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• AGENDA ITEM 6.B STAFF ORIGINATOR: Paul Bengtson CC MEETING DATE: January 10, 2011 TOPIC: First Reading of Ordinance Number 03 -11 Amending the Zoning Ordinance requirements Outdoor Sales Lots (not outdoor storage) BACKGROUND During the deliberation of how the city should handle farmer's markets, flea markets, transient merchants, and the like; staff identified an issue with the language used by the ordinance for Outdoor Sales Lots. It could easily be confused with these more temporary uses, and clarification is appropriate. MOTOR VEHICLE SALES Staff is proposing to remove the definition and use of `Open Sales Lot', replacing • it instead with Motor Vehicle Sales Lot, and clearly defining that term. • PARKING In order to do so the parking requirements within section 3 must also be amended to match the new terminology. The language included in Ordinance Number 03 -11 keeps the previous number requirements from the previous ordinance language, re- titles the use appropriately, and eliminates the `Open Sales Lot' requirement as it no longer applies. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS Outdoor Sales Lots are only allowed in the General Business district, and then only by Conditional Use Permit. This will again need to be re- titled to Motor Vehicle Sales Lot, and some minor improvements should be made to the requirements. Staff has proposed to refer to the parking standards from section 3 to clarify that the spaces required by section 3 are for customers and employees, not for sales display. Also, to slightly amend the sales display area requirement to clarify that the 380 square feet is meant for automobiles and that the display area for all other motor vehicle types will need to be determined when the CUP is issued. Finally, as the use only covers motor vehicles, the requirement that they not