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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes October 21, 2008 Page 3 1 Chairperson Stromgren indicated there would need to be a conversation with the Building 2 Official, as there are strict requirements on mixing storage and housing. 3 4 Mr. Elbert explained first he would like to see if this can be done. If so, he would go to the 5 Building Official to see what would be required in modifications or upgrades, and then see what 6 the cost would be. 7 8 Commissioner Jenson asked if there are any other examples in the City where commercial 9 buildings are portioned off to be multi-family or R-2 type apartments. Assistant City Manager 10 Moore-Sykes indicated she is not aware of this type of situation. 11 12 Commissioner Jensen stated from his background, if the zoning and the Comp Plan are in the 13 applicant's favor, he would need to proceed with the Building Official to create the right code 14 separation and allow for the residential use to occur. It would appear to him that they may not 15 need a procedural task to happen if the zoning and the Comp Plan are correct. 16 17 Chairperson Stromgren questioned if the proposed use falls under the description of R-3 uses. 18 Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes indicated it would need to be verified that the units would 19 meet the R-3 requirements on unit size. 20 21 Commissioner Jenson questioned why there would be a problem to convert a portion of the 22 building to an R-3 use if it is already zoned as R-3. Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes replied 23 there might be problems with the fire code or other building code issues that would need to be 24 sorted out in order to proceed. 25 26 Commissioner Jensen noted the residential units would need to be apartments versus townhomes, 27 as there would be shared water and sewer lines. 28 29 Chairperson Stromgren informed Mr. Elbert that given that this is really a commercial setting, 30 rezoning it to residential when there is a grandfathered nonconforming use so that 5%of it can 31 be rented out, there might be a problem with that kind of approach at the Planning Commission 32 and the City Council. It would really be spot zoning at that point. 33 34 Mr. Elbert inquired about rezoning the entire site to R-4. Chairperson Stromgren explained it 35 could be a problem to rezone the entire parcel to a residential category if 90% - 95%will remain 36 commercial or industrial. It is difficult for the Commission to comment much further without 37 having more information about the property and the uses. 38 39 Commissioner Jensen suggested Mr. Elbert have a sketch overlay prepared of the site with the 40 percentage of residential to commercial uses. He noted a lender will want a compliant underlying 41 property. 42 43 Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes indicated staff will look into more of the zoning issues and 44 talk with Mr. Elbert further to determine if they can get something that conforms to both the 45 zoning code and his needs. 46