HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-02-22 - SupplementalsDevelopment Code Update
Planning Commission, February 22, 2023
PlanRC General Plan Update
•Unanimously adopted by Council on December 15, 2021
•Establishes the City’s vision and priorities for the next
10-20 years
•Guides future actions (policy choices + development
applications)
•Addresses changes in state law
•Blueprint for future development
•Enabled the community to come together to develop a
shared vision for the future
2022 Development Code Update and Refinements
Unanimously adopted by Council on May 18, 2022
The code is a "Living Document“
o “Phase I” amendments reviewed by Commission on
December 13, 2022; approved by Council on January 18,
2023;
o Staff now proposes second set of amendments.
Development Code Text Amendments
The Development Code text amendments consist of
various technical amendments to Articles III,IV,V,VIII,
and IX.
•Amendments to Article III amending street
connectivity standards in single-family residential
zones ;
•Amendments to Article IV amending accessory
structure standards and screening standards within
form -based zones ;
•Amendments to Article IX amending various
definitions for automobile service stations and
smoke and tobacco shops.
Development Code Text AmendmentsContinued…
Amendments to Article V include automobile service stations and
smoke shops:
•Amendments to Automobile Service Stations:
•Establish spatial requirements from sensitive uses and other
service stations (1,000 feet);
•Implement site area and driveway standards;
•Require that building placement and frontage be held to
form -based zone standards;
•Establish operational standards to avoid impacts to adjacent
neighborhoods which also regulate ancillary uses;
•Create robust nonconforming provisions intended to improve
conditions if/when existing stations propose to expand.
Development Code Text AmendmentsContinued…
•Amendments to Smoke Shops regulations
•Increase separation requirements from sensitive receptors to
1,000 linear feet ;
•Establish signage regulations;
•Places a maximum percentage of the floor area which can be
dedicated to selling tobacco paraphernalia;
•Establishes provisions for smoke shops which would be made
nonconforming as a result of the adoption of this section.
•Establish height restrictions for wireless telecommunications
facilities in form -based zones .
Development Code Text AmendmentsContinued…
Amendments to Article VIII:
•Height and Massing for Projects Adjacent to Existing Residential
•Vertical Articulation Standards
•Clarifying Height Limitations and Floor Area Ratio
•New Building Type,Building Entrances and Facades
•Allowed Land Use Standards
•Various Changes to Large Site Development Standards
•Clarifying Non-residential Use Mix
Environmental Review
An Environmental Impact Report was certified in
conjunction with the adoption of the General Plan on
December 15, 2021.
Staff has prepared an EIR Addendum for the subject
amendments to the Development Code, which is
included with this staff report for reference.
Recommended Changes
Upon publication of the staff report,staff was made aware of certain typographical errors and points of
clarification in the staff report and related attachments which will be corrected prior to City Council review:
•Misspellings in Articles V and IX;
•Clarifications:
•17.89.010.B:Language regarding exceptions to exemptions
•17.89.020.B.6.a: Automobile Service Station: 2 spaces minimum. Spaces at the pump island does
not satisfy this parking standard. Any additional,ancillary uses on the property shall also include the
parking requirements listed below.
•17.89.040.A.1: The dispendsing of fuel products from pump islands, vehicle charging, and air and
water services., and display of propane tanks for sale.
•17.89.040.L.1: Any automobile service station that is lawfully operating in the City and does not
conform to the provisions of this chapter, but which were legally established on the date this section
was adopted,shall be considered a legal nonconforming use.
Recommendation
•Staff recommends that the Planning Commission:
o Recommend that the City Council adopt an addendum to the General Plan EIR
o And Recommend that the City Council approve text amendments as presented