05-15-14 Regular Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission

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MunicodePage 2of 5 restrictive height and area regulations. C. Industrial Districts. 1. Light Industrial Districts. The purpose of these districts is to provide locations for light- intensity industries involving manufacturing, assembling, distribution and warehousing. It is intended that the districts will serve the entire city and will permit supporting commercial uses. The regulations of the districts are intended to preserve a light industrial natureparticularly with regard to noise, smoke, odors, dust, vibrations and other noxious conditions. 2. Heavy Industrial Districts. The purpose of these districts is to provide for the most intensive of industrial uses which may be characteristic of nuisance or hazardous conditions. It is intended that the districts will serve the entire city. The regulations of the districts will require reasonable standards for the protection and preservation of the compatibility of such uses and adjacent areas. D. Special Purpose Districts. 1. "R-F" Ranch-Farm District. The purpose of this district is to provide for primarily fallow or agricultural areas within the city and to protect and conserve these areas within and adjacent to urban development. It is intended that this district afford areas where semi-rural (very-low density) residential and agricultural uses can be maintained without impairment from higher density residential, commercial or industrial development. The regulations of this district are designed to protect, stabilize and enhance the development of agricultural resources and to prohibit those activities that would adversely affect the urban-rural characteristics of this district. 2. "PMD" Planned Mountain Development District. The purpose of this district is to preserve and protect the significant natural features of the mountain development and hillside area within the city. It is intended that the regulations of the district provide design alternatives which help to minimize disturbances to the natural character of the area and which enhance the open space and aesthetic qualities of the land. The regulations of this district are designed to protect, stabilize and enhance the development of these environmentally sensitive lands and to preserve them from the encroachment of more intensive forms of development. 3. "S-D" Special Development District. The purpose of this district is to provide an opportunity for mixed-use projects, integrated in design, in certain older residential areas where there is a desire to permit a variety of nonresidential uses while maintaining the established residential appearance and landscaping of the area. The regulations of this district are designed to ensure compatibility with existing uses in the district; to permit the production, exhibit or sale of goods and the providing of services to the public in such older residential areas; to protect the traffic capacity of streets serving such older residential areas; to encourage flexibility by prescribing general performance standards for such older residential areas; and to protect the environment of adjacent areas. For the purpose of this district, older areas of the city shall be deemed those areas where development has existed for at least twenty-five years. 4. "U-P" Union Plaza District. The purposes of the Union Plaza District are: (1) to create a unique mixed-use environment with the provision of standards and guidelines designed to encourage the preservation of existing building architecture; (2) to ensure that reconstruction of existing buildings or new construction projects is consistent with the architectural and design guidelines adopted for the Union Plaza District; and (3) to encourage a variety of commercial and residential uses that coexist in a mixed-use htts://librar.municode.com/rint.asx?h=&clientID=16180&HTMReuest=htts%3a%2f...57201 pyppqp//4