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Minutes of the Special Meeting of Council <br />Public Hearing on Ordinance 2021-14 <br />Tuesday, January 18, 2022 <br />Page 6 <br />along Beta. We are not looking for destination retail, but supportive retail for the folks who are <br />there. <br />The other thing this overlay would propose, we mentioned the smaller setbacks that would help <br />accomplish larger buildings, the other thing the overlay would propose is this is a brief summary <br />of these setbacks. A lot of the setbacks meeting Code are dependent upon what's next door to you <br />but in most cases our setbacks are required to be between 60-120 feet. Under the overlay, most <br />front setbacks would be shrunk down to 35 feet. You will see a snapshot later, but that condition <br />already exists on Beta. <br />The other thing it would do is allow the buildings to be taller. Currently, the different zoning <br />classifications that we have are anywhere from one story limited to 35 feet. Under the overlay, it <br />would propose to go as high as four occupied stories or 50 feet max. Again, we will see later that <br />that already exists. <br />The other thing we are proposing is to allow new uses on the street such as food service and retail. <br />It's important to note no drive-throughs will be permitted here. That was originally considered for <br />discussion with Council. It was removed from the overlay. So we might have a coffee and pastry <br />place, but no drive throughs. <br />What you see are building heights that are currently permitted not with setbacks. Again, existing <br />setbacks are anywhere between 60 and 120-150. They are proposed to be shrunk to anywhere <br />between 20 and 80 depending on the use. Heights can increase. Setbacks can be increased. <br />The other issue that we run into and I mentioned this earlier. Here's a generic snapshot of the <br />types of conditions that we see along Beta. Smaller parcels characterized by lots of curb cuts. <br />Everybody gets their own driveway. Large setbacks here. If a developer were to come to us and <br />say John, I've got a 300 -employee light industrial user who would love to come here. They want <br />to build their plant here. How can you help? Currently, I've got that hodgepodge of existing <br />zoning. A site that big might have two or three different classifications on it already. It becomes <br />almost impossible to build anything across property currently. <br />Again, what you see currently, smallish buildings, each with their own parking lot, each with their <br />own driveway and large front yards. Again, nothing is wrong with this. This is currently legal. <br />This is currently what we have. It works okay. What the overlay makeup achieves is something <br />along these lines where you can accommodate something on the order of 150 -square foot user <br />which are really the modern industrial use that we see come through the door. As it stands, we <br />can't accommodate any of them and we really can't accommodate the growth of the folks that we <br />already have. Under the overlay, it would permit such things as lot consolidation and <br />redevelopment. Once the overlay is in place, you really wouldn't have to worry about those other <br />five classifications. The owner would have the option to build according to the overlay. You see <br />things such as this. The best thing would be large employment here, fewer curb cuts here, but <br />actually, even though there may be more employees here, fewer curb cuts would equal smoother <br />