2019-2024 Economic Development Strategic Plan

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ZONING REGULATIONS

A review of the City’s zoning regulations (Title 9) was completed. The following are observations and/or recommendations for further consideration by the City of Spencer: Chapter 2 9-2-2 Definitions General Recommendations: 1. Duplexes appear in 9-2-2(A)(2), but do not they are not defined. o Recommendation:  Add definition for duplexes 2. What are the critical differences between “Commercial Off-street Parking” and “Parking Facility?” See 9-2-2(B)(4)(c) and 9-2- 2(B)(23). o Recommendation:  Modify or combine the definitions 3. It is not clear where cell phone towers get defined, allowed or regulated? o Recommendation:  Adopt standards for cell phone towers 4. There is a gap between what is allowed for Food Processing as a commercial use [(9-2-2(C)(7)] limited to 50,000 square feet and a “Major” Food Processing” use that only applied to “fowl” as an edible product in [9-2-2(B)(35)]. o Recommendation:  Food processing in 9-2-2-(C)(7) could be retained but consider expanding major food processing to allow additional uses while retaining desired restrictions on offensive noises and odors. For example:

 Major Food Processing Level 1 – “ processing of nonanimal raw food materials, ice manufacturing, and other food products manufacturing, processing, storage and packaging. Typical uses include bakeries which distribute products to retail outlets; soft drink bottling plants; feed and cereal mills; flour mills; vegetable oil manufacturing, refining or storage; and similar uses provided that uses where animals, slaughtered or live, are processed on site are not permitted .”  Major Food Processing Level 2 – “ processing of edible fowl, fish, shellfish or dairy products, and other food products manufacturing, processing, storage and packaging. Typical uses include edible fowl, fish or shellfish products for wholesale or retail sales; creameries and other dairy products manufacturing without on-site dairy animals; and similar uses .”  Retain (a) through (d), but change formatting to (i) through (iv) and place above these requirements a new (a), which would read:  Major Food Processing shall also comply with the following requirements:

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