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i COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 24, 2003 APROVED 1 Mayor Bergeson indicated that when you get into rural areas, you are cutting off the back access. City 2 Planner Smyser stated they could clarify it to say single family residential zoning districts. 3 4 City Planner Smyser stated that on page 3-90, Subdivision 13, the section had been stricken 5 originally, but it was decided to keep it in. This section reads: 6 SUBD. 13. Farming Operations. All farms in existence upon the effective date of this 7 ordinance and all farms which are brought into the city by annexation shall be a permitted use. 8 All dwelling units and structures for processing of farm goods shall require a building permit 9 and conform to all requirements of the Building Code. The City Council may require any new 10 farm operation to secure a conditional use permit in the event of the following: 11 12 A. The farm is adjacent to or within four hundred (400) feet of any dwelling unit 13 and may be detrimental to living conditions by emitting noise, odors, 14 vibrations, hazards to safety, and the like 15 B. The farming operations are so intensive as to constitute an industrial type use 16 consisting of the compounding, processing, and packaging of products for 17 wholesale or retail trade and further that such operations may tend to become 18 permanent industrial type operation that cannot be termed a normal farming 19 operation 20 21 Councilmember O'Donnell asked what the thinking was in taking this out. City Planner Smyser 22 stated this is commercial guided residential. He indicated they do not want someone expanding their 23 business, or in case of a fire they do not want them to replace it because it is a non -conforming use. 24 He stated they had thought the farms were all in rural zoning, but have found that not all are. 25 26 City Planner Smyser stated that page 3-96 talks about Co -Location Requirements for cell towers. He 27 indicated that the applicants used to have to prove there was nothing else within one mile that could 28 be used to put an antenna on, now that has been increased to two miles. 29 30 City Planner Smyser advised that page 5-4 talks about Conditional Uses in rural zoning. He indicated 31 it has been recommended that tree services be added as a conditional use to the rural zone. He stated 32 that someone wants to put a tree service on a site currently zoned rural, however the guided long 33 range zoning is residential, even though the buildings are there now. He explained that Planning and 34 Zoning recommended changing the ordinance to allow a tree service to be in a rural zone. 35 36 Mayor Bergeson indicated there were adjacent buildings, and asked if a tree service would be allowed 37 there. City Planner Smyser stated it would not. Mayor Bergeson clarified that making all those 38 buildings have the same zoning would not solve the issue. City Planner Smyser confirmed that was 39 correct, and indicated they would have to be changed to industrial use, unless the Council were to add 40 tree service to General Business. 41 42 Mr. Joyer indicated he was representing the Flanagans, and the tree service. He indicated that the tree I43 service owner was proposing to buy the property to store equipment for his tree service, which would 44 require storing equipment overnight, in a fenced area. He stated this was a less intense use of the 45 property versus the auto body shop, which typically has about 30 cars and operates at night and on 32