Council adopts development-code changes creating 'contractor's yards' with rules on size, screening and storage

City planning staff (Mr. Pragler) described final adoption of Ordinance 2026-007 to add a contractor's‑yards use category and related standards. The amendments allow contractor's yards one acre or smaller by right in general commercial and light industrial zoning and require conditional use permits for larger sites; staff said the rules are intended to move contractor equipment and storage off residential streets and onto appropriate commercial properties. "The amendment would create a definition and a new use classification for contractor's yards allowing for limited storage and staging activities to operate independently from a contractor's primary business location," Mr. Pragler said.