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From YouTube: 6-5-19 Zoning Information Meeting
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PlanDSM Zoning, Planning & Design ordinance information meeting on Wednesday, June 5, 2019.
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A
A
So
the
council
is
not
asked
to
comment
or
to
respond
to
questions
today,
because
that's
really
the
part
of
that
public
hearing
process
when
they
get
to
that
so
they're
here
to
listen
today
to
the
discussion,
the
presentation,
video,
your
comments
and
questions
who
do
our
best
to
answer
those
I
just
want
to
make
it
very
clear.
Today's
meeting,
as
well
as
any
meetings
are
scheduled
or
not
the
only
meetings
available
on
this.
A
This
topic
I
want
to
assure
you
that
staffs
committed
to
to
try
to
answer
as
many
questions
as
possible
about
this,
whether
it's
today
or
through
or
show
as
upcoming
tentative
meetings
on
the
pledges
of
webpage
before
that's
individual
means,
you'd
like
to
have
the
status
to
sit
on
top
the
code
and
its
impact.
So
we
are
committed
to
doing
that
and
just
want
to
make
sure
that
everybody
knows
that
so
real
quickly.
We
have
council,
member
gadelle
counts,
whoever
Westergaard
in
the
back-
let's
not
close,
it
I
think
I
suck
job.
A
So
we
have
staff
here
to
try
answer
questions
if,
if
we
want
to
break
down
into
smaller
groups
at
some
point
and
try
to
answer
more
questions,
feel
free
to
find
a
staff
person
they've
all
been
involved
in
preparing
this,
this
revised
draft
and
so
pretty
well-versed
on.
What's
in
it,
but
we'll
try
and
keep
as
many
questions
as
we
can
in
a
group
setting
so
real,
quick,
there's,
water
and
cookies
on
the
table
over
there
there
were
sign-in
sheets
by
the
door.
A
If
you
did
not
have
a
chance
to
sign
in
on
your
way
in,
please
do
so
on
the
way
out
when
you
did
that
at
the
last
meeting
we
had
I'll
use
that
for
the
invitation
list
for
this,
so
please
make
sure
you're
signing
in
if
you
need
restrooms
there
straight
down
this
main
hallway
here
left
side
and
water
fountain
out
there
as
well.
So
anyway
looks
like
it's
blue
skies.
Sorta
have
to
worry
about
any
storm
notices
for
you.
A
Real
quick
I
just
wanted
to
go
through
a
brief
overview
of
kind
of
a
how
to
use
the
code
very
quickly
and
then
I
want
to
focus
on
some
major
changes
that
exist
in
this
draft
versus
the
last
draft.
We
had
a
meeting
about
and
then
open
it
up
to
questions
so
I'm
gonna
be
very
quick
on
the
presentations.
I'd
leave
the
majority
of
the
time
for
questions.
A
So
just
how
we
got
here
is
you
recall?
In
2016
we
adopted
plan
DSM
as
our
newest
comprehensive
plan
for
the
city.
The
council
also
around
that
same
time
adopted
their
guide
DSM,
which
is
their
strategic
plan.
So
if
you
think
about
it
era,
equal
the
citizens
worked
on
plan
DSM.
We
had
a
lot
of
public
outreach
on
that.
The
council
took
those
goals,
adopted
them
and
said:
okay,
how
do
we
implement
those
goals?
A
How
are
we
going
to
budget
for
those
goals
that
are
in
that
plan,
and
so
the
the
guide
DSM
was
the
council's
effort
to
say
these
are
the
priorities,
the
first
priorities
that
come
out
of
that
plan
and
what
we're
going
to
fund
immediately
to
implement.
So
some
of
the
things
that
were
immediately
funded
by
by
the
guide
DSM
were
a
continuation
of
this
plan.
A
The
SM
effort
to
develop
a
zoning
code
move
DSM
was
a
city's
transportation
plan
that
just
got
completed
and
got
it
in
the
last
year
by
the
council
we
have
nodes
and
neighborhood
plans,
so
you've
probably
read
some
of
our
work
on
the
neighborhood
planning
side
of
things.
Our
efforts
there
plan
or
live
DSM
was
the
city's
parker's
Parks
and
Rec
Master
Plan
Update
that
just
got
adopted
and
then
obviously
the
CIP
in
the
operating
budgets
at
the
council
adopt.
So
all
those
documents
are
implementation
of
plan.
A
Dsm
and
guide
USM,
so
real,
quick
on
the
zoning
code,
just
how
it's
organized
the
zoning
chapter
is
chapter
134
in
this.
In
this
new
ordinance,
that's
being
proposed,
design
and
planning
is
in
Chapter
135.
It's
a
very
specific
separation
of
those
two
chapters
for
various
reasons,
as
you'll
in
the
zoning
chapter
today
in
the
draft,
the
main
things
that
are
left
in
zoning
are
basically
wireless
telecommunications,
the
district's
establishment
of
districts
on
a
zoning
map.
A
A
Those
types
of
things
have
been
moved
into
a
planning
and
design
chapter
and
are
no
longer
proposed.
As
zoning
under
our
city
code,
they're
proposes
a
planning
design
chapter
and,
as
such,
those
regulations
become
either
administered
by
staff,
administrative
Lea
or
the
plan
and
Zoning
Commission
through
review.
So
there
would
no
longer,
under
this
code,
be
the
need
to
go
to
the
zoning
board
of
adjustment
or
a
setback
relief.
A
That
could
either
be
granted
administrative
leave,
I
staff
or
by
the
Planning
and
Zoning
Commission,
and
then
ultimately,
if
you
disagree
with
either
of
those
those
decision
makers,
it's
ultimately
appealable
to
City
Council,
very
fundamentally
different
than
today.
If
you
appeal
a
setback
today
and
don't
like
the
decision,
you
get
from,
the
Board
of
Adjustment
have
to
go
to
district
court
and
general
rulings
in
the
district
court
are
as
long
as
there
was
a
fair
hearing.
They
generally
sided
with
the
city
or
the
Board
of
Adjustment
to
to
make
their
decisions
after
a
public
hearing.
A
So
it's
fairly
costly
currently
to
go
to
the
district
court
to
challenge
those
issues
and
we
feel
it's
a
better
setup.
It's
also
timely
to
go
through
Board
of
Adjustment
and
all
that
we
believe
it's
a
better
setup
in
this
code
to
have
those
types
of
things
either
administratively
modified
by
staff
or
by
the
planning
zoning
commission
and
then
ultimately
have
purview
by
council
and
community.
A
So
that's
structurally
how
the
code
is
set
up,
how
to
use
the
code.
The
last
meeting
and
we've
had
a
ten
step
guide.
That's
been
out
there
for
quite
some
time
on
how
to
use
this
code
and
I
honestly
believe.
That's
the
easiest
way
to
get
through
this
code
and
understand.
What's
in
it,
it
doesn't
necessarily
get
everything
in
the
ten
steps,
but
at
least
takes
you
through
a
majority
of
what
you
would
need
to
know
to
use
the
code
and
what
I've
found
is
to
try
heard
people
say
well.
A
You've
tried
to
read
this
code
from
front
to
back.
It
doesn't
make
sense,
try
reading
our
existing
code
front
to
back.
It
doesn't
make
sense
either
and
you'll
miss
out
on
the
site
plan
regulations
that
are
in
chapter
82,
totally
different
section
of
the
code.
So
by
putting
these
code
sections
next
to
each
other
in
our
city
code
and
this
10
step
guide,
I
think
you
can
you
can
easily
work
your
way
through
through
our
code.
It
always
starts
with
a
zoning
map.
A
The
last
time
we
met,
we
had
on
our
website
some
PDFs
that
were
in
six
sections
of
the
city,
showing
the
zoning
map
was
kind
of
hard
to
zoom
in
and
find
a
specific
property
on
a
map.
In
the
time
since
then,
we've
brought
the
mapping
function
in-house
from
our
consultants,
work
and
our
GIS
division
created
an
app
on
our
plan
dsm
website.
You
can
click
on
the
zoning
map
and
it
has
a
just
like
to
find
my
house
function
on
the
city's
current
website.
You
can
type
in
an
address
and
it'll.
A
So
if
we
add
any
more
buttons
on
that
moulton,
the
mobile
app
won't,
you
won't
be
able
to
access
it
from
your
phones
and
be
up
actually
be
able
to
see
the
maps
from
all.
So
what
I
would
recommend
doing
is
at
your
desk
use
a
roller
on
your
mouse
and
you
can
zoom
the
extent
or
spread
out
the
extent
you
can
get
the
whole
city
on
there
and
you
can
toggle
and
it'll
change
the
map
and
show
either
the
existing
map
or
the
new
map
on
there.
A
Whatever
you
want
to
print
zoom
out,
to
whatever
extent
you
want
and
just
do
a
control
print
screen
and
then
basically
open
up
a
word
document
and
paste
that
into
it,
you
can
change
the
extents
of
the
print
screen
and
the
page
size
or
whatever
else,
and
you
can
print
maps
that
way
it's
the
best
way.
I
can
give
to
you
for
getting
those
maps.
A
Those
will
change
as
we're
going
through
these
hearing
processes
so
by
printing
a
whole
bunch
of
copies
of
that
it's
going
to
be
potentially
out
of
date
very
quickly,
so
we
are
trying
to
save
on
not
printing
a
bunch
of
copies
of
proposed
and
existing
zoning
maps
fairly
easy
to
use
and
I.
Think
the
the
searchable
by
address
function
is
is
very
helpful
on.
It
hope
it's
an
improvement
zoning
districts
in
the
code
once
you
know
what
your
zoning
district
is
on
the
map
step
2.
Is
you
go
and
read
about
the
zoning
district?
A
What
we're
calling
a
p1
district,
which
is
now
our
Parks
and
Recreation
zoning
and
p2,
would
be
a
public
semi-public,
open
space
zoning
district
so
anyway,
those
are
all
the
districts
there's
a
description
of
each
of
those
districts
in
the
code
and
again,
once
you
know
what
your
zoning
is
on
the
map
you
just
go
to
that
applicable
zoning
district
and
read
about
it.
You
know
your
zoning
district,
you
know
what
its
intent
is.
You
want
to
find
out
what
uses
are
allowed.
A
Everything
in
this
code
is
in
a
table
format
as
far
as
uses,
so
the
districts
are
all
across
the
top
of
the
table.
Uses
are
down
the
bottom
right
now,
if
you
flip,
through
our
code,
you'll
go
to
c2
district
and
I'll,
say
see.
Also
after
it
lists
20
uses
it'll,
say
see.
Also
r4
you
flipped
r4
and
read
through
a
list
and
say
see
also
r3.
You
have
to
just
repeatedly
flip
back
through
the
code,
not
the
easiest
use.
By
going
through
the
charts,
you
can
quickly
see
whether
use
is
allowed
in
your
district.
A
If
not
what
district
you
need
to
have
that
use
allowed.
So
you
can
quickly
in
one
you
know
it's
basically
four
pages
on
the
use
table.
You
can
quickly
find
out
what
what
district
you
need,
if
you
don't
have
it
currently
and
whether
your
use
is
permitted
the
next
step.
After
you
know,
your
use
is
permitted
or
what
district
you
you
want
to
be
applying
for.
You
go
to
the
building
type
section
of
the
code,
and
this
is
in
chapter
135.
A
There
there
are
different
building
types
that
are
allowed
in
each
district
and
again
it's
in
a
table
format.
So
you
know
what
district
you're
in
you
go
to
this
and
find
out
what
building
types
are
required
in
that
zoning
district,
again,
zoning
districts
across
the
top
building
types
down
the
left-hand
column
of
those
tables
in
the
building
type
tables.
There
are
some
symbols
in
there
that
talk
about
when
retail
or
occupied
space
is
required
on
a
street.
It
references
a
primary
frontage
or
a
primary
map.
A
On
our
plan
dsm
website,
we
have
the
primary
streets
map
draft
available.
You
can
into
an
area
larger
as
a
city
there's
also
an
inset
on
that
in
that
map
of
just
downtown.
So
you
can
see
what
streets
are
there.
We
obviously
know
that
we
have
way
more
primary
streets
and
square
footage
building
lineal
feet
frontage
that
then
there
is
demand
for
retail.
A
This
is
where
you
find
out
height
limits
placement
of
the
building
on
the
site.
What
you
typically
would
have
thought
of
were
setbacks
in
the
old
zoning
code.
Now
design
function
under
this
code
gives
you
all
the
information
about
that
those
types
of
building
building
requirements
at
the
very
back
of
those
documents.
A
The
last
pages
there
are
some
additional
design
requirements
and
the
back
of
each
building
type.
This
is
where,
if
you've
had
a
chance
to
look
at
the
code,
you'll
find
the
provision
which
I've
heard
I've
had
numerous
questions
about
already
about
the
house
types,
a
B,
C
and
D,
which
are
single-family
detached
housing
types
having
a
minimum
square
footage
requirement
at
garage
requirement
in
a
basement
requirement,
you'll
find
that
in
the
building
type
chart
for
each
applicable
building
type.
A
So
you
know
what
building
you
know,
what
your
setbacks
are
and
all
that
then
you
go
to
the
designs
which
talks
about
building
materials
and
that
just
for
example,
I'll
cover
in
a
minute.
We
have
about
major
changes
to
the
code.
There
was
a
lot
of
concern
on
single-family
homes.
Last
time
about
the
vinyl,
wasn't
a
loud
exterior
material.
It
is
allowed
under
this
draft.
So
that
was
a
revision
we
made
for
single-family
detached,
but
the
design
requirements
talked
about
windows
and
building
materials
and
general
standards.
A
After
that,
the
parking
section
rewritten
again
this
is
fairly
similar
to
before
on
the
vehicle
parking.
It
represents
probably
about
a
30%
reduction
in
required
parking
from
what
our
current
code
requires.
Just
overall,
not
every
use,
but
overall
it's
about
a
30%
reduction
and
what
we've
tried
to
say
is
removing
this
parking
code
more
towards
being
compatible
with
what
our
existing
neighborhood
pedestrian
commercial
zoning
district
allows,
which
is.
It
allows
a
40%
reduction
through
site
plan
interview
today
without
going
to
the
Board
of
Adjustment,
so
we
are
trying
to
reduce
the
required
parking
on
site.
A
Yeah
I
think
it's
it's.
Both
transportation
needs
are
changing
and
also
a
stormwater
management
trying
to
address
homeowner
management
and
runoff
and
treating
the
water
before
it
leaves
the
site
that
the
landscape
standards
and
the
parking
standards
are
both
trying
to
do
that.
So
it's
it's
a
combination,
the
one
major
change
which
I'll
get
to
in
a
second
but
I,
wanted
to
point
it
out
on
the
parking
site
bike
parking
is
in
this
code.
It
right
now.
It's
typically
only
if
there's
a
development
incentives
associate
TIF
associated
with
it.
A
We
use
that
as
a
tax
abatement
as
a
tax
abatement.
One
of
the
options
you
can
use
as
a
developer.
Major
change
in
this
draft,
though,
is
previous
draft.
Had
two
types
of
bike
parking
required.
There
was
a
type
a
which
was
a
a
interior
bike
parking
you
know
in
within
the
building
somewhere
long-term
parking,
and
then
there
were
type
B
which
was
the
outside
bike
racks.
The
interior
parking
has
been
eliminated
from
this
draft,
and
that
was
one
of
your
comments.
Gee
Jimmy.
A
Obviously
there
were
concerns
about
it.
It
still
is
optional.
If
you
want
to
do
it,
but
we're
going
to
let
the
market
decide
whether
or
not
multifamily
to
do
that,
so
we
did
make
a
fairly
significant
change
to
the
code
in
that
respect
to
address
your
concerns,
landscape,
streetscape.
This
is
an
enhancement
over
our
existing
landscape
standards.
A
In
the
code
in
general,
again
we're
trying
to
address
the
stormwater
runoff,
the
more
water
we
can
absorb
on
the
site
and
control
it
from
leaving
the
site
through
adding
the
additional
green
space
and
grass
and
trees
will
will
help
reduce
our
long-term
cost
to
treat
that
water
when
it
goes
into
the
river,
and
it
obviously
reduces
the
runoff
that
we're
going
to
send
down
the
river
from
us
just
as
we're
concerned
about
what's
coming
from
above
stream
to
us.
So
we
are
trying
to
be
good
stewards
in
that
perspective,
signage
I,
don't
know.
A
If
any
of
you
deal
with
our
sign
code,
much
I
generally
leave
it
up
to
our
building
permit
staff,
because
it's
not
easy
to
find
anything
in
the
sign
code.
Currently
everything's
been
revamped
into
tables
in
this
code
again
districts
across
the
top
sign
types
down.
The
side
of
the
charts
and
I
think
there's
better
illustrations
of
those
sign
regulations
and
and
how
they
apply.
A
Relieve
two
design
standards
then
exist
under
our
current
code
and
again,
the
relief
is
either
through
staff
or
Planning
Commission
versus
going
to
the
Board
of
Adjustment
under
this
code.
So
there's
individual
things
listed
under
the
procedures
section
of
what
staff
can
do
as
well
as
under
specific
criteria
in
the
code
when
you're
reading,
through
it
they're
also
listed
in
there.
Whether
staff
has
the
authority
to
to
grant
relief.
So
again,
our
goal
was
the
example.
Give
us
we
had
a
multifamily
project
downtown
that
came
in
there's
conflict
in
our
existing
code.
A
A
We
supported
their
app,
but
it
still
took
him
30
days
to
go
through
the
Board
of
Adjustment
to
get
that,
then,
because
it
was
a
multi-family
project,
they
had
to
go
to
the
Planning
Commission
for
a
site
plan
review,
so
our
staff
wrote
a
second
report
for
just
the
site
plan,
part
of
it.
It
ended
up.
That
project
was
in
a
use
that
we
wanted
in
a
location
we
wanted
it.
A
The
building
was
sited
where
we
wanted
it
it
that
building
was
designed
like
we
wanted
it,
and
it
still
was
in
process
over
90
days
with
the
city
to
get
that
project
approved
today.
Under
the
current
code.
Under
the
proposed
code,
we
could
have
eliminated
going
to
the
Board
of
Adjustment
for
that,
because
the
the
conflicts
are
eliminated
under
this
code,
there's
no
longer
mandatory
review
by
of
multifamily
site
plans
by
Planning
Commission.
A
Under
this
code
they
can
be
reviewed,
administrative
leave,
I
staff,
and
so
we
think
that's
one
example
of
how
this
code
is
creating
a
Fastpass.
If
you
want
to
call
it
we're
being
very
prescriptive
on
what
the
design
requirements
are,
if
you're
willing
to
follow
them,
there
is
a
shorter
process
that
you
can
go
through.
If
you
don't
want
to
meet
those
guidelines,
there's
still
a
process
available.
A
A
Similarly,
if
you're
a
wireless
telecommunications
company
putting
in
a
thing-
and
you
need
a
variants,
there's
provisions
for
that,
if
you
have
a
use
that
is
in
the
code
that
isn't
allowed
on
a
property
use,
variances
are
still
granted
by
the
Board
of
Adjustment,
but
design
alone
is
not
going
to
create
a
nonconformity
under
this
code.
The
only
nonconformity
that
we
care
about
as
a
staff
perspective
is
use
in
this
code
and
so
again,
I
know
there
were
concerns
last
time
that
all
these
design
regulations,
if
you
didn't,
have
the
right
building
materials.
A
Your
your
property
was
going
to
be
non-conforming
under
this
code.
That
is
not
the
case.
We've
separated
that
and
design
does
not
determine
nonconformity
in
this
stance,
so
key
changes
nomenclature
in
this
code.
Previously
we
refer
to
them
as
type
1
exceptions.
They're
now
called
design
alternatives
in
the
code,
so
there's
type
1
and
type
2
design
alternatives
in
chapter
135.
A
The
design
requirements
on
the
non-conforming
design
was
in
the
code
before
it's
now
called
pre-existing
and
it's
preexisting
design
and
again
it
is
separated
out
from
the
use.
The
procedures
have
been
separated
out.
So
there's
no
confusion.
There's
no
reference
in
1/35
to
send
you
back
to
a
procedure
in
134
any
longer
in
this
code
they
have
their
own
separate
procedures.
A
The
minimum
square
footages
for
single-family
detached
structures
was
added
to
this
and
again
those
are
ranch,
1,400
square
feet
story
and
a
half
1,600
square
feet,
two-story
1800
square
feet.
If
you've
not
had
a
chance
and
when
I
said
in
those
housing
types
tables,
it's
these
requirements
are
listed.
There's
also
a
reference
in
that
section
already
that
takes
you
back
to
the
procedures
and
I
just
want
to
be
very
clear.
Under
this
code,
the
square
footage
is
for
single-family
detached
houses
are
eligible
to
up
to
a
30
percent
exception
design
exception
from
staff.
A
Without
going
to
Planning
Commission,
it's
called
a
design
alternative
and
on
a
design
exception,
but
at
30
percent.
If
the
full
30
percent
was
granted,
that
would
take
a
1400
square
foot
ranch
down
to
980
square
feet
as
the
minimum.
So
there
are
administrative
remedies
to
the
square
footages
in
this
code.
If
you
haven't
had
a
chance
to
read
that
far.
In
note,
we
heard
a
lot
about
the
administrative
relief
in
the
code.
Previously,
the
staff
maximum
to
a
numerical
requirement
was
a
15
percent
variation
that
is
doubled
in
this
code
to
30
percent.
A
So,
if
you
think
about
today
right
now,
we
have
the
ability
to
run
an
administrative
exception
under
our
existing
code.
That's
15
percent
of
a
requirement
for
a
setback,
but
we
also
require
you
to
go
out
and
get
signatures
of
every
adjoining
property
owner
to
get
that
relief,
and
it's
time-consuming
to
do
that.
Everybody
chooses
to
go
to
the
Board
of
Adjustment.
Instead,
the
Board
of
Adjustment
can
grant
up
to
50
percent
relief
of
a
code
as
an
exception
and
in
over
50%
as
a
variance.
A
What
we've
tried
to
do
is
increase
what
can
be
approved
by
staff,
administrative
Lea
and
that's
now,
a
30
percent.
So
we're
almost
we're
beyond
halfway
to
what
you
can
get
through
the
board
of
adjustment
right
now
fairly
easily,
but
still
have
to
go
through
a
30
day
process
to
get
the
one
and
a
half
story
requirement.
There
was
a
lot
of
questions
last
time
about
one
and
a
half
story:
minimum
requirement
for
detached
single-family
residential.
A
That
requirement
was
reduced
to
one
story
in
every
district,
I
believe,
except
for
the
n
for
district,
which
is
predominantly
Beaverdale,
where
the
character
of
that
neighborhood
is
have
storied
homes,
but
everywhere
else
greenfield
development
is
mostly
zoned
into
on
this
map.
It
has
a
one-story
minimum
in
the
code
for
that
the
house
type
a
in
the
n2
district
was
revised.
I
know
there
was
a
concern
that,
with
the
previous
draft
that
appeared,
it
didn't
allow
three-car
garages
didn't
allow
kind
of
a
standard
home
that
had
been
built
and
a
lot
of
subdivisions.
A
We
increased
the
amount
of
percentage
of
the
front
of
the
house
that
can
be
a
garage
in
this
code
from
50
to
65%
in
that
into
district
for
house
type,
a
which
is
your
typical,
typical
single-family
house.
That's
been
built
on
on
greenfield
development
in
des
moines
and
in
our
suburbs,
and
so
we
think
that
that
increased
percentage
in
the
table,
as
well
as
what
will
seem
to
be
corrected,
which
is
a
allowing
the
garage
to
project
right
now.
It
says
recessed,
it
was
supposed
to
say
project.
A
Our
proposal
is
by
right:
let
the
garage
project
eight
feet
in
front
of
the
home,
the
main
portion
of
the
home
that
was
derived
at
it's.
Basically
one
third
of
the
standard
depth
of
the
garage.
Previously
the
code
said
it
had
to
be
flush
or
recessed
from
the
from
the
front
of
the
house,
so
we
did
make
a
change
in
the
code
that
to
that
respect-
and
there
still
is
the
opportunity
to
seek
relief
to
that
requirement-
we
have
a
requirement
for
full
basements
on
single-family
homes.
A
Just
so
you
understand
where
that
came
from
this
hope.
Is
we've
been
looking
at?
How
can
over
time,
there'd
be
an
economical
increase
in
potential
valuation
of
properties
over
time?
Obviously
finishing
off
extra
space
or
a
basement
is
one
of
the
ways
that
we
think
that
that
can
happen
in
long
term.
Just
not
to
be
finished
initially,
our
general
thought
was
that
the
basement
requirement
was
yes,
it's
an
increased
cost,
but
it
was
an
incremental
cost.
A
You're
already
going
down,
48
inches
to
frost
depth
with
a
with
a
footing
for
a
lab
construction,
home,
additional
excavation
additional
foundation
wall
and
and
and
floor
joists
to
ghost
to
span
the
foundation
or
the
increased
cost
from
that
side
of
it.
We
think,
overall,
the
ability
for
that
space
to
be
converted
over
time
into
additional
living
space
gives
us
the
opportunity
to
capture
some
additional
growth
in
tax
based
long
term
right
now,
the
code
proposes
that
we
as
staff,
can
waive
that
requirement.
A
If
it's
a
water
table
issue
or
if,
if
you
can't
provide
sewer
to
that
lowest
floor
elevation
of
the
basement,
we
could
we
could
waive
that
administrative
Lea.
However,
if
you
wanted
to
just
not
build
a
basement
or
reduce
the
size
from
currently
the
full
basement,
the
full
footprint
you'd
have
to
go
to
the
Planning
Commission
under
this
draft.
Those
are
obviously
up
for
for
discussion
under
this.
Under
this
process,
we
do
have
proposed
a
minimum
12
by
24
garage
on
family
Bowlings,
basement
apartments.
Also
for
two
family.
A
This
garage
requirement
got
a
post-world
War
des
moines,
Merle
hay
neighborhood,
ten
by
twenty
twelve
by
twenty,
is
a
fairly
typical
garage.
It
was
built
post-world,
War,
two
construction,
and
what
we
found
is
we're
spending
his
organ
amounts
of
money
on
property,
cleanup
abatement
of
nuisances,
junk
and
debris,
and
it's
not
necessarily
that
the
junk
debris
is
going
away
in
this
instance.
It
might
be
going
inside,
but
from
a
physical
appearance
of
the
neighborhood.
It
makes
a
huge
difference
when
that
is
not
out
in
the
yard
and
they
don't
have
adequate
storage
on
their
property.
A
So
we
are
trying
to
address
this.
This
is
not
really
about
parking
cars
and
hiding
cars.
It's
about
providing
adequate
storage
on
properties
and
the
other
thing
is.
We
found
that
the
long
term,
the
properties
that
don't
have
a
garage
with
them,
are
not
appreciating
at
the
same
rate
as
the
homes
that
do
in
des
moines
and
again
from
a
tax
based
standpoint
in
des
moines.
We're
trying
to
make
sure
that
at
least
the
valuations
are
appreciating
similar
to
our
suburban
peers
when
it
comes
to
garages.
A
The
other
part
of
it
is
that,
as
a
homeowner
from
an
affordable
housing
standpoint,
one
of
the
things
of
an
affordable
housing
standpoint
is
you're,
painting,
hopefully
equity
in
your
home.
If
your
home
isn't
appreciating
at
the
same
rate,
they're,
not
getting
the
same
benefit
of
that
as
well.
So
yes
there's
an
increased
cost,
but
on
the
other
side,
there's
the
opportunity
to
to
appreciate
the
same
rate
as
other
properties
that
have
those
amenities.
A
Garage
door
requirements
as
I
said:
the
code
currently
says:
recessed,
it's
an
it's
a
typo,
it's
an
error
in
the
code.
It
was
intended
to
say
that
they
can
project
in
front
of
the
home.
We
added
flexibility
for
roof
types
and
horizontal
windows.
I
know
Scott
McMurray.
If
you're
here,
you've
raised
a
question
about
this
during
your
review,
those
are.
We
now
have
greater.
It's
now,
not
just
a
vertical
window
orientation.
That's
called
out
for
in
the
code.
It
does
allow
horizontal
to
address
more
prairie
style
architecture.
A
A
The
occupied
space
requirement
in
commercial
buildings
is
eligible
for
a
type
2
design
alternative
through
Planning
Commission.
Under
this
draft
we
debated
type
1
or
type
2
directive,
so
far
has
been
to
leave
it
as
a
type
2,
and
then
the
wireless
telecommunications,
regs,
ratted
cemeteries,
are
addressed.
In
this
code,
home
occupations
were
revised
per
council
strategic
planning
session.
We
now
have
our
short
term
rental,
which
is
with
the
Airbnb.
A
Other
platforms
are
addressed
by
this
code.
The
updated
used
tables
again,
we
eliminated
that
overlap
between
processes
between
134
and
135,
and
then
electronic
billboards
were
actually
revised.
We
previously
have
proposed
a
prohibition
on
billboards.
This
code
actually
does
allow
a
limited
amount
of
digital
billboards
on
major
commercial
corridors,
and
those
corridors
are
defined
in
the
code.
This
is
a
map
of
those
corridors,
so
any
new
conversion,
any
new,
electronic
billboard
or
any
conversion
of
a
static
display
to
a
digital
billboard
is
only
allowed
on
those
red
corridors
on
this
map.
A
Schedule
was
on
our
plan
dsm
website
again.
This
was
the
minimum
number
of
meetings
that
that
were
scheduled.
Obviously,
we
have
some
upcoming
workshops
or
our
Planning
Commission
to
get
them
familiar
with
this.
Our
steering
committee
council
has
only
talking
five
to
six
months
minimum
before
this
code
could
could
even
take
effect.