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i COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 24, 2003 APROVED 1 provided at the customer's location, including delivery services, catering services, 2 plumbing and sewer service, and other uses of similar character. 3 16. Service Business On -Site An establishment that provides useful labor, maintenance, 4 repair and activites incidental to business production or distribution where the 5 customer patronizes the location of the operation, such as banks (not including drive - 6 through facilities), copy centers, Laundromats, dry cleaners, funeral homes and 7 mortuaries, appliance repair, tailor shops, travel bureaus. 8 He indicated gas stations are allowed under a conditional use permit, but are not a permitted use. 9 10 Councilmember Dahl clarified that when it says included, is that the only thing, or does it mean 'such 11 as'. In other words, is it all inclusive or limited to just what is listed. City Planner Smyser indicated 12 it could be more, going back to 1-3 that says: 13 Whenever in any zoning district a proposed use is neither specifically allowed nor denied, the 14 use shall be considered prohibited. In such cases, the City Council or Planning and Zoning 15 Board, on their own initiative or upon request, may conduct a study to determine if the 16 proposed use is comparable in potential activites and impacts to other uses listed within the 17 zoning district and is acceptable related to land use compatibility, etc.... 18 Councilmember Dahl indicated that makes her nervous. 19 20 City Planner Smyser indicated he will delete gas stations from Neighborhood Business district uses 21 for now, but nothing more. He indicated they had left off with the beginning of Section 3, General 22 Provisions. He stated there were a lot of important pieces here. He pointed out the diagrams 23 included, which show fence requirements, with pictures. He stated they had added a number of 24 things. 25 26 City Planner Smyser stated there was a lot of discussion at the Task Force meetings about Accessory 27 Buildings, on page 3-24. He referred to Item 8, Rural and Residential Zoning District Accessory 28 Buildings. Under 8.a.4. it says 'One attached garage not to exceed one thousand one hundred twenty 29 square feet or equal to the size of the house foundation'. He indicated this is confusing. He believes 30 the task force, in taking out the wording `whichever is greater', intended to make it say whichever is 31 smaller, but he is not sure that is what the community wants. He indicated there are not a lot of 32 houses with a footprint 1120 square feet or smaller, but there are some. He reiterated that the 33 ordinance now says whichever is greater, but the task force was intending to make it whichever is 34 smaller. 35 36 Mayor Bergeson asked if that was a three or four car garage. City Planner Smyser indicated it would 37 be four car or more. 38 39 Councilmember Reinert asked if the intent was to not have a garage bigger than the house. City 40 Planner Smyser indicated that was correct. He stated they should do whatever the community wants; 41 some want more storage space, some do not like the big garages. 42 I43 Councilmember Reinert stated it was aesthetically better to have a garage be smaller than the house, 44 and he believes the intent is a good one. 45 29