NSN ORD-1996-047 Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment - Temporary Events

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4 residential areas, and the narrow scope of the amendment. (See attached minutes). Comments from 12/2/96 Board of Commissioners Meeting The Board of Commissioners considered the proposed amendment on December 2, 1996. The following changes were suggested: Italicized text summarizes revisions proposed to address these issues. • reduce size of signs The maximum sign area allowed is reduced from sixteen square feet to six square feet. allowing a size of 2'x 3'. This area is larger than the four square foot (2' x 2') size limit for home occupation signs, but is considerably small than the 16 square foot (4' x 4) limit applicable to church signs and entrance signs for residential developments. • require on-site parking The Standards of Evaluation have been revised to explicitly state that all parking must be on-site. • minimize off-site impacts such as noise The standards of evaluation have been revised to specify a noise limit of 50 decibels at the property line in daytime hours (7-00 a.m. to 7•00 p.m.) and 45 decibels in evening hours (7•00 p.m. to 7•00 a.m.). These limits are currently used in the Zoning Ordinance and Economic Development Districts Deign Manual to minimize impacts of commercial use on adjacent residential property. A noise level of fifty decibels is generally characterized as quiet. Examples include : light automobile traffic at 100 feet, and daytime activity in suburban and rural residential areas. • limit the use to rural or farm areas The Permitted Use Table has been revised to limit the residential zoning districts within which a Special Use Permit may be requested to the Rural Residential, Agricultural Residential, and Rural Buffer Zoning Districts. In addition, the Standards of Evaluation have been revised to require a minimum lot size of five acres. This acreage limit, combined with a cap of 150 persons, renders the 30-