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Attachment B – Title 20 Maintenance Amendments 2010 June 25, 2010 Pg 1 Summary of Planning Board Motions Note: Planning Board amendments are shown in gray. 1) Reference: 20.05.030B4 (pg 20.05-5) Staff to review and clarify the language regarding multi-dwelling development consisting of three or more detached units. Specifically, do these regulations apply when a parcel contains three or more single dwellings? Response: Multi-dwelling standards have never applied to single, detached units. No changes proposed. 2) Reference: 20.60.060.B.2, pg 20.60-10 Amend the following statement: “Driveways from streets may not be created in residential zoning districts for parcels with access to an alley except those approved by the City Engineer due to topographic, physical or easement constraints.” 3) Reference 20.65.060.B.2.b, pg 20.65-10 Amend the subsection to provide a six foot wall or fence along the property line, eliminate the landscape area and when an appropriate fence already exists an additional one is not required. The amendment reads as follows: “Provide a landscaped area at least 6 feet in width with a 6 foot solid wall or fence along the interior of or within the buffer area. property line. When a fence or wall meeting the requirements exists, an additional wall or fence is not required. One deciduous tree is required per 20 linear feet of fence or wall.” 4) Reference 20.65.060.B.2.b, pg 20.65-10 Staff is to bring forward language allowing parking in rear and side buffer areas as was permitted in Title 19 in the fence option. Response: With the revisions made to 20.65.060.B2.b, no buffer area is required when a fence is used as a buffer therefore parking may occur adjacent to the fence. No changes proposed. 5) Reference: 20.100.010, pg 20.100.-8 Amend the following definition: Grade, Existing: The grade or elevation of the ground surface after as approvaled of with the final plat and before human alteration, such as grading, grubbing, filling, or excavating. In situations when a final plat is not available or the parcel is developed or partially developed, existing grade is the grade that exists at the time of application for building permit/zoning compliance permit. determined by reference to the 1999 2-foot contour city aerial survey. Response: Staff researched the request and found that the motion to amend the definition of “existing grade” went beyond the scope of this project which is to ---PAGE BREAK--- Attachment B – Title 20 Maintenance Amendments 2010 June 25, 2010 Pg 2 make corrections to omissions or errors in Title 20. Such an extensive revision raises several issues: o Changes to the submittal process for all building permits (more than half the permits processed are for small remodels and decks) o Additional review procedures by staff o Requires specific knowledge of Autocad or ARCGIS software o Applicants that typically submit hand-drawn plans (more than half of the permits processed) would need to arrange additional professional services to incorporate the required electronic information o The current available data does not include parcel information so locating a particular site is not easy Further exploration of the implications of this revision is needed before it is made a requirement. Staff recommends not incorporating the Planning Board revision and reinstating the original staff recommended revision for this definition: Grade, Existing: The grade or elevation of the ground surface after as approvaled of with the final plat and before human alteration, such as grading, grubbing, filling, or excavating. In situations when a final plat is not available or the parcel is developed or partially developed, existing grade is the grade that exists at the time of application for building permit/zoning compliance permit. 6) Reference: 20.10.020, table 20.10-1, pg 20.10.-3 Reinstate low intensity research and development use in the business and commercial districts. Amend table 20.10-1 as follows: Add a row in the Commercial section for “Research Service” that allows the use as permitted in the B2, C1, C2, and CBD columns (zones). Summary Motion: That the proposed amendments to Missoula City Zoning Ordinance Title 20 referred to as the “Title 20 Maintenance Amendments” as amended on June 1 by Planning Board be recommended to the City Council for approval.