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PlanningandZoningCommissionRegularMeeting <br />August21,2014 <br />Chapter106ProposedRevisions <br />36.ThissectionhasbeenstrickenfromhereandrelocatedtoSection106311andall <br />referencestothissectionweremodified. <br />Section106835,Parkingdesignstandards: <br />37.TheSubcommitteeisproposingmodificationstoFigures102and103asitrelatesto <br />drivewaywidthsandcurbreturnradius.StaffusedcomparisonstoHarrisCounty,Cityof <br />HoustonandTxDOTasameansofcomparison. <br />a.Inresidential,thecurbreturnradiuswasfairlyrestrictive,especiallyforthose <br />propertiesonlargerlotsandonhightrafficvolumestreets.Theproposalisfor <br />Ќ͸minimumtoЊЎ͸maximumcurbreturnradiusinFigure102. <br />b.InFigure103,theproposalistoincreasethedrivewaywidthtoЌЎ͸andaddan <br />allowanceforamaximumdrivewaywidthofЍЎ͸whenadjacenttoastreetthat <br />is55MPHorgreaterincommercialandamaximumЎЉ͸drivewayinindustrial <br />districts.AlsoproposedisincreasingthecurbreturnradiustoamaximumofЋЎ͸ <br />forcommercialandЌЉ͸forindustrial. <br />Section106837,Parkinglocation: <br />38.Anexclusionisproposedallowingforfrontyard,unpavedsurfaceparkinginLargeLot <br />District. <br />Section106839,Numberofparkingspacesrequired: <br />39.ThesubcommitteerevisedthetabletoincorporateparkingbasedontheNAICSuse <br />categories.Althoughmostusesretainedtheparkingratiospreviouslyapplied,thereare <br />somemodificationstotheparkingratioproposedforsomeuses.Thesechangesare <br />beingproposedduetoexcessiveparkingrequirementsinsomesituations.Theredtext <br />representsthosemodifications.Blacktextindicatesnochange.Bluetextdemonstrates <br />anewusecategorythatwaseitherderivedfromonepreviousSICcodeoranewuse <br />altogetherandwherestaffutilizedasimilarusetodeterminetheparkingrequirement. <br />40.Twofootnoteswereaddedtothebottomofthetablethatareapplicabletoalluses.The <br />firstrequiresthatproductinventorycannotutilizerequiredparkingpertheprovisionsof <br />thissection.Theotherfootnotestatesthattheparkingrequirementsofthissection <br />mustbeaccommodatedonsiteandmaynotincludestreetparking,withtheexception <br />ofusesintheMainStreetDistrictwithOverlayandMixedUseDistrict. <br />Section106874,Onpremisessigns: <br />41.OnpremisesignagerequirementswereestablishedfortheproposedMixedUseDistrict <br />insubsection(b.5). <br />42.InSubsection(a.4),theSubcommitteeisrecommendingstrikingouttheprovisionsfor <br />freestandingsignsintheMainStreetDistrict.Thereasonforthisrecommendationis <br />becausethedesiredsigninthedistrictshouldbebuildingmountedbecausethe <br />proposeddesignguidelinesrequirenewbuildingswithintheMainStreetOverlaybe <br />builtuptothefrontpropertyline. <br />Staffrecommendsthatlanguagebeincludedallowingforfreestandingsignswithinthe <br />MainStreetDistrictandintheMainStreetOverlayDistrictwhenthebuildingisexisting <br />andissetbackfromthefrontpropertyline.Newdevelopmentwouldnotbealloweda <br />freestandingsignandinsteadwouldberequiredtomountanyproposedsignageonthe <br />8 <br /> <br />