2010/11/10 Council Agenda Packet

EVE.RETT CIT "0OU *CIL AGENDA ITEM(OVER SOFT, PROJECT TITLE: 1 9-22+10 BriefingCOUNCIL BILL# 68 (OOR—S An Ordinance Amending the Zoning Code Related to 11-17-10 Action Originating Department Planning Secondhand Stores, Amending 9-22-10 First Reading Contact Person Allan Giffen Ordinance No. 1671-89 (EMC 9-29-10 Second Reading Phone Number 425-257-8725 Title 19) 11-17-10 Third Reading FOR AGENDA OF Nov. 17, 2010 11-17-10 Public Hearing Initialed by: Department Head CAA 4.. Council President 1,9 Location Preceding Action Attachments Department(s) Approval The B-3 Zone(Central Planning Commission Ordinance, Planning, Legal Business District) approved July 20, 2010 Correspondence Amount Budgeted N/A Expenditure Required N/A Budget Remaining N/A Additional Required N/A DETAILED SUMMARY STATEMENT: When the City Council adopted the Downtown Plan in July, 2006, it also adopted revised zoning regulations to implement the plan. The zoning regulations include a section relating to areas designated as "retail streets"by Map No. 22-2, which includes Hewitt Avenue, Colby Avenue, and portions of Wetmore and Rucker Avenues. The intent of designating "retail streets" was to focus retail activity onto just a few streets to encourage a concentration of retail and compatible uses with development standards that create a pedestrian-friendly streetscape. Certain uses are prohibited on the ground floor of buildings that front on retail streets, including: Parking lots, food banks, tattoo parlors,blood or plasma donor centers, body piercing, churches, pawnshops, secondhand stores, places of assembly, teen clubs,private clubs, fraternal organizations, and social service facilities. Antique stores are not allowed under the general prohibition of"secondhand stores." Property owners have asked the City to reconsider the prohibition of antique stores or antique malls and the retail sale of certain other types of non-antique used merchandise under the more general category of"secondhand stores." The Ordinance would allow antique shops, antique malls, and limited secondhand retail sales on portions of Hewitt, Rucker and Wetmore Avenues within the areas designated as retail streets. The ordinance also adds definitions for several types of uses that are either permitted or prohibited on retail streets under the proposed amendments. RECOMMENDATION (Exact action requested of Council): Adopt Ordinance Amending the Zoning Code Related to Secondhand Stores, Amending Ordinance No. 1671-89 (EMC Title 19). 1