Agenda Item: 10(f)
Prepared By: Mary P. Holden, Planning Manager
Business: Ordinance - LDC Amendment
Department: Community Affairs - Growth Management
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ORDINANCE - Land Development Code Amendment (LDC) to Sec. 30-84, Conditional Uses, 7. And Sec. 30-88. Structural and site design guidelines (5). a. 4 by deleting both in their entirety - Mary, P. Holden, Planning Manager, Community Affairs/Growth Management
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Sec. 30-84, Conditional Uses, 7 makes recreational vehicle (RV) garages for a single-family home a conditional use permit. Staff is recommending the deletion of this provision and allow for RV garages a use by right, whether designed and constructed with a new single-family home or an addition to an existing single-family home. In conjunction with this, Staff is recommending Sec. 30-88. Structural and site design guidelines (5). a. 4 states "No garage door shall exceed ten feet above grade" be deleted since it limits the height of a garage door to ten feet.
Staff is recommending these two changes since recreational garages are becoming more commen and are not intrusive since they are initially designed with the house or are incorporated with the existing design and colors as an addition.
Pursuant to Section 30-62(c)(3)d. of the LDC, amendments to the LDCmust be examined with regard to the need and justification for the change; and the relationship of the proposed LDC amendment to the purposes and goals, objectives, and policies, of the city's comprehensive, with appropriate consideration as to whether the proposed change will further the purposes of the LDC and other city codes, regulations, and actions designed to implement the growth management plan.
Need and justification: In recent years, the use of recreational vehicles has grown in popularity, and we are receiving more conditional use requests to allow for them, whether built as part of a new single-family home or as an addition. These ...
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