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8. U-z well as with the City Attorney's office. Planning Commission Review and Recommendation On December 16, 2003, the Planning Commission reviewed the proposed amendments, conducted a public hearing, and unanimously recommended the ordirances to the City Counc.�l for approval, with two exceptions. The Commission directed ihat staff make a minor �ording change in Section 33.8 regarding "abandonment of use° and revise the provisions of Section 33.16(a) regarding "nonconfortning parking — single family residential" for further Commission review. On January 20, 2004, the Commission unanimously approved the revised language for those two sections and forwarded the ordinance amendments to the City Council. Nonconforminq parkinq issue: The only extensive discussion by the Commission related to the nonconforming parking provisions for single-family residences (Section 33.16(a)). The initial draft ordinance limited additions to homes with inadequate parking to a maximum size of three bedrooms and 2,000 square feet. The Commission feit that homeowners who wanted to expand in excess of 2,000 square feet should be allowed to add on so long as the enlargements would not add bedrooms, but instead were intended for kitchens, bathrooms, and storage type areas. A conditional use permit process was added to that section to allow consideration of those additions with further protections as well, such as limiting the additions to no more than 200 square feet (or an additional 10% of the allowable square footage) over the lifetime nf the project. There were no public comments regarding the ordinances at either Planning Commission public hearings. The Planning Commission minutes are attached to provide further background on the Commission discussion on the ordinance amendments. Proposed Ordinance Revisions Attached is the draft ordinance amending the Zoning Code to provide fora) nonconforming lots, b) nonconforming uses, c) nonconforming structures, and d) nonconforming parking. Attached to this staff report are summary tables comparing the proposed changes to existing Zoning Ordinance provisions. The December 16, 2003 and January 20, 2004 Planning Commission staff reports include substantial background and details of the key provisions of the amendments. Also attached to the Commission staff report is a summary outline forthe amendments. The outline includes: identification of relevant Code sections; a statement of noted problems and intended purposes for the amendments; and a review of how zoning regulations in a variety of other cities address nonconforming lots, uses, structures and parkirg. Alternatives 1. Approve the ordinance amendments as proposed. 2. Modify the amendmenYs to address concerns raised by the City Council. 3. Refer one or more provisions of the amendments back to the Planning Commission for