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DATE: October 20,
2008
TO: Planning Commission and City Council
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Consider a request for an amendment to Chapter 30, City of
Beaumont Zoning Ordinance to only allow temporary and
permanent batching plants within the LI (Light Industrial)
District with a specific use permit and within the HI (Heavy
Industrial) District by right
FILE: 737-OB
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval.
Due to the environmental hazards that temporary and permanent
batching plants can cause, the Community Development Department
has requested that the Chapter 30, City of Beaumont Zoning
Ordinance, be amended to only allow temporary and permanent
batching plants within the LI (Light Industrial) District with a specific
use permit and within the HI (Heavy Industrial) District by right.
Currently, temporary batching plants are permitted in the A-R
(Agricultural-Residential) District with a specific use permit and
within the LI and HI Districts by right. Permanent batching plants
(SIC 353) are permitted with a specific use permit in LI and by right
in HI. However, Sec. 30-33, Special Condition #18, allows all uses
permitted in SIC Group 35 to be located in the GC-MD, CBD and
C-M Districts with a specific use permit and subject to a number of
conditions.
The recommended changes to Chapter 30, Zoning Ordinance, are as
follows:
Sec. 30-24B, Permitted Use Table
Delete temporary batching plants (SIC 295 and SIC 3273) from the
A-R District.
Change temporary batching plants (SIC 295 and SIC 3237) from
permitted by right to permitted with specific use permit in the LI
District.
Sec. 30-33, Special Conditions
(b) 18. The land uses listed under SIC Group numbers 20 through 26, 30 through 32, 34,
35,
STAFF REPORT continued
37 and 44 shall be permitted within the GC-MD, CBD and C-M zoning districts if,
1) granted a specific use permit and 2) comply with the following conditions:
a. All business related activities including storage of material and
equipment shall be conducted within a completely enclosed
structure.
b. All lighting shall be situated so as not to cast or reflect light on any
residential property.
c. A Traffic Circulation Plan, showing all parking, drives,
loading/unloading areas, and curb cuts and truck routes shall be
submitted to the City Engineer for his approval. The City Engineer
may, as a condition of approval of the Traffic Circulation Plan,
restrict the size of trucks parked on the site or involved in deliveries
and pickup. The City Engineer may also designate or restrict truck
routes.
d. The maximum gross floor area for any lot or premise shall be five
thousand (5000) square feet.
e. Signs shall comply with the sign requirements for the NC,
Neighborhood Commercial District.
f. Industrial Performance Standard as specified in Section 30-31 will
be applicable.
g. Special Condition 18 shall not apply to
temporary batching plants (SIC 295 and SIC 3273)
and permanent batching plants (SIC 353).