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6. A Ao PROJECT ANALYSIS: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS Attached are five (5) draft ordinances addressing the following issues: 1. The construction of arbors and trellises in setback areas; 2. Definitions and standards for measurement of residential height; 3. Definitions, land use classifications, and parking standards for medical offices, medical clinics, and research and development uses; 4. Definitions and allowance for "theaters" in the Central Business Retail (CBR) district; and 5. Provisions to accommodate child day care facilities. The discussion below is organized to review each proposed amendment in order. Attachments 2 - 6 (under separate cover) are summary outlines of the ordinance changes to provide further information on each amendment. Each outline includes: identification of relevant Code sections; a statement of noted problems and intended purposes for the amendment; a review of how zoning regulations in other mid - Peninsula cities address similar code provisions; and highlights of the key changes proposed. In some instances, the ordinance amendments include graphics or tables to better illustrate the provisions that are proposed. These graphics are intended, for the most part, to be incorporated into the Zoning Ordinance, in close proximity to the associated text. Language has been included to specify that such graphics are for illustrative purposes only, and that if graphics and text are not consistent, the text provisions shall control. 1. Arbors and Trellises The intent of the first group of amendments is to provide standards for the location of arbors and trellises, and similar open structures, in setback areas in residential zones. Staff has identified that a number of these structures exist throughout the city, though the Zoning Ordinance currently does not allow them. Many residents have in the past requested approval of these minor structures, but staff could not process these requests without a variance, despite the negligible impact of the project. This amendment would allow for minor open structures to be located in setbacks with limitations to assure that visual impacts to neighbors and to the public are minimized. Attached to the ordinance are diagrams and a table that summarize the standards outlined in the text (the table will be used only as a handout, not as a part of the Zoning Ordinance when the amendment is codified). 3