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With this memorandum, a new set of proposed amendments is being forwarded for 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 amendments consist of three general sets of code, each of which with 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. The second proposed ordinance addresses the “L-I”, 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 LI 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. 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. For these latter three, the regulations are intended to codify current practices, conform regulations internally, create alternatives for common conditions that cannot track with current ordinances, and establish baseline rules for otherwise unregulated (or prohibited) activities (especially with regard to the natural landscape section). The Planning Commission held its most recent hearing on updated language at its March 15th regular meeting. No resident or public comments were received. In the Council’s packet are three ordinances that address these three categories of code updates. The language reflects the recommendations of the Planning Commission, with the primary exception that brewery/taproom uses have been removed from the Light Industrial District. For additional background, the Council is referred to the materials prepared for the work session, which included additional commentary on many of the proposed changes. 26