Minutes - 06/24/2010 Spokane Valley Planning Commission
APPROVED Minutes
Council Chambers — City Hall, 11707 E. Sprague Ave.
June 24, 2010
L CALL TO ORDER
Chair Carroll called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm.
IL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Commissioners, staff and audience stood for the pledge of allegiance
IIL ROLL CALL
Commissioners Carroll, Eggleston (arrived at 6:02) Hall, Mann, Sands, Sharpe and Woodard
were present.
Staff attending the meeting: Kathy McClung Community Development Director, Greg
McCormick, Planning Manager; Scott Kuhta, Senior Planner; Christina Janssen, Assistant
Planner; Deanna Griffith, Administrative Assistant, Dean Grafos, Councilmember.
IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
It was moved by Commissioner Sands, seconded and unanimously agreed to approve the June
24, 2010 agenda as presented.
V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
It was moved by Commissioner Woodard and seconded to approve the minutes from the May
13, 2010 as presented.
VL PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment.
VIL COMMISSION REPORTS
Commissioner Woodard stated he had been attending Council meetings, Commissioners Hall
and Sands reported they had attended the Mixed Use Avenue Community Meeting
Commissioner Carroll reported he had attend the Council meetings as well as the Spokane
Valley Business Association meeting.
VIIL ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
Director McClung reported that on June 16, 2010 the City held its first Bike and Pedestrian
Master Plan workshop. She stated that it was well attended, approx. 45 people who were split
up into groups for an interactive exercise. Everyone was engaged and supportive. The
Director also reported that the Council retreat is scheduled for July 13, at CenterPlace from 10-
4 and will cover the budget.
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IX. COMMISSION BUSINESS
A. New Business: Public Hearing —Code Text Amendment CTA-03-10 Assistant Planner
Christina Janssen:
Commissioner Carroll opened the public hearing at 6:09 p.m. Assistant Planner Christina
Janssen gave a presentation to cover the three amendments that are being proposed in
CTA-03 -10.
• Chapter 19.140 (Administrative Exceptions)- Add language which gives the
Community Development Director authority to grant administrative
exceptions for minor design changes to the Sprague and Appleway
Corridors Subarea Plan.
• Chapter 2.2.2 (Building Use) Sprague and Appleway Corridors Subarea
Plan-Allow vehicle sales with the Mixed Use Avenue Retail zone with a
Conditional Use permit and allow Full Service Restaurants as a permitted
use.
• Table 2.2.2 Sprague and Appleway Corridors Subarea Plan-Allow restricted
access to "Other Streets" in the Mixed Use Avenue zone.
Ms. Janssen explained that full service restaurants were limited to the City Center but a
shift in Council direction has made this restriction less critical. The proposed amendment
would make full service restaurants a permitted use in this zone. Secondly the prohibited
uses section would be removed and vehicle sales would be allowed in the Mixed Use Ave
zone, with a conditional use permit. Ms. Janssen also stated that after staff began to
process this amendment they also received a privately initiated amendment to allow all
vehicle sales in the Mixed Use Ave zone, and that the Commission could expect to see it
at a future meeting. The next amendment would allow restaurants to take access from
other streets where currently they are only allowed access from Sprague Ave. This
amendment would only apply to full service restaurants in this zone. The third
amendment in CTA-03-10 is to 19.140. It has become noted that with the adoption of the
Subarea Plan that in some cases minor design changes to the plan would help business
owners to locate within the corridor while also meeting the intent of the plan. This
amendment will add language to the Administrative Exceptions section of the code to
allow the Community Development Director to make these kinds of changes.
Commissioners asked for a definition regarding what constitutes a full service restaurant,
for clarification regarding the access issue in Table 2.2.2, full service restaurant would be
allowed access from other streets including Sprague, this would mean all vehicle sales,
not just used vehicle sales and would require a conditional use permit.
Mr. McCormick clarified that vehicle sales in the Subarea Plan encompassed all types of
vehicles, including boats. It is an inclusive term. Commissioner Woodard asked if this
would take care of the issues we had in the Mixed Use with the Elephant Boys.
Commissioner Sands asked if that was the driver for this amendment, that one boat sales
place, if so could we not find another way to handle their problem. Commissioner
Eggleston questioned a`grandfather clause.' Director McClung clarifies the issues and
responds: Elephant Boys was the initial driver of the Council's direction to take this back
to the Planning Commission to have a look at it. It would be up to the Planning
Commission to determine if they think there is another way to handle the issue. In
reference to Commissioner Eggleston, Elephant Boys moved from their original location
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to the lot next door, and that is what caused the issue. Commissioner Hall asked if this
would be a conditional use permit that would require a public hearing? Yes, that is
correct. Commissioner Carroll, would this not allow vehicle sales in almost every aspect
of Sprague, would there be any place they could not go? Ms Janssen answered it would
be the majority of the corridor. Director McClung stated that a conditional use permit is
not used to deny a use, it is a device to put restrictions or extra conditions to help mitigate
impacts to the community. Discussion of where the Mixed Use zones are, what would be
covered under the word vehicle.
Commissioner Hall asked for justification as to why this was considered during the
adoption of the plan and it was decided not to allow vehicle sales in the Mixed Use area
and now we are changing gears and adding it back in. Why this change in direction.
Director McClung the original idea was car dealerships would be all focused in the Auto
Row area. Originally only new car sales would be allowed there, but then the
determination became that if you were going to allow new car sales you had to allow
used car sales. Senior Planner Scott Kuhta stepped up to the microphone to assist in the
clarification. Mr. Kuhta stated that when the Public Hearing draft of the Plan went before
the Planning Commission, it was originally written to allow used car sales in the Mixed
Use areas to compensate for the fact that they would not be allowed in the Gateway areas,
only new car sales would be allowed there. However through the process and the
Planning Commission recommended that all the vehicle sales would go in the Auto Row
area and be prohibited in the other areas. A conditional use would allow some mitigation
factors like display of boats. Originally a business owner complained about the boats that
were blocking their business from being seen and another business did not like the fact
that there were boats being displayed everywhere so one mitigating factor could be the
way the boats are displayed. Maybe you could limit the number of boats you could
display. You could allow the business to locate there but still make it more compatible
with the adjacent land owners. Mr. McCormick also added that before the Subarea Plan,
the zoning that area (along Sprague where the White Elephant/Elephant Boys is located)
was Corridor Mixed Use, which did new and used vehicle sales. Commissioner Mann
asked if a conditional use permit could be used to deny a permit. Commissioner Mann
also asked if the Elephant Boys problem was generated by other business complaints and
staff confirmed this was true. Commissioner Mann asked if there was another way to
handle the problem, he stated he had an issue changing the zoning for entire district for
just one business. Director McClung stated she had never seen a conditional use denied.
Commissioner Sands then asked if restaurants would also be appropriate for a conditional
use permit and Director McClung stated she did not feel that restaurants have the same
impacts as other businesses also that the limitation for restaurants to the City Center and
Neighborhood Centers only was to be a temporary limitation in the Plan.
Commissioner Carroll opened the public testimony at 6:27 p.m.
Ben Goodmanson, Whipple Consulting Engineers: Mr. Goodmanson stated he was
attending to encourage approval of this amendment. Mr. Goodmanson also stated his
firm also had an amendment that would be coming before the Commission soon and is
very similar to what is before the Commission now. He also stated that it was not just for
vehicle sales but it also allows for a conditional use where one did not apply before. Mr.
Goodmanson offered that the firm felt it was a ideal while the City goes through the
transition phase of the Sprague and Appleway Corridors Subarea Plan. This would allow
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business to continue to operate Mr. Goodmanson said he would appreciate if the
Commission would approve this conditional use, and as such staff has recommended that
Whipple Consulting withdraw their request once the City sponsored text amendment is
approved.
Richard Behm, 9405 E Sprague Ave.: Mr. Behm stated he owns Behm Center. Mr.
Behm stated he was both a proponent and an opponent. Mr. Behm said that the
discussion on allowing auto sales in the Mixed Use Avenue area began as a effort to
resolve the problems with the Elephant Boys Marina and Boat Sales being non-compliant
under the Mixed Use zoning. At the present time, the City has auto sales and boat sales
under the same category, which does create this problem. Therefore it would seem a
simple solution to separate auto and boat sales into separate categories and allow boat
sales in Mixed Use zoning and not have to change the zoning requirement for auto sales
in the whole City. Mr. Behm stated he was confused as to why the City put boat and auto
sales in the same category, the state does not license them as the same. Mr. Behm said
that sometimes a hasty decision to resolve one problem can lead to many more down the
road and that this could have consequences in the Auto Row area that were not thought of
now. Mr. Behm said he has no interest in any auto or boat sales business, his only
concern is a reasonable implementation of the new zoning requirements. Mr. Behm said
he would rather be a neighbor to boat sales than car sales, he feels they would make a
better neighbor. Now Mr. Behm stated he would like to address the restaurant issue. Mr.
Behm has a restaurant on his property that is now non-compliant. He stated this fact does
not bother him, his creamery has been non-compliant for 30 years and has never bothered
him. Mr. Behm stated it would only be a problem if it was completely destroyed, the
insurance would not cover to relocate the restaurant. The only issue the restaurant has is
that the one-way street took away 40% of the business and it has ever come back Mr.
Behm said that if the two-way street comes back between Argonne and University the
properties in between will begin to develop. Mr. Behm said there has to be a plan, there
has to be something that the builders, developers and property owners can hang their hats
on and know is going to be there.
Seeing no one else who wished to testify Commissioner Carroll closed the public
testimony at 6:35 p.m.
Commissioner Woodard made a motion to recommend approval of CTA-03-10, second
by Commissioner Sharpe.
Commissioner Sands asked staff for an opinion regarding Mr. Behm's suggestion about
separating the auto sales from the boat sales. Mr. McCormick addressed the question.
Mr. McCormick stated that he felt that it would further the intent of the Subarea Plan by
focusing auto sales in the Gateway Commercial area and address the issue that has been
brought up before Council related to the specific situation. Commissioner Sands also
asked if the Commission were to split the car sales from other kinds of vehicles, could it
still be considered as a conditional use so that conditions could be placed on the uses?
Mr. McCormick answered in the affirmative. Discussion began as to how far separating
out the vehicle categories would have to be broken out, ORVs, RVs, motorcycles, boats?
If these are not broken out and allowed or not allowed will this become an issue down the
road that will need to be addressed?
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Commissioner Carroll stated what he understood was that the Commission is being asked
to open Sprague up to all vehicle sales, the alternative is to limit it to a specific type of
vehicle. One consideration that goes along is how big does the Commission want to open
this? Would allowing auto sales up and down Sprague, do a disservice to the Auto Row
people? Another thing to consider would be the service departments that need to be with
each dealership. There are vacant auto lots on Sprague already, do we want to open this
subject up a little bit or all the way? Commissioner Woodard commented that the motion
is all inclusive to all vehicle types, not being restrictive. Commissioner Woodard stated
that if it was all inclusive, it would allow the lots already in the Mixed Use Avenue to
become conforming instead of non-conforming. Mr. Woodard also stated he was
concerned about property rights and being able to use property as an owner wants. He
also stated he was concerned about the City's image. Commissioner Woodard said that
maybe the boat sales issue was driving the amendment but that all vehicle sales should be
considered. Commissioner Eggleston commented that amending to only allow boat sales
would in fact fix the current problem and not change the intent of the Plan in general.
Commissioner Mann stated he felt concern that once you separate out boats, what will
keep a motorcycle dealer from coming and asking for the same thing saying `you did it
for them, now do it for me.' He wondered what the legal ramifications and doubted that
(the staff —City) had any ideas yet. Commissioner Mann stated he was concerned about
opening the whole code to accommodate the needs of a single business and wondered if
there wasn't another way to deal with the issue.
Director McClung stated that this amendment is not just for one business, it would affect
the entire Mixed Use Avenue area of the Subarea Plan. The Commissioners stated that
they did understand that. Commissioner Sands also stated that all of the current auto
dealers we legal non-conforming uses and can stay and continue to do business without a
change for as long as they would like. Commissioner Hall stated he would like to see the
amendment for the vehicle sales returned to staff for further consideration and move
forward with the other two amendments which do not seem to be causing issue. Mr. Hall
stated he wondered what Auto Row's plans were for the area and Mr. Behm's suggestion
to split the boat sales out and what it would mean to the plan. Commissioner Eggleston
concurred with Commissioner Hall's suggestion. Mr. McCormick noted that in the
municipal/uniform development code auto sales were broken out from boat sales, so he
did not feel it would cause a problem to make that distinction in the Plan.
Commissioner Eggleston made a motion to amend vehicle sales to read boat sales.
Commissioner Sands second the motion. T�ote by show of hands: In Favor: two.
Eggleston, Sands Opposed: five, Abstentions: None. Motion fails
Commissioner Sands made a motion to remove item #2 regarding vehicle sales along
Sprague Ave for further discussion and research. Commissioner Eggleston seconded the
motion. T�ote by show of hands: In Favor: four. Opposed: three Sharpe Mann and
Woodard Abstentions: None. Motion passes.
Commissioner Carroll asked if there was any further discussion on the original motion as
it had been amended. Vote by show of hands: In Favor: four. Opposed: three, Sharpe,
Mann and Woodard Abstentions: None. Motion passes
Director McClung requested that the Commission to give specific direction on what they
would like staff to come back with. Commissioner Carroll stated they would like staff to
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come back with how to categorize vehicles, new vs. used, cars vs. others (all other
vehicles) Commissioner Sharpe stated he would like to go on the record that he is not
opposed to the amendment, what he is opposed to is the redefining redefining
redefining. Commissioner Mann stated he would concur with Commissioner Sharpe's
statement, every business deserves the right to conduct their business, but changing the
entire code and coming back and redoing and redoing, over and over again. Mr. Mann
stated he would rather deal with these issues on an individual basis. Commissioner Sands
asked if it was possible to deal with these things on an individual basis? Based on the
code the Hearing Examiner would look at black and white and say it came in after the
code and it is not allowed. Commissioner Carroll stated that the Commission's business
is not to look at the individual business it is to look at City wide uses in general. Mr.
Carroll also stated he agreed with Commissioners Sharpe and Mann that `we' cannot
keep redefining but it came up here as a suggestion, do we open it up a little, a lot or shut
it down completely. Commissioner Sands said she would like to have legal's opinion on
the ability to split car and boat sales.
Commissioner Carroll closed the public hearing at 7:00 p.m.
B. Public Hearing — Public Hearing Code Text Amendment CTA-04-10 Sr. Planner
Scott Kuhta.
Commissioner Carroll opened the public hearing at 7:00 p.m. Senior Planner Scott Kuhta
introduced the amendment to the Commission. This is a privately imitated amendment
concerning the expansion of non-conforming uses to adjacent properties. The proposal is
to allow non-conforming uses to expand onto adj acent properties without regard to the
ownership of the adjacent property at the time the use became non-conforming. A non-
conforming use is a use that is not permitted in the current zone. There is a difference
between legal non-conforming use and a illegal non-conforming use. A legal non-
conforming use is a use that was permitted in the zone at the time it was established on
the property. Subsequently the zoning may have changed to make the use non-
conforming, but it is still a legal use but a legal non-conforming use. Another word for it
is grandfathered. Why do we care about non-conforming uses? Land uses change over
time, either by the nature of the changes in the area, for example an industrial use which
stayed around for a long time and then residential developed around it. Land transitions
over time and the zoning will transition with it. The new uses become incompatible with
some established uses and the new zoning regulations. The non-conforming provisions
allow for the continuation of that legal use. The City does have very liberal non-
conforming provisions. The intent is that over time for as those uses transition out, and
uses that are more compatible and conforming would move into the area. The code
allows them to continue on in their present location until such time that a conforming use
becomes more viable in that location and the non-conforming use decides to move on.
The current rules for expanding a non-conforming use are as follows:
4. A nonconforming use may be expanded only within the boundaries of the original lot
or tract and any adj acent lot or tract that was under the same ownership as the lot or '��
tract at the time the use on the original lot or tract became non-conforming, if: '���
a. The expanded use does not degrade the transportation level of service greater than
' the original use; and '
',b. The expanded use does not adversely affect or interfere with the use of '
' neighboring property; and '
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c. Any transfer of ownership or interest on adjacent lots or tracts was made
contemporaneously with the transfer of ownership of the lot or tract on which the '
' nonconforming use is located as part of a single transaction; and '
d. The expansion does not create additional development opportunities on adjacent '
���� tracts that would not otherwise exist. '�����
This would be an administrative decision made by staff, not something that would go
before the hearing examiner. The proposal is a fairly simple one it is to remove the
ownership requirement. This proposal would allow the expansion of a non-conforming
use at any time onto adjacent property if it meets the other criteria. Mr. Kuhta did review
non-conforming regulations for other jurisdictions, knowing the City's regulations were
already liberal, this is the other city regulations that were found:
City Ex andin Nonconformin Use Provisions
Cheney May not expand non-confornung use.
Clark County Onl within e�stin structure
Kennewick No provision to expand non-confornung use.
Liberty Lake May not expand use or structure. No addirional structures. May not move use to a
portion of lot other than tl�at occupied by such use.
0 � May not enlarge, relocate or rearrange non-conforming uses unless CUP is granted by
Hearin Examiner.
Post Falls May not be eapanded or ea�tended in any way.
Richland May not expand use in any way, even in building where use occupies a portion of the
building.
Spokane Some allowance for expanding onto adjacent properry not under ownership, limited to
some commerciaUindustrial zones
Spokane County
Ex ansion discoura ed but is ossible with CUP a roved b Hearin Examiner.
Vancouver Cannot expand Use outside exisring building
Walla Walla May expand non-conforming use one rime not to exceed 20% of floor area or land
area which it occupied when use became non-conforming with CUP. Expansion of an
enclosed non-confornung use to land outside the building is not pernutted.
Yakima May expand non-conforming use outside of structure on e�sting lot w/admin
approval if strict criteria are met.
Some jurisdictions only allow expansion in the same building, some don't allow
expansion in the portion they are using, some allow expansion on the lot, very few
jurisdictions allow expansion on the lot adjacent. The exception is Spokane, there is
some exception for expanding to the adj acent property not under ownership, but they do
limit it to the more heavy commercial and industrial areas. They do not allow it in the
Mixed Use zones, or residential zones. Spokane County the expansion is discouraged,
which is what the language says in their code but it is possible with a conditional use
permit which is approved by the Hearing Examiner, it does not differentiate between
ownership. If you wanted to expand a non-conforming use in Spokane County, it does
not matter if you own the property, however it does require a conditional use permit that
needs approval from the Hearing Examiner.
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Mr. Kuhta stated that staff believes that this proposal is inconsistent with the intent of the
Comprehensive Plan which speaks about protecting neighborhoods from incompatible
uses. Zoning is a police power that is afforded to cities and counties to protect the public
safety, health and welfare of its citizens. Zoning implements the Comprehensive Plan
and it separates incompatible uses staff believes that the proposed amendment goes too
far and does not further the public safety, health or welfare of the community. The
recommendation from staff is that this is an uncommon zoning practice based on staff's
experience and review of jurisdictions around this area, other parts of the state and in
Idaho, the change is not consistent with the Comprehensive Plan to protect
neighborhoods, it begins to render zoning meaningless. There are other approaches
which could be taken, possibly a conditional use permit, maybe the use should be allowed
maybe the use chart should be changed. Based on these reasons and the more detailed
reasons in the staff report, Mr. Kuhta stated staff is recommending denial of this proposed
amendment to the municipal code.
Commissioners ask clarifying questions to make sure they understood the current code
and the proposal before they continued.
Commissioner Carroll opened the public testimony at 7:12 p.m.
Dwight Hume, 9101 Mt View Lane: Mr. Hume stated he was the applicant requesting
the change. Mr. Hume stated he has read the staff report and disagrees with it for the
following reasons:
• It is not inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan. Non-conforming uses by their
nature cannot be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, that is what makes
them non-conforming. If they were consistent with the Comprehensive Plan it
would not be non-conforming. Because it is there and you changed your
Comprehensive Plan it is a fact, not a fault. The statement by staff is that it is
inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan is overlooking the nature of the beast.
• We are trying to split hairs and broaden the benefit package. If I own parcel A,
and I don't own parcel B, and I acquire parcel B but I had a non-conforming right
on parcel A and I would like to expand it, that privilege exists today if I already
owned parcel B. However if I buy it now but did not own it before, that gives me
the privilege just like the guy who happen to have it, under the current formula.
That is only a distinction of who owned it when. It is not a land use issue. You
could have expanded, had you owned it, and therefore had an expanded non-
conforming use. You have a very finite number of people out there that would
have that benefit.
• Another aspect of the staff report is that the proposal does not meet criteria, and
we do. We left the other criteria in there except to take out the limitation of
ownership. The other criteria that is still in place. As long as you have already
met the criteria and can continue to exist, then you can expand.
• To address a comment that was made earlier which was that this was for only to
benefit is exclusively to the applicant. These types of changes come up in the
land use world when we find that the zoning code does not fit the circumstance.
Mr. Hume stated he does not bring them before the Commission if he does not see
benefit citywide. For example, Elephant Boys problem. The White Elephant is
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non-conforming use now and boat sales are not permitted, and this amendment
would allow them to expand to the adjoining property. It could go from White
Elephant to Elephant Boys next door and be allowed as an expansion of a non-
conforming use and would not require and exclusive zoning code change for
boats.
Mr. Hume stated he did not feel this would open Pandora's Box because there was not a
lot of expansion of non-conforming uses. Non-conforming uses are allowed now, not
withstanding ownership type. Mr. Hume did state that he did think of a couple of things
that were triggered by the staff report and he is suggesting that additional criteria be
added:
• The expanded use must be located within the same zone, as the adjacent non-
conforming use.
Mr. Hume said that staff was talking about it going into any zone. Mr. Hume stated he
felt that the expansion should stay in the same zoning district and should not be allowed
to expand into a more restrictive zoning district. This could be a suggested addition.
Mr. Hume had a question for staff, he stated he did not understand the last criteria already
established in the code, 4) d) "the expansion does not create additional development
opportunities on adjacent tracts that would not othenvise exist. " Mr. Kuhta stated he
did not quite understand that requirement. Mr. Hume said he would like to suggest
language that everyone could understand.
• No additional expansion except within this combined parcel and subject to the
criteria of a-c above.
Mr. Hume would like to suggest removing criteria d and adding in his two additions as
well as striking the ownership language to the amendment. Mr. Hume stated that if
business went well and the business needed to expand more, it could do so, but only on
those two parcels, or site, but not onto any other additional parcels. This would keep you
from being able to expand to the next piece and the next piece, which we all agree is not
what we are trying to do.
Commissioner Sharpe asked Mr. Hume if he as proposing to change or alter `d'? Mr.
Hume said it was a suggestion to replace `d' with his earlier suggestion, "the expanded
use must be located within the same zone, as the adjacent non-conforming use. No
additional expansion will be permitted except within these combined parcels, subj ect to a-
c above."
Seeing no one else that wished to testify, Chair Carroll closed the public testimony at
7:22 p.m.
Commissioners had some clarifying questions regarding options other than changing the
non-conforming provisions, the ability to amend and add Mr. Hume's suggestions, the
reasoning behind the current non-conforming language.
Commissioner Sharpe made a motion to recommend approval to the City Council of the
proposed expansion of non-conforming rules under 19.20.060 (B). Commissioner
Woodard seconded the motion.
Commissioner Mann asked to clarify that Commissioner Sharpe was asking to not accept
staff's findings. C. Mann also asked for clarification regarding when you had to own the
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adjacent parcel, or if the adjacent parcel had to be owned by the same owner of if it could
be owned by someone else. Commissioner Woodard stated he was in favor of
Commissioner Sharpe's motion, because he feels people should be able to expand if they
choose no matter when they bought property. Commissioner Hall stated that he felt that
the City's were already very liberal and that if we were not going to defend the zoning
code then we don't have much. If non-conforming doesn't mean much then why do we
have that term? C. Hall is concerned that someone could take advantage of this
amendment. Commissioner Eggleston stated that he is concerned this is that this will be
a City-wide issue. Commissioner Sharpe stated that as many people that could use this as
taking advantage, there are limiting criteria but there would be just as many people who
this could be a benefit to and allows their business to continue.
Commissioner Woodard stated he would like to amend the motion striking the current
language in item `d' and replace it with `the explanation could occur only in the same
zone as current non-conforming parcel is located in and it could only stay the original
adjacent property to that original property regardless of ownership. Motion fails for lack
of a second.
Commissioner Sharpe asked who makes the final determination on these decisions, Mr.
Kuhta answered that these are administrative decisions, made by the Community
Development Director. Commissioner Sands stated she felt it was wrong to make a
change that would affect 90,000 people to benefit one party and that if the business was
that viable where it was then maybe rezoning the area would be more appropriate.
Commissioner Sharpe countered with he felt that it was only one now but others would
benefit in the future. Commissioner Carroll stated he felt that at one time or another
through growth every parcel in the city could become non-conforming, and that non-
conforming was a way to ease though those changes. Good zoning protects the ethical
business man, therefore he would vote against the motion.
Commissioner Carroll called for the question. T�ote by Show of Hands: In Favor: Two.
Sharpe, Woodard Opposed: Five, Abstentions: None. Motion fails
Commissioner Sands made a motion to recommend denial of CTA-04-10 to the City
Council, second by Commissioner Mann. T�ote by Show of Hands: In Favor: Five
Opposed: Two. Sharpe, Woodard, Abstentions: None. Motion fails
X. GOOD OF THE ORDER
There was nothing for the good of the order.
XL ADJOURNMENT
The being no other business the meeting was adjourned at 7:44 p.m.
SUBMITTED: APPROVED:
Deanna Griffith, Administrative Assistant John G. Carroll, Chairperson
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