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05J <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br /> [DST] <br /> REFERENCE: ZONING ORDINANCE <br /> Article 10.3 Off-Street Parking Design Standards <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: X Staff Planning Board <br /> BOCC Public <br /> Other: <br /> EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: May 27, 1997 <br /> Purpose of Amendment: To correct a discrepancy in the Zoning Ordinance between Article 10.3, <br /> Off-Street Parking Design Standards,and Article 12.4.1,Required Landscaping. <br /> Impacts/Issues: On September 30 the Planning Department received a citizen's request to <br /> amend the Zoning Ordinance to create a new land use category called"garden <br /> center." Garden center is a type of retail use providing landscaping supplies <br /> primarily for home use. The definition proposed for Article 22 includes a list <br /> of typical products to be sold. <br /> The proposed amendment to the Permitted Use Table indicates garden center <br /> as a permitted use in all commercial zoning districts as well as in the <br /> Agricultural Service District. Therefore,the use would be subject to Planning <br /> Department review and approval of a site plan before zoning and building <br /> permits may be issued. <br /> Standards for operation are proposed for Article 6.16 Additional Requirements <br /> for Certain Permitted Uses. The suggested standards specify that outdoor <br /> storage and display of goods are permitted and limit the area allowed for <br /> outdoor storage of bulk materials such as sand,topsoil,mulch, etc. <br /> One effect of the proposal would be to allow a specific type of retail with <br /> outdoor display and storage in the Local Commercial zoning district. Article <br /> 4.3 currently states that the only type of retail allowed in the LC-1 district <br /> shall have no adverse impacts that occur beyond the immediate space <br /> occupied by the building,that is, attracting few customers or clients to the <br /> premises, with no outdoor storage,and all operations conducted entirely <br /> within a fully enclosed building. <br /> The standards proposed for Article 6 described above are intended to mitigate <br /> any potential adverse impacts. The text of the amendments submitted by the <br /> applicant is attached. <br />