Commission moves to reclassify mini-storage, strip ambiguous screening language
To resolve contradictory screening language, the commission recommended striking ambiguous phrases and reclassifying Home Improvement Stores and Mini-Storage Warehouses in the Tourist Zone District from Use-by-Right to Special Use Permit to allow case-by-case screening conditions and viewshed protections.
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Planning Director Kristen Manguso presented proposed text amendments to the Tourist Zone District and Mini-Storage Warehouse definition to resolve internally contradictory screening descriptors — Section 8 required outdoor storage to be "completely screened" while Section 2047 required it to be "adequately screened." Manguso told commissioners that both phrases are subjective and difficult to enforce and recommended removing the ambiguous descriptors and reclassifying certain uses to Special Use Permit so site-specific screening conditions can be imposed.
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