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Item # 6.3. MEMORANDUM 1V~~ TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Jeremy Barnhart, Planning Manager DATE: December 12, 201 I SUBJECT: Commercial Reserve Transitional Zoning District Mayor Dietz requested an update and background regarding the Commercial Reserve Transition (CRT) zoning district. History The 2004 Comprehensive Plan (pg 5-11) identified two areas of the city to be "held in reserve for future commercial development." The Comprehensive Plan continues: "The only areas designated for this use lie adjacent to Highway 169 and Highway 10 outside the Urban Service Area. These locations are well suited to support immediate development in this area. Also, the Comprehensive Plan seeks to guide development in vacant land already serviced by utilities before opening new areas for growth. The reserve status allows planning to facilitate the desired form of development in the future." It appears that the Comprehensive Plan recognized the potential these areas afforded for the future growth of the city, and that further, more detailed planning needed to occur prior to development. In 2007, (OA 07-01) the City Council approved an ordinance creating the Commercial Reserve Transition (CRT) zoning district. That ordinance established the purpose, permitted, accessory, interim uses, lot size, and setback requirements. Later that year, the City Council approved an amendment to the ordinance (OA 07-13). This amendment established a consistent term for the interim use permits (IUP) (five years or platting), escrows to ensure adherence to the conditions of the IUP, and outdoor storage as an interim use. The existing ordinance is attached. Purpose The purpose of the zoning district is to allow those uses in existence at the time to remain, while preserving the area from intensive development until a land use plan can be developed. Piecemeal development, including lot subdivision, will make implementation of an approved plan difficult and costly. Land uses within the study are permitted to continue indefinitely. The ordinance did not "zone anybody off of their property". Uses existing are permitted to continue. A majority of properties are single family residential. Single family homes are a permitted use, so that in the event of a disaster, a new home may be rebuilt. It does restrict the subdivision of parcels to the 20-acre minimum lot size. ~tNESE~ sr N:\Public Bodies\City Council\Council RCA\Agenda Packet\12-12-2011\CRT.docx ~~~