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Planning Commission approves ordinance changes to accessory-structure rules, defers greenhouse and storage-container sections
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to approve a draft amendment to Chapter 94 of the municipal code that would loosen rules for accessory buildings, home occupations and temporary storage containers, but removed two sections (greenhouses and portable storage containers) for further work.
The Planning Commission on Aug. 11 approved a draft ordinance amending Chapter 94 of the municipal code to loosen several rules affecting accessory structures, home occupations and temporary temporary-use allowances for businesses, but removed the greenhouse and portable storage-container provisions for further revision.
The commission approved the draft ordinance with the two sections — Section 6 (greenhouses/adjusted accessory-structure standards) and Section 11 (temporary portable storage containers) — struck out and returned to staff for rework. Staff and the commission said the change is intended to reduce regulatory roadblocks for small projects while clarifying enforcement and safety requirements.
Planning Department staff said the draft contains multiple changes: adjustments to where home-occupation uses are allowed in multi-family and manufactured-home zoning, new allowances for small greenhouses as accessory structures with relaxed wind-load requirements, allowances for longer-term, screened portable storage containers in limited commercial situations under a temporary-use permitting process,…
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