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4/21/2014
Honorable Mayor and Councilors
City Manager
City Attorney
Clerk of Council

Subject: (REZN-3-14-0599) Request to amend the Entrance and Access to Secondary Uses for

Retail Sales and Personal Services.


Staff Report

Application
Proposed Text Amendment
UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE REVISIONS

(Explanation of Revisions)



1. Explanation of Revisions: Amend Section 4.2.9.C.1. by amending the entrance

and access to secondary uses for retail sales and personal services.



ORIGINAL ORDINANCE PROPOSED ORDINANCE CHANGE



Sec. 4.2.9. Secondary Uses for Retail Sales and Personal Services



Section 4.2.9.C



C. Access and Advertising Limitations.



1. Entrances and Access. Access to secondary uses shall be located within

interior lobbies, hallways or similar areas. Exterior access is prohibited and

may not be waived by the Council.



2. Advertising. Secondary uses shall not utilize show or display window or

advertising or displays that are visible from the exterior of the building or a

public sidewalk or right-of-way.



3. Storage or Display. Display or storage of goods or materials associated with

a secondary use shall be located only within the interior premises of such use.

Sec. 4.2.9. Secondary Uses for Retail Sales and Personal Services



Section 4.2.9.C



C. Access and Advertising Limitations.



1. Entrances and Access. Access to secondary uses shall be located within

interior lobbies, hallways or similar areas unless waived through an

administrative change by a Planning or Codes/Inspections Department

representative.



2. Advertising. Secondary uses shall not utilize show or display window or

advertising or displays that are visible from the exterior of the building or a

public sidewalk or right-of-way.



3. Storage or Display. Display or storage of goods or materials associated with

a secondary use shall be located only within the interior premises of such use.



The definition of secondary uses per the UDO is as follows: Secondary uses

means those restricted uses that may be allowed within certain office, retail,

hotel or motel, or institutional uses, including the following: barber and

beauty shops, bookstores, cafeterias and restaurants, convenience food stores,

drugstores and pharmacies, florists, gift shops, newsstands and cigar or

tobacco shops, laundry and dry cleaning pickup/drop-off facilities, laundry

facilities for residents, mail services, personal services oriented to the

residents or tenants of the building, and print shops.
PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
The Planning Advisory Commission (PAC) considered this text amendment at their

meeting on April 16, 2014. The PAC recommended Approval.
PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
The Planning Department recommends Approval. This request was reviewed in

conjunction with the Inspection and Codes department and we are all in approval

of this change, since it will be up to our discretion to approve and will be

done in the case by case basis.
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