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Building Setbacks Zoning Minimum Lot Lot Width Front Side Rear Maxi Maximum IN District Requirements Setback Setback Setback Lot Height 1 (feet) (feet) (feet) I Coverage F-7 1 acre 100 feet 30 25 I20 _[40% 45 1/2 acre 100 feet 30 25 �o 40%3 60 F_�1 acre 1 30 25 20 40%3 60 BP' 1 acre F__302 25 20 40% 50 Staff does not support either option for the following reasons. First, city ordinance defines an accessory use, structure or building as "subordinate to and serving the principal use and structure on the same lot and customarily incidental thereto."The concern here is that if billboards were listed as an accessory use in the I-2 district,they would not fit the definition established in the ordinance as they are not serving the principal use or structure on the same lot. Billboards by nature advertise off site goods and services and do not serve the lot in which they are located. Merely amending the accessory structure definition has ramifications throughout the entire zoning ordinance. Second,reducing the minimum lot size in the I-2 district from one acre to one-half acre will affect all future development in the district,not just billboards. A one acre minimum lot to house a billboard may seem excessive,but the minimum lot size is developed to establish minimum standards for the desired uses of a district;in the I-2,those uses are manufacturing and employment based. Manufacturing and employment-based uses require buildings, outside storage,parking, circulation,greenspace, and storm water treatment. In the most efficient, a 50% reduction in minimum lot size reduces the buildable area by more than 50%, from approximately 25,281 SF for a square lot to 9,604 SF, a reduction of roughly 62%. While properties can be larger than the minimum, developers may be enticed to subdivide into smaller lots to sell more lots.Alternatively, smaller lots may require an additional number of services (water and sewer connections),to serve each parcel,wasting initial investment dollars and possibly delaying development. Downtown Advertising Signs City ordinance prohibits all signs, except for billboards, from advertising for a business or service not located on the same premises as the sign, except in the case of a non-profit organization. A city may regulate the time,place, and manner of speech,and via the ordinance,the city has chosen to allow signage only on the lot where the service or good is offered,with the exception of billboards. The city may change that geographical limit to advertise only those businesses located within a specific area, a zoning district, for example. This is not recommended because the Council should expect to see this same language desired by the other business districts,weakening the community image at key intersections. If the council wishes to allow monument signs in the downtown district to display advertising messages for any business in downtown,staff recommends changing Sec. 30-867 (b)(2) to read as follows: (2) One (1) Monument Sign is permitted for each Multi-Tenant Facility. N:\Public Bodies\Agenda Packets\12-16-2013\Final\x8.6 sr Sign Ordinance.docx