Planning

Expand the number of permissible zoning districts for ADUs; 

Increase the permissible size of ADUs; 

Modify the height and setback requirements for ADUs;  

Modify covered parking requirements when converting a garage or carport to an ADU; 

Allow for nonconforming structures to be converted to an ADU; 

Modify the height and setback requirements for detached accessory buildings or structures; 

Modify the accessory structure requirements for manufactured homes; 

Add Public Safety Facilities as a permitted use in residential zoning districts; and  

Modify the spacing requirement between a Billboard and another Billboard or between a Billboard and a Freeway Landmark Monument;  

Modify the spacing requirements between Billboards and Residential Zoning Districts or residential uses; and  

Clarify the height requirements for Billboards.  

Repeal the Freeway Landmark Monument Design Guidelines and incorporate the development standards in Section 11-43-7 of the MZO 

Remove the General Plan Character Area Designation eligibility requirement for Freeway Landmark Monuments;  

Modify the height requirements for a Freeway Landmark Monument;  

Modify the sign area calculation for Freeway Landmark Monuments;  

Add a spacing requirement between Freeway Landmark Monuments and Billboards;   

Modify the spacing requirements for Freeway Landmark Monument to Residential Zoning Districts or residential uses;  

Modify the project identification standards for Freeway Landmark Monuments;  

Modify the development standards for the nighttime illumination of Freeway Landmark Monuments;  

Modify the development standards for electronic message displays;  

Add maintenance requirements; and 

Add modification provision to the development standards contained within Section 11-43-7. 

Add Chapter 81: Adaptive Reuse Permit; 

Amend land use tables to allow for multiple residence use buildings in Commercial, Industrial, and Downtown Districts with the approval of an Adaptive Reuse Permit; and  

Add definitions for Adaptive Reuse; Adaptive Reuse Permit; Existing Commercial, Office, and Mixed-use Buildings; Low-Income Housing; Moderate-Income Housing; and Multiple Residence Reuse.  

Add a timeframe for Administrative Completeness Review of residential zoning applications;  

Add a process for residential zoning applications that are deemed incomplete;  

Add a timeframe for approving or denying a residential zoning application;  

Provide exceptions from the residential zoning application timeframes; and 

Add a definition of Residential Zoning Application.