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Council reviews multiple municipal code cleanups: nonconforming commercial uses, utility box wraps and docket timing
Summary
Staff presented a package of municipal code amendments including allowing existing commercial uses to remain commercial in parts of Smokey Point Boulevard, requiring art wraps for new street-facing utility transformers, and changing the annual docket opening from January to August.
City planning staff presented several municipal code amendments at the workshop covering nonconforming commercial uses, utility design and the city’s docketing and amendment procedures.
Nonconforming commercial uses (AMC 20.32): Amy Roscoe said the amendment allows existing commercial businesses along Smokey Point Boulevard (roughly 170 Third Street South to the city limits) to change use while remaining commercial rather than being forced to convert to mixed-use standards after prior rezones created a mixed-use overlay. She gave examples, including a bank and an RV repair business, saying the amendment would preserve active commercial uses and noted staff could remove the provision later when market conditions make full conversion appropriate.
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