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HomeMy WebLinkAbout680-OB DATE: March 21, 2005 TO: Planning Commission and City Council FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager SUBJECT: Request for amendments to the Zoning Ordinance - Table of Contents; Sec. 30-5 (a) 10; Sec. 30-15.2; Sec. 30-24 (b); Sec. 30-25 (b) 2; Sec. 30-25 (c) 3, 16; Sec. 30-28 (c) 3; Sec. 30-3 (i) 3; Sec. 30-33 (b) 2, 17, 23 FILE: 680-OB STAFF REPORT The Planning Manager recommends approval of this request. In 1998, the City Council approved a broad range of changes to the Zoning Ordinance. One of these changes involved the creation of the GC-MD-2 (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling-2) District and GC-MD-3 (General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling-3) Districts. These two districts were to be used when a use permitted by-right in the GC-MD could produce a negative impact upon surrounding residential uses. The GC-MD-2 District permits all of the uses that the GC-MD District does but requires a specific use permit for all uses. The GC-MD-3 District, while not permitting as many uses as the GC-MD-2 District, permits some uses by-right and others with a specific use permit. In the seven years following the creation of these two districts, GC-MD-2 has been used quite frequently. However, GC-MD-3 has never been used. Therefore, the Planning Manager is recommending that the GC-MD-3 District be deleted. The Planning Manager is also recommending that A halfway houses for delinquents and offenders @ be deleted from the CBD (Central Business) District and PUD (Planned Unit Development) District. With the efforts that the City and others are making towards the revitalization of the Central Business District, the Planning Manager does not feel that the locating of halfway houses for criminals and delinquents in the CBD is conducive to those revitalization efforts. The PUD District is typically used in the development of new residential and commercial developments. Almost never would a halfway house be part of these developments. Therefore, the Planning Manager is recommending that halfway houses for delinquents and offenders be deleted from the PUD District.