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Council refers draft zoning definitions for automotive and storage uses to planning commission, gives zoning bodies discretion
Summary
After staff presented draft definitions for automotive-related uses, the council voted to refer the text amendments to the planning commission and to allow the Board of Zoning Appeals or planning commission to impose site-specific conditions rather than making the uses automatically permitted.
The Loudon City Council voted March 23 to send proposed zoning text amendments -- including definitions for "record service" and "storage yard" and related design standards -- to the planning commission for review, with direction that the BZA or planning commission be empowered to add site-specific conditions.
Staff presenter Michael summarized three options discussed at prior meetings: make the uses permitted by right with a strict rulebook; treat them as special exceptions heard by the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA); or handle them as special-use reviews routed…
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