HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Land Use and Planning Board - 02/25/2019
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Date: February 25, 2019
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Council Chambers
Attending: Paul Hintz, Chair; Katherine Jones, Vice Chair; Ali Shasti; Frank
Cornelius; Matt Gilbert, ECD Deputy Director, Hayley Bonsteel, Long-Range Planning
Manager
Agenda:
1. Call to Order
Chair Hintz called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M.
2. Roll Call
Dale Hartman out sick, Frank Cornelius Jr. absent, excused. All other members
present
3. Approval of the Minutes
Kathi Jones voted to approve the minutes. Motion passed 5-0.
4. Added Items None.
5. Communications None.
6. Notice of Upcoming Meetings None.
Chair Hintz opened the public hearing at 7:00
7. Public Hearing on Advanced/Light Manufacturing in the DCE Zone
ECD Deputy Director Matt Gilbert introduced an amendment to the downtown
commercial enterprize zone to allow clean advanced manufacturing uses. ECD
Long Range Planning Manager Hayley Bonsteel described the details of the
proposal, including uses proposed to be permitted such as laboratory research
and development, hardware and robotics testing, training facilities for industrial
machinery, electronics and aerospace products, and materials manufacturing.
Specifically prohibited would be recycling distribution or collection, and heavy
manufacturing industries. Downtown Design Guidelines would continue to apply,
with a few more specific design criteria in the code amendment proposal to
ensure attractive frontage as viewed from the street and sidewalks.
A motion was made by Kathi Jones to approve the ordinance to allow advanced
manufacturing in the DCE zone. The motion passed 5 to 0.
8. Public Hearing on Self Storage/Mini-Warehouse Regulations
Matt Gilbert introduced the context related to proliferation of mini-warehouses,
also known as self-storage, and described some of their impacts as land
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consumptive and economically unproductive. Hayley Bonsteel described the
proposal to limit mini-warehouses to 40% of the leasable area of a building with
another permitted use, and to require that mini-warehousing not be located on
the ground floor. A local example of an existing commercial development with
mini-warehouses on the second floor was used as a model for the regulations.
One member of the public spoke as a developer in favor of the overall concept
but in opposition to the specific regulation; boardmembers asked questions
about a potential project the speaker described and discussed what the
regulation might mean for the project and development on East Hill generally.
Kathi Jones presented a motion to approve the ordinance as recommended by
staff; the vote passed 4-0 with Gwen Allen-Carson abstaining.
Adjournment
8:05 Chair Hintz seeing no further business motioned to adjourn the meeting.
Samuel M Maloney
Planning Technician
Economic and Community Development