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DATE: November 17,
2008
TO: Planning Commission and City Council
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Consider a request for amendments to Chapter 30, City of
Beaumont Zoning Ordinance to create regulations for the
RCR-H (Residential Conservation and Revitalization-H) District
FILE: 735-OB
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval.
In conjunction with the rezoning of several areas within the Old Town
area, the Community Development Department recommends the
creation of the RCR-H (Residential Conservation and Revitalization-H)
District.
The recommended changes to Chapter 30, Zoning Ordinance, are as
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follows:
Sec. 30-5. Zoning District Establishment
(a) 6. RCR-H, Residential Conservation and Revitalization-H
District
7. NC, Neighborhood Commercial District
8. NSC, Neighborhood Shopping Center
9. GC-MD, General Commercial-Multiple Family Dwelling
District
10. GC-MD-2, General Commercial-Multiple Family
Dwelling-2 District
11. Central Business District
12. C-M, Commercial Manufacturing District
13. LI, Light Industrial
14. HI, Heavy Industrial
15. PUD, Planned Unit Development
16. HC-L, Historic-Cultural Landmark Preservation
Designation
17. HC, Historic-Cultural Landmark Preservation Overlay
District
18. PD, Port Development District
19. OP, Office Park District
Sec. 30-11.1. RCR-H, Residential Conservation and
Revitalization District Regulations.
(a) General Purpose and Description: The RCR-H, Residential
Conservation and Revitalization-H District, is intended
for predominately residential areas in the Old Town Area
of the City which are characterized by significant
concentrations of poor or fair structural housing
conditions and which may have a mixture of residential
and commercial uses. Conservation, protection and
revitalization of existing residential areas is achieved
in this district by providing City Council with the
opportunity to review and conditionally approve or deny
requests for higher density residential development and
compatible selected commercial uses. Approval of the
specific use permit and the site plan by the City Council
will encourage future multi-family and commercial uses
that will stimulate the normal, orderly development and
improvement of the area without adversely affecting
residential livability or diminishing or impairing
property values.
(b) Permitted Uses: Uses permitted in an RCR-H, Residential
Conservation and Revitalization-H District, are set forth
in Sec. 30-24. The commercial uses permitted in this
district shall not exceed four thousand (4,000) square
feet in gross floor area for any lot or tract.
(c) Area and Height Regulations: Area and height regulations
in an RCR-H, Residential Conservation and Revitalization-H
District, are set forth in Section 30-25.
Sec. 30-11.2. OP, Office Park District Regulations
Sec. 30-24B. Permitted Use Table
See Following
Sec. 30-25. District Area and Height Regulations
(c)3 A building or structure in any zoning district may exceed
the district maximum height regulations with a specific
use permit provided that there shall be an additional one
(1) foot of required yard for each two (2) feet of
additional height. In NC, NSC, CSC, GC-MD, GC-MD-2, C-M,
LI and HI Districts the minimum interior side yard which
abuts any property located in an A-R, RS, RM-M, RCR or
RCR-H District shall be increased by one (1) foot for each
two (2) feet in height for that protion of any structure
or building in excess of forty-five (45) feet in height.
Sec. 30-25(b): Area and Height Regulations.
1. Residential Districts:
Lot Area Lot Width Lot Depth Yards Height
Minimum Minimum Minimum Minimum Maximum
RCR-H 5,000 1,500 50 100 25 25 5 15 10
45
Sec. 30-26. Specific Use Permits
(g) Time Limit: Uses allowable under a Specific Use Permit
shall not be commenced and a certificate of occupancy shall
not be issued until all the conditions of the Specific
Use Permit are completed in accordance with the Specific
Use Permit. Unless construction of those conditions are
commenced and substantially underway within a two year
period, the Specific Use Permit shall become null and void.
Extensions of time for good cause may be approved by the
City Council. A Specific Use Permit that was issued,
whether by City Council or exempted by Section 30-30(D)(2)
of this Chapter shall become null and void, if the land
use it was issued for is closed or vacated for a period
of two years or more or is changed to a substantially
different use. In the RCR and RCR-H Districts, a change
from one Specific Use Permit to another shall require City
Council approval. A substantially different use shall
be defined as one where there is a change in the intensity
of the use. A change in intensity shall include, but not
be limited to, external structural alteration or
enlargement of the building, an increase in the required
number of parking spaces, an increase in the hours of
operation or an increase in offensive noise, vibrations,
sound, smoke or dust, odors, heat, glare, x-ray or
electrical disturbance to radio or television.
Sec. 30-28. Sign Regulations
(b)4. One (1) detached owner-identification sign shall be
permitted for a commercial use with a Specific Use Permit
in the RCR-H, Residential Conservation and Revitalization
District, subject to Sec. 30-21.2(e)8a of this Chapter.
(b)5. Two (2) attached owner-identification signs shall
be permitted for a commercial use with a Specific Use Permit
in the RCR-H, Residential Conservation and Revitalization
District, subject to Sec. 30-21.2(e)8b of this Chapter.