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COUNCIL MINUTES MARCH 10, 2003 DRAFT S68 Community Development Director Grochala stated that when a request comes in, the Council decides 669 if the application is appropriate, and if not, the applicant can come back with another request. He 670 stated the City Council can also change the zoning map to make it consistent with the Comprehensive 671 Plan, noting that the last zoning map was prepared many years ago, and the City Council has the 672 authority to change it. 673 674 Councilmember Carlson asked if this was an involved process. Community Development Director 675 Grochala stated that depends on the extent of the changes. He stated that anything greater than five 676 acres only requires an ad in the paper, whereas anything under five acres requires notification to 677 everyone within 350 feet of the property. He stated that it is typical for cities to prepare a new zoning 678 map when they adopt a new Comprehensive Plan. 679 680 Councilmember Carlson asked what the Council would base their decision on when a request comes 681 in. Community Development Director Grochala indicated they would need to take into account the 682 text language of the Comprehensive Plan, look at the surrounding uses, the function of the roads 683 servicing the parcel, etc. He added that parcels adjacent to intersections would see a higher class of 684 service use. 685 686 Councilmember Carlson stated that when looking at R-2, 3 and 4 it says these shall apply only in 687 these situations. She asked if this was similar for commercial districts. Community Development 688 Director Grochala indicated it was not. With R-2, 3 and 4 the City is saying they will give flexibility 089 with the types of development. The City will look at what they are trying to accomplish, and make 690 sure impacts are evaluated too. 691 692 Mayor Bergeson asked Community Development Director Grochala to highlight and summarize the 693 changes they have agreed upon. 694 695 Community Development Director Grochala indicated Staff is seeking approval of the zoning 696 ordinance with minor changes 1-10 as outlined in the memo dated March 10, 2003, also including the 697 Environmental Board comment changes 1 and 2, with the revision on page 3-73 of item 3.5.K.1. and 698 2. as it relates to vehicle parking on 2 Y2 to 10 acre parcels, with no more than two vehicles 11,075 699 pounds or greater, with the three conditions discussed, and no changes as relating to tree service uses, 700 and the addition from page 2-5 of items f. and h. to 2-6. 701 702 Councilmember O'Donnell moved to approve SECOND READING of Ordinance No. 08-03, 703 Amended Zoning Ordinance. Councilmember Dahl seconded the motion. 704 705 Councilmember Carlson noted this has been a long process, and she thanks Staff, the Task Force 706 headed by Councilmember O'Donnell, and the others who have worked on this. She indicated the 707 importance of the ordinance and stated that as the mayor earlier supported something he was not in 708 favor of, she would support this because of the amount of work put into it. She stated that they may 709 run into problems in the future, but this has been a give and take process and they have reached a •710conclusion. 11 16