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Staff to research changes to landscaping thresholds; commission signals support for limited allowance of storage containers on large lots
Summary
Commissioners asked staff to review commercial/industrial landscaping thresholds and tree-replacement enforcement; they also signaled support for drafting an ordinance to allow storage containers on larger, non-visible lots subject to screening and design criteria.
The Planning Commission discussed two code areas Oct. 2: commercial and industrial landscaping standards and the city’s approach to storage containers.
Staff explained that one landscaping threshold (one shrub per 100 square feet of open area) dates from a decade or more ago and can yield unreasonably large shrub counts on certain sites.…
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