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368 <br />or~rnissione~s'. far analysing the proposed UDC text amendments, the fallowing <br />information i offeredt <br />Q Section 3~4 general commercial Districts -~ Attachment ~-A <br />The proposed amendments to Section ~.~ for the ~ffice~institutional ~~li~ coning district <br />are intended to provide more reasonable and effective standards of development, <br />specifically with regard to the linked land use classifications where the zoning district is <br />permitted, the intensity of development expected in those land use classifications, and <br />the potential availability of urban services. <br />In accordance with the land Use and honing Matrix contained within the adopted ~0~0 <br />Comprehensive Plan, the Uri coning district is permitted within the Commercial <br />Transition Activity Node and the Commercial-industrial Activity Node land use categories <br />As stated in the definitions of these land use categories, those types of land uses are to <br />be located near mayor transportation ro~~tes and are intended for mare intense nan~ <br />residential and nixed-use developmentR Urban services, such as water and wastewater <br />services, have been or are expected to be provided to these areas The proposed <br />changes to Section ~4 far the ~ffice~institutional coning district are consistent with the <br />corresponding land use classifications The modification to the purpose ofthe district as <br />well as the increased floor area ratio ~~AR},the modified open space ratio ~oS~~, and the <br />ar~ended pedestrian landscape ratio ~Pl~} are more in keeping with the intent of the <br />corresponding land uses and will perr~it more intense developrr~ent in areas designated <br />for economic development. in addition, the acreage lirnitatian and access requirements <br />proposed for deletion unnecessarily limit the application of this coning distract within the <br />land use classifications it is linked to~ <br />Q Section 5.~ Table of Permitted Uses , Attachment ~~B <br />The proposed additions and deletions to the uses permitted within the ~Ji ~onir~g district <br />are consistent with the purpose of the zoning district and are intended to allow an <br />appropriate mix of uses suitable in the areas of the county designated for more intense <br />development ~i.e. the Commercial Transition Activity Nodes and ~amrnercial~inclustrial <br />Transition Activity Nodes where the ~~i coning district can be applied. Mass ~ and Class <br />3 office Personal Services are proposed to be added as permitted uses, as well as <br />Assembly and Packaging ~peratians and Postal Parcel Delivery Services. dower <br />intensity residential uses not necessarily compatible with potential nan~residential <br />operations are proposed for deletion a "perrr~itted by right" within the coning district <br />while 'Dwelling; multiple family' is proposed to remain as a permitted use, for rr~ixed~use <br />application <br />Q Article ~~ Definitions ~- Attachment ~-C <br />!Then evaluating the development standards for the ~ f l caning district, staff discovered <br />inconsistencies between the definitions of '~per~ Space Ratio' and rRecreat'ran Space <br />Ratio' included in Article 1D of the t)D~ and how those ratio standards are actually <br />applied, per Sections ~.3.~ and ~.5. The definitions are incorrect. The proposed <br />amendments to Article ~.p correct those defi~7itions, making them consistent with tl~e <br />standards in Article ~ and actual practice, <br />~ ~an~~re~ensiv Plan ~ir~~~~~~~_~~.e~~~~ncl~o~~~ oCs r~~~~~~~~ct~v~~ <br />Page ~ a~~ ~i <br />