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Is the Council comfortable with the idea of allowing detached accessory dwelling units in the <br />R-1 zoning district? The minimum lot size for the existing house would be 14000 square feet, <br />and there would be regulations addressing maximum floor area, setbacks, total lot coverage, <br />building height, exterior appearance, short term rental, parking, owner-occupancy of the <br />principal dwelling and prohibition of separate sale. <br />The proposed regulations for accessory dwelling units are presented below this list of <br />questions. <br />Accessory dwelling units may be either attached or detached. Either type would be a <br />Conditional Use in the R-1 zoning district but Permitted with conditions in the R-2, R-3, and R- <br />B districts. <br />These lot sizes would be required to accommodate a detached ADU: 14,000 square feet in the <br />R-1 district, 10,000 in the R-2 and 7,000 in the R-3. <br />Other requirements address maximum floor area, setbacks, total lot coverage, building height, <br />exterior appearance, short term rental, parking, owner-occupancy of the principal dwelling and <br />prohibition of separate sale. These proposed regulations are presented at the end of this memo. <br />Accessory Dwelling Units <br />Attached Detached <br />R-1 <br />District <br />13,000 14,000 <br />R-2 <br />District <br />10,000 10,000 <br />R-3 <br />District <br />7,000 7,000 <br />6.Less Planning Commission and Council involvement in site plan review <br />Is the Council accepting of the idea that certain site development applications will be reviewed <br />and approved by City staff without going through the Planning Commission and City Council? <br />Under the new code, the only site plans that would be reviewed by those two bodies would be <br />those involving some judgment, namely Conditional Uses, variances, rezonings or plats. If <br />there is no discretion involved, the site plan would be reviewed only by staff. This would save <br />some applicants seven or eight weeks of time. Public notice and comment would still be <br />allowed. <br />7.Changes to the commercial zoning districts <br />Does the Council accept the proposal to consolidate several commercial districts and create a <br />new district for use along Rice Street and portions of Little Canada Road? <br />Current Commercial <br />Zoning Districts <br />Proposed Commercial <br />Zoning Districts <br />B-2, Automotive Business <br />C-1, General CommercialB-3, General Business <br />B-4, Comprehensive Business <br />R-B, Residential / Business C-2, Residential / Business <br />--Corridor Mixed