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Setbacks required in the I -P District are identical to those in the I -1 District. Regardless of industrial zoning classification, any proposed expansion will have to meet standard required setbacks. • Building lot coverage requirements are found only in the I -P District. The maximum allowed coverage of 35% is currently being evaluated by the City to determine the appropriateness of this requirement. Building coverage standards will be applied to expanding non - conforming structures with a rezoning to I -P. Further comment on lot coverage should be delayed until the reevaluation of this requirement is completed. • Landscaping requirements for the I -P District require not less than 25 percent of the lot area to be dedicated to green area. I -1 landscaping requirements are minimal in that only 5 foot green strips are required around the lot, parking areas and buildings. This generally constitutes a minimum of 10 percent on average per lot, so this aspect will have an impact on uses rezoned to I -P, should a non- conforming use or structure expand or be destroyed to the extent of more than 50 percent. SUMMARY In regard to rezoning existing uses in the study area, the Ordinance allows non - conforming uses and structures to continue operations indefinitely, provided the use is not expanded or destroyed by more than 50 percent. Also, some expansion may be allowed provided all building and site zoning regulations can be met. The Ordinance provides this flexibility to avoid penalizing existing businesses. In our opinion, previously proposed rezonings are valid due to the amount of vacant land involved, high visibility of the areas in question, and development in the area that provided high quality buildings and well landscaped sites by choice, not by regulation. cc: Joe Chlebeck Don Carley John Palacio Tom Sweeney PAGE -12