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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 26, 2022 Page 4 2 4 City Planner Grittman reviewed the Planning Commission and City Staff have been 5 engaged in working through updates to the City Code and portions of the Zoning 6 Ordinance. Previously, The City Council approved updates to the Accessory Building 7 zoning regulations, as well as the R-4 zoning district standards. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 A new set of proposed amendments is provided this evening for City Council action. These have been reviewed by the Planning Commission at public hearings for each set of amendments, and the subject of a recent City Council work session on April 12, 2022. The new standards would affect new uses going forward. The amendments consist of three general sets of code, each of which is in a separate ordinance. First is a revision to the "C", Commercial District zoning regulations. The regulations have been reworked to broaden the categories of allowed uses, dealing more directly with the nature of the use, rather than the specific business. Conditional uses have been called out more specifically, and sets of required conditions have been added or modified for certain of those businesses that have been shown to require them. In addition to the categorization and uses, the most significant changes relate to the addition of brewery/taproom facilities to the list of conditional uses, and broadening "gasoline sales" to include alternative fuels. Automobile sales and service have been separated to deal with the unique aspects of each use. Generally, the lot size and setback regulations have been left in place. Mr. Grittman reviewed the second proposed ordinance addresses the "L-1" Light Industrial District. This district has been updated in a fashion similar to the Commercial District language, categorizing the permitted uses more generally, and addressing the conditional uses more specifically. For the L1 District, the primary changes relate to trucking and warehousing (focusing more directly on manufacturing uses). Per the Council's discussion at the work session, brewery/taproom uses have not been included in the district. Mr. Grittman reviewed the third ordinance document is a collection of several code updates reflecting staff experiences with public inquiries and code enforcement observations. These include general administration (fees and/or processing requirements), signs (reconciling political campaign sign regulations with state law), and three larger categories of change: swimming pools, rubbish collection/storage, and natural landscapes. Mayor Stille noted the third ordinance would be for first reading. Councilmember Jenson stated the changes are well worded and he appreciates the number of people who helped developed the amendments. He thanked the Planning Commission and Staff for their work.