13-Ordinance-definition of Automobile Detailing Shop

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Item No. 13 memorandum TO: Mayor & City Council John Godwin, City Manager FROM: Alan Efrussy, AICP, Planning Manager SUBJECT: INCLUSION OF THE DEFINITION OF "AUTOMOBILE DETAILING SHOP" AND TO ALLOW SAID USE IN THE COMMERCIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS WITHIN THE ZONING ORDINANCE DATE: April 4, 2017 BACKGROUND: Recently a potential applicant met with city staff at a Pre - Application meeting to describe his interest in establishing an automobile detailing shop. The proposed location for this detail shop is located in the Central Area Zoning District (CA). The Paris Zoning Ordinance currently does not provide a definition for said use, and therefore a definition must be prepared as per Section 8 -109. "Classification of New and Unlisted Uses" in the Zoning Ordinance. Further, this section requires that a recommendation be made regarding what zoning district(s) said use shall be permitted within. The process to include a new definition and the attendant zoning districts wherein it could be located requires a similar procedure as zoning cases: i.e., the city staff makes a recommendation through a public hearing to the Planning and Zoning Commission, and then the City Council conducts a public hearing and can approve said elements by ordinance. At the April 3, 2017 Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing, no one spoke in favor of or in opposition to this request. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this item as presented with a request that staff establish a new zoning case before the Commission to allow an "Automobile Detailing Shop" through a Specific Use Permit in the Central Area District. Mr. Ben Faber spoke in favor of adding this use within the Central Area District. STATUS OF ISSUE: (A) A well — accepted definition of an Automobile Detailing Shop is "A facility which provides automobile — related services such as applying paint protectors, interior and exterior cleaning and polishing as well as installation of after - market accessories such as tinting, auto alarms, spoilers, sunroofs, headlight covers, and similar items. Typically equipment used includes a power washer and a shop vacuum for detailing." The potential applicant that met with staff agreed with this proposed definition.