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PlanningandZoningCommissionRegularMeeting <br />September25,2014 <br />Chapter106ProposedRevisions <br />Section106805,Visibilitytriangles: <br />37.ThissectionhasbeenstrickenfromhereandrelocatedtoSection106311andall <br />referencestothissectionweremodified. <br />Section106835,Parkingdesignstandards: <br />38.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 />39.Anexclusionisproposedallowingforfrontyard,unpavedsurfaceparkinginLargeLot <br />District. <br />Section106839,Numberofparkingspacesrequired: <br />40.ThesubcommitteerevisedthetabletoincorporateparkingbasedontheNAICSuse <br />categories.Althoughmostusesretainedtheparkingratiospreviouslyapplied,thereare <br />somemodificationstotheparkingratioproposedforsomeuses.Thesechangesare <br />beingproposedduetoexcessiveparkingrequirementsinsomesituations.Theredtext <br />representsthosemodifications.Blacktextindicatesnochange.Bluetextdemonstrates <br />anewusecategorythatwaseitherderivedfromonepreviousSICcodeoranewuse <br />altogetherandwherestaffutilizedasimilarusetodeterminetheparkingrequirement. <br />41.Twofootnoteswereaddedtothebottomofthetablethatareapplicabletoalluses.The <br />firstrequiresthatproductinventorycannotutilizerequiredparkingpertheprovisionsof <br />thissection.Theotherfootnotestatesthattheparkingrequirementsofthissection <br />mustbeaccommodatedonsiteandmaynotincludestreetparking,withtheexception <br />ofusesintheMainStreetDistrictwithOverlayandMixedUseDistrict. <br />Section106874,Onpremisessigns: <br />42.OnpremisesignagerequirementswereestablishedfortheproposedMixedUseDistrict <br />insubsection(b.5). <br />43.Subsection(a.4)providesanallowanceformonumentstylegroundsignsintheMain <br />StreetDistrict.Theproposalhereistomodifythissectiontoallowforgroundsigns,not <br />monumentsigns,subjecttocertainrequirements.Thereasonforthisrecommendation <br />isbecausethepolesignsaremoretypicalofthetimeperiodoftheMainStreetcorridor. <br />Additionally,monumentsignscanprovidevisibilityissues. <br />TheSubcommitteeisrecommendinglimitingthosegroundsignfaceswithintheMain <br />StreetDistricttoamaximumtotalareaof24squarefeetinsizewithaminimumof10 <br />feetfromthebottomofthesignandamaximumof14feetfromthetopofthesign. <br />8 <br /> <br />