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Commissioners split on which commercial uses should be allowed by right vs. by permit
Summary
The planning group debated allowing mortuaries, truck storage, towing yards, welding and machine shops, and wholesale storage in the commercial zone, generally favoring permitted status for lighter uses and administrative or full use permits for heavier or high-impact operations.
Commissioners reviewed a long list of commercial and industrial-type uses and discussed how they should be treated in the consolidated commercial zone. S5 argued that mortuaries and truck/utility storage should be permitted in commercial, while heavier operations such as crematoriums and large-scale storage or crushing operations should remain industrial-only. "Mortuary should be p," S5 said, arguing for consistency with commercial contexts where appropriate.
On uses that can be noisy, generate traffic, or have chemical processing (for example, non-retail dry cleaning or heavy recycling), the group generally recommended administrative use permits (AUP) or full use permits to allow planning-commission oversight and mitigate neighborhood impacts. S5 also suggested welding/machine shops could be allowed by AUP depending on scale: "Welding shop, machine shop, metal shop... in commercial, I would see that as either permitted by right or AUP." Staff agreed that scale and proximity to residential areas should determine permit level.
