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�� �-4 <br /> Staff Consultant Curtis Williams gave a Power Point presentation on the proposed <br /> Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments covering Nonconforming Uses and Structures, <br /> which covered the following information: <br /> Planning Commissfon Review . <br /> ➢ Conduct public hearing <br /> ➢ Find that the amendments are in the public interest. <br /> ➢ Make recommendation to City Council re: zoning amendments. <br /> Zoning Ordinance Amendments <br /> ➢ Lots <br /> ➢ Uses <br /> ➢ Structures <br /> ➢ Parking <br /> Purpose of Amendments <br /> ➢ Clarify provisions <br /> ➢ Add and revise definitions <br /> ➢ Address nonconforming lots <br /> ➢ Address nonconforming parking <br /> ➢ Provide flexibility <br /> Intent of Nonconforming Provisions <br /> ➢ Permit continued operation of legally established uses and structures <br /> ➢ Allow for limited repair, maintenance, and alterations <br /> ➢ Provide for eventual elimination of uses and structures most objectionable to <br /> neighbors <br /> Definition of "Noncontorming" <br /> ➢ Legally established (lot use, structure, etc.) that does not comply with current zoning <br /> standards <br /> ➢ "Illegal" is not "nonconforming." <br /> Nonconforming Uses (examples were shown of the following): <br /> ➢ Residential uses in an industrial zone <br /> ➢ Commercial in residential zone <br /> ➢ Commercial in an industrial zone <br /> Nonconforming Uses - Proposed Revisions <br /> ➢ Expansion with Use Permit and findings <br /> ➢"Expansion" includes increase in noise, traffic, and similar impacts <br /> ➢ "Abandonment" at six (6) months for nonresidential in residential zone (12 months <br /> otherwise) <br /> ➢ Deletes requirements for amortization (removal) <br /> Nonconforming Structures (examples were shown of the following): <br /> ➢ Structure exceeding height limitations <br /> ➢ Home built into setback(s) <br /> Page 2 of 6 <br />