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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes March 16, 2021 Page 2 1 City Planner Grittman reviewed City planning staff is proposing an amendment to the City’s 2 Accessory Building regulations that impact a series of current zoning ordinance sections, 3 including Zoning Ordinance Definitions (Section 152.08), and Accessory Buildings text 4 (Section 152.176). 5 6 The definitions (Section 152.08) have been reworked to establish a (slightly revised) 7 definition for Accessory Buildings generally, deleting most references to “structures” and then 8 adding sub-categories of accessory buildings due to differential treatment of each type in the 9 following text. Those proposed categories are Accessory Building – Garage; Accessory 10 Building – Major; and Accessory Building – Minor. The terms related to “garden sheds”, 11 “gazebos”, etc. have been utilized only as examples to remove any implication that they are a 12 separate category of Accessory Building. 13 14 The Garage definition is taken largely from the existing code, modified with the door-size 15 discussion. The code treats garages and other accessory building differently in a few cases, 16 thus the use of the Accessory Building is relevant in this case. 17 18 A definition has also been added for “Accessory Use”, drawn from other resources, so as to 19 distinguish between use and building. Similarly, definitions have been added for “Principal 20 Building” and “Principal Use”, currently missing from existing text, again common language 21 drawn from other sources. 22 23 Mr. Grittman reviewed the proposed changes in detail. The changes reviewed at the Planning 24 Commission Work Session were incorporated into the changes. 25 26 Several alterations were made from the prior version of Section 152.176 Accessory Buildings, 27 including language, removal of duplicate provisions, and reorganization of some of the 28 existing and proposed text. 29 30 The organization is now structured more clearly as follows: 31 32 (A) This text section now refers to the Accessory Building allowances in each of the various 33 districts. 34 1. Section 1 refers to requirements in the R-1 and R-1A Districts (the Single-Family 35 zoning districts). Items (a) through (f) limit number of buildings (including buildings 36 by type), and other standards that apply to the single-family areas. 37 2. Section 2 refers to requirements for the attached or multiple family districts (R-2, R-3, 38 and R-4). 39 3. Section 3 refers to standards for the Commercial and industrial districts. 40 4. Section 4 was deleted from this subsection, as building materials requirements will 41 now vary between single family and other uses. 42 43 (B) Through (F) are largely drawn from existing text, with minor adjustments. 44 (G) and (H) distinguish the treatment of building materials and trash enclosures between 45 single family and on-single family uses. 46