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CONIMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM NO. 97-47 Apri130, 1997 TO: Honorable Mayor Terry M. Howley and City Council Members FROM: James L. Williams, ., ity Manager � Debora L. Bean, A ting Community Development Director /�� - Robert A. McQueen, Senior Planner(�"� SUBJECT: Zoning Ordinance Amendment Re: Neighborhood Preservation Use The subject petition requests amendment to Section IL (Definitions) and Section XXI. A. 1. (Special Use Regulations) of the Zoning Ordinance relative to definition of and provisions for establishing a Preservation Neighborhood Use. Designation of a Preservation Neighborhood Use will provide for utilization and preservation of specific residential structures located in areas where the underlying zone would otherwise prohibit the requested use. The proposed amendment would allow further discretion of land use beyond the underlying zone with the ability to establish specific development controls, thus accommodating and encouraging new development but remairung compatible with the general neighborhood. Each request for this special land use would be reviewed by the City Plan Commission with final review and action being taken by the City Council. In conjunction with the proposed amendments, future proposals will be made for the City Council to establish one or more Preservation Neighborhood Districts within which the proposed zoning language would be applicable. A typical district may be a residential area located along an arterial street where the long range land use plan is to retain the general residential appearance and environment of such area. The establishment of a Preservation Neighborhood Use could provide for an office or retail use on the first floor of an existing residential structure with the owner residing on the second floor. A site plan would be required to establish such use, and compliance with applicable building codes would be required. Further, supporting data would be required to indicate preservation of the residential neighborhood, i.e., landscaping plans, building elevations and indication of any e�erior remodeling, off street parking areas, and site screening.