13 - PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING UPDATE OF COMPONENTS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE

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RECOMMENDATIONS Cover page: update as necessary. Entire Zoning Ordinance - Change pagination as/ if necessary. Entire Zoning Ordinance -Add new amendment dates, as /if necessary. Pg. 3035: Sect. 5 -108. Change temporary "A" Agricultural District text to "a zone compatible with the Future Land Use Plan within the Paris adopted Comprehensive Plan." Pg. 3035: Sect. 6. Temporary Zoning- Annexed Territory: Change "temporarily classified as A, Agricultural District," upon annexation, to a zoning district consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. (Comment. Prior to annexing property, the Future Land Use Plan (FLOP) should be expanded to include recommended land uses for the annexed property, and then, immediately after annexation (preferably on the same date), assign an immediate zoning to the newly annexed property consistent with the FLUID. If this is not done in a timely manner, then a property owner can develop the "temporarily Zoned Agricultural property" immediately upon zoning to farmland related uses, and thereby create land uses that the city may find incompatible and /or inappropriate on the newly annexed property.) Pg. 3043: Sec. 8 -108. Industrial Uses: change "Asphalt Paving Batching Plant" and "Concrete Batching Plant," from "Temporary Plant by Resolution of Board of Commissioners" to "approval only through the Specific Use Permit process as provided herein within Section 12 of this Zoning Ordinance." Pg. 3043: Sec. 8- 109.a. Add "Planning Manager to the "Building Official' referring to new or unlisted uses to the Planning and Zoning Commission and add "after the city staff provides its recommendation to the Planning and Zoning Commission." Pg. 3043. Sec. 8 -109 c. change text as follows. - "The City Council shall by r°°.,rordinance approve the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission...." Pg. 3044. Sec. 8 -200. Special Definitions and Explanations Noted in Use Regulations: staff has recommended changes and the Planning and Zoning Commission has agreed to include these new definitions as part of this updated Zoning Ordinance program. They are Exhibit "B" of this agenda item. Pg. 3045. etc. General comment: All references within the zoning ordinance pertaining to any signs will be in the Sign Ordinance division of the City of Paris Code of Ordinances, and said division will be stated /referenced in the zoning ordinance. Pg. 3046, Sec. 8 -201. "SPECIAL DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS..." #34. "All exterior display of furniture, appliances, or similar material must be behind the front yard line established in the district in which the use is located." Recommend (a) do not use this language because allowing this exterior display activity in multiple zoning districts creates unsightly city visuals; (b) recommend, instead, to use this language, but add the following text at the end of this sentence: "Said exterior display shall be 2