Item 6K
Ordinance No. 480-RRRR Amendment to the I-1 & I-2 Zoning Districts to Eliminate “Commercial Schools, Including Trade Schools” as a Permitted Use
City Council Meeting - June 16, 2015
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Ordinance No. 480-RRRR
Remove “Commercial school, including trade school” as a permitted use by right in the I-1 and I-2 Industrial Districts
Allow “Commercial school, including trade school” through Specific
Use Permit approval by adding the use to Section 45 of the Zoning Ordinance
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Background Information
Purpose of the amendment is to address parking and safety concerns resulting from the combination of industrial uses and commercial schools within I-1 and I-2 Zoning Districts
S-P-1
and S-P-2 properties with underlying I-1 and I-2 uses are also affected by the proposed amendment
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I-1 & I-2 Use to be Removed
26.2 PERMITTED USES
c. Industrial Uses
1. Aluminum product fabrication
2. Armature winding
3. Bakery, wholesale
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12. Commercial school, including trade school
13. Compounding of cosmetics
and toiletries
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Examples
Including but not limited to:
Vocational schools
HVAC Schools
Mechanical Schools
Cosmetology Schools
Medical Tech Schools
Gymnastics Schools
Karate Schools
Scheduled Fitness Centers
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Proposed Addition to Section 4 (Definitions)
Commercial School, Including Trade School - Establishments, not including public or parochial schools, private primary or secondary schools, or colleges, offering scheduled training
or instruction in a trade, art or occupation. This includes private educational facilities for profit including training centers, martial arts, dancing, music, fitness and athletic
training
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Proposed Addition to Section 21 (C-2 Local Retail Commercial District)
21.2 PERMITTED USES
13. Dancing schools, martial arts, music schools, yoga or other similar uses
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Proposed Addition to Section 45 (Specific Use Permits)
45.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Proposed Addition to Section 45 (Specific Use Permits)
45.19 IN CONSIDERING WHETHER TO GRANT A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:
1) Safe access for the ingress and egress of students, pedestrian, parking
and vehicular traffic, including the identification of student drop-off areas.
2) Adequate illumination will be provided at night to protect the safety of those persons entering and
exiting the site.
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I-1 & I-2 Permitted Uses
If Approved, affected businesses will be able to continue operating in accordance with Section 6 (Nonconforming Uses) of the Zoning Ordinance No. 480, as amended
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Options
1) Adopt amendment as presented at 1st reading with definition update to be considered as a future amendment (I-1, 1-2 and SUP sections)
2) Adopt amendment as presented at 1st reading
including updated definition language (Section 4 and Section 21)
3) Table item until the next City Council meeting to allow additional staff research of definition language
4) Deny the
zoning amendment
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Item 4C
Questions?
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