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ASSISTANT PLANNER BERG NEXT DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD THE <br />ADOPTION OF AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE IN REGARD TO PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS <br />AND PASSED OUT A MEMO SETTING OUT SUGGESTED CHANGES TO THE ZONING <br />ORDINANCE. HE REPORTED THAT AT THE LAST ZONING COMMISSION MEETING <br />IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT SINCE WE ARE PROPOSING A SITE PLAN ORDINANCE, <br />MORE USES SHOULD BE PUT UNDER SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS RATHER THAN GRANTED <br />AS AN "OUTRIGHT" USE IN THE VARIOUS ZONING DISTRICTS. HE STATED THAT <br />BASICALLY -WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO SAY IS THAT IN A R-1 ZONE THE ONLY <br />USE THAT SHOULD BE PERMITTED WOULD BE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES; <br />THERE MAY, HOWEVER, BE SOME USES THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE AND ALL <br />4 <br />THE USES THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE, SUCH AS PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS, <br />SHOULD BE PLACED UNDER A SPECIAL EXCEPTION. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THERE ARE REALLY SEVERAL <br />SEPARATE ISSUES. PRIMARILY, WE ARE CONCERNED WITH THE PARKS AND <br />PLAYGROUNDS PROBLEM, AND HE FELT THAT POSSIBLY THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM <br />CAN BE CLEARED UP BY REDEFINITION OF WHAT WE MEAN BY PARKS AND PLAY- <br />GROUNDS, RATHER THAN BY PLACING THEM UNDER SPECIAL EXCEPTION. THE <br />ATTORNEY CONTINUED THAT HE DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT ZONING CLASSIFICA- <br />TIONS SHOULD HAVE USES THAT IN THE MAJORITY COME UNDER SPECIAL <br />EXCEPTIONS. HE FELT INSTEAD THAT SOMEONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE <br />AN APPLICATION UNDER A PERMITTED USE AND KNOW IT IS PERMITTED IN <br />THAT ZONE AND THEN ONLY HAVE TO MEET THE SITE PLAN. APPROVAL REQUIRE- <br />MENTS RATHER THAN FIRST HAVING TO OVERCOME THE SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS <br />AND THEN MEET THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS. ATTORNEY COLLINS <br />POINTED OUT THAT ACTUALLY THERE ARE VERY FEW ZONES THAT DON'T REQUIRE <br />SITE PLAN APPROVAL, AND HE WOULD RATHER HAVE PERMITTED USES AFTER <br />SITE PLAN APPROVAL. <br />ASSISTANT PLANNER BERG STATED THAT, AS A PLANNER, HE AGREED <br />100% THAT THERE SHOULD BE DEFINITE USES -IN EVERY SINGLE ZONE THAT <br />SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO A PERSON AS AN "OUTRIGHT" USE. HE INFORMED <br />THE BOARD THAT THE ZONING COMMISSION HAS WRITTEN A NEW DEFINITION OF <br />PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS WHICH HE FEELS IN AND OF ITSELF MIGHT SERVE <br />THE PURPOSE, AND THEY WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION IF THE BOARD WERE TO <br />MAKE THIS AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE. HE GAVE THE BOARD A COPY OF THE <br />PROPOSED DEFINITION. <br />33 <br />FEB 81978 <br />Boa 33 PASF 443 <br />