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City to add parcel‑size minimums, setbacks and event‑center limits in rural district
Summary
The draft updates rural‑district permitted uses, expanding definitions for fueling stations, increasing parcel-size minima for large uses (event centers), setting setbacks (e.g., 200 ft), and giving council annual authority to amend lot-size and attendance-hour exemptions for events.
Section 7 revisions adjust allowed uses in the rural district to clarify scale and impacts. Staff said the changes "increase the parcel sizes for, ... events center, and air transportation, and then adds size requirements" and that event centers now have higher acreage thresholds and larger setbacks to reduce off-site impacts.
The code language also broadens the definition of fueling stations to include alternative fuels and adds limits on large vehicle displays visible from streets. Commissioners sought clarity about whether temporary sanitary facilities (porta‑potties) and roadside stands would be affected; staff indicated some items will be handled in related right‑of‑way or permit sections.
Staff will test setback numbers and lot-size minimums against existing rural‑area farms and businesses and return with refined drafting and a short summary of affected existing operations.
