February 18,
2013
TO: Planning Commission and City Council
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Consider a request for an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance,
Section 28.03.023(e), Permitted Use Table
FILE: 830-OB
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval.
A property owner recently spoke with staff about moving her tutoring
business into an office building that she owns at 1450 Wellington
Circle. At that time, she was told that tutoring is not permitted in
the RM-H (Residential Multiple Family Dwelling-Highest Density)
District either by right or with a specific use permit.
In July, 1984, the subject property was zoned RM-H and a specific
use permit was granted to allow professional offices on Lots 1-5 and
Lots 20-22, Dowlen Plaza. In September, 1987, the existing specific
use permit was expanded to allow additional commercial uses,
including some personal services, some amusement and recreation
services, some health services, some social services, museums, some
membership organizations and some services not elsewhere classified.
However, educational services (SIC 822, 824, 829) were not one of
those additional uses.
In order to allow tutoring services, the Planning Manager told the
property owner that the property would either have to be rezoned to
a commercial zoning or the Zoning Ordinance could be amended to
allow tutoring with a specific use permit in the RM-H District.
First of all, the Planning Manager feels that tutoring services would
not detract from any of the other uses permitted with a specific use
permit on the aforementioned lots. In addition, the Planning
Manager feels that amending the Permitted Use Table to allow
tutoring services would be much less objectionable to surrounding
property owners than rezoning the commercial properties to a
commercial district that would allow tutoring by right.
Therefore, the Planning Manager recommends the following: