Ordinance 1st Reading:  7/0

Ordinance 2nd Reading:  7/0

The owner is requesting a zoning text amendment to allow for the parking and storage of personal vehicles and effects in the M-H Mobile Home Zoning District.

Tract D was created as part of the Ash Meadows Subdivision Phase I. Ash Meadows Subdivision Phase I and Phase II were preceded by the approval of a Preliminary Plat. The Preliminary Plat proposed mobile home lots on the entire area including Tract D; Tract D is currently vacant. In 2015 and 2017, the owner proposed to rezone a portion of Tract D from M-H, Mobile Home District to I-1, Light Industrial District. That request was not approved, so the owner is now proposing to allow for the parking and storage of personal vehicles and effects through a zoning text amendment. This zoning text amendment will apply not only to the current case, but allow for the storage of personal vehicles and effects in all M-H Mobile home zoning districts. The City's existing zoning regulations allow for parking and storage of vehicles in the I-1 - Light Industrial District and I-2 - Heavy Industrial District. Further, the following zoning districts allow for "parking of vehicles; [all of which] must comply with all of the provisions of Section 9.b., relating to the design, use and maintenance of off street parking": R-2, R-4, C-1, C-2, C3.

City staff supports a zoning text amendment to be included in Section 16.h.(2), which defines the permitted uses in the M-H Mobile Home District, that reads as follows:

(i)            off-street parking and storage of personal vehicles and effects.

As well as a definition to be included in Section 16 that reads as follows:

ffff. Off-Street Parking and Storage of Personal Vehicles and Effects includes outdoor storage of non-commercial, personally owned vehicles, including Recreational Vehicle(s) and licensed, self propelled motorized units and other licensed units designed for hauling or towing. Shall also include covered, unwalled, and/or indoor mini storage units, allowing buildings used exclusively for vehicle and personal effects storage, provided building construction and fire protection is sufficient in accordance with adopted building and fire codes.

Shall allow a small office space limited to 300 sf gross floor area.

Any structures shall meet the requirements of the International Building Code and current Zoning Ordinance.

Shall not exceed more than 20% of the total platted subdivision area and shall not exceed more than 15% of the contiguous district area where multiple subdivisions exist in a single, homogeneous zoning district.

The driving surface shall consist of asphalt or concrete pavement from the public street access to any required parking area for facilities with an office building, or a minimum of seventy-five (75) feet as measured along the centerline of the access driveway from the edge of the paved public street for facilities without an office building.

Type J gravel or recycled pavement materials is acceptable for surfacing of vehicle parking, storage and drive areas not including the required parking area for facilities with an office or the aforementioned 75-ft minimum access driveway area. Scoria surfacing is not allowed.

Screening shall be provided when residential uses are within 100 feet from the “established off-street parking and storage of personal vehicles and effects” area.  Screening shall be at least 6 feet in height.  Chain link fencing or chain link fencing with slats shall not be permitted to meet screening requirements in accordance with Section 14 Landscaping and Screening Standards.  Screening shall have a minimum opacity of 75%.

This case was approved by the Planning Commission during their June 13, 2017, meeting. Staff recommends approval, subject to all Planning Requirements.