TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Tim Stillings, Director of Planning and Zoning
THROUGH: Donald B. Cooper, City Manager
DATE: September 20, 2016
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ORDINANCE NO. 15-16: AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING SECTION 4.3.3, SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC USES, SUBSECTION (A), SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES, TO REVISE THE ASSOCIATED SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS; AMEND SECTION 4.4.26 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (LI) DISTRICT, SUBSECTION (B), PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES PERMITTED, TO LIST SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES AS A PERMITTED USE; AND SUBSECTION (D), CONDITIONAL USES AND STRUCTURES ALLOWED, TO REMOVE SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES AS A CONDITIONAL USE. (SECOND READING)
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Recommended Action:
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Approve Ordinance No. 15-16 on Second Reading for the amendments to Land Development Regulation Sections 4.3.3(A), Self-Service Storage Facilities, and 4.4.26, Light Industrial District.
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Background:
The item before the City Commission is to consider privately-initiated amendments to LDR Section 4.3.3(A), Special Requirements for Specific Uses, Self-Service Storage Facilities, and LDR Section 4.4.26, Light Industrial District.
The proposed revisions to Section 4.4.26 remove Self-Service Storage Facilities as a Conditional Use within the LI zoning district, and list it as a Permitted Use. The revisions to Section 4.3.3(A), revise the current provisions for Self-Storage Service Facilities (SSSF) and add additional regulations. The intent of these revisions is to accommodate current trends for multi-story, air-conditioned storage buildings, whereas the existing regulations only accommodate single-story storage facilities accessed from the exterior.
At the City Commission meeting of July 5, 2016, the Ordinance was continued to a new First Reading for August 16, 2016. However, concerns were noted regarding the proximity of the SSSF use to residential zoning, and whether the district would be impacted by multipl...
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