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BOOK 95 F,, a 08 "stack -up" into a parking space back-up area or a driveway/driving aisle intersection. In strictly applying the current separation requirements to various projects, public works staff and design professionals have found the minor and intermediate driveway requirements to be excessive. Public works staff are now proposing an LDR amendment that decreases the separation distances applied to minor and major driveways, and that reformats the LDR section that contains those requirements. In the opinion of public works staff, the proposed changes would adequately ensure proper traffic circulation. At its April 13; 1995 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission discussed these proposed changes. Although no public works staff were present to discuss the separation distance recommendations, planning staff discussed the changes and the reasons for staff's recommendation. As noted in the draft ordinance, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the separation distance between rights-of-way and on-site driveways and parking spaces, along intermediate driveways, remain at 50' rather than the 25' standard recommended by staff. Staff has not changed its recommendation for a 25' separation distance. Reference: PSAC meeting summary: 12/15/94 & 1/19/95 (attachments 3 & 4). Planning and Zoning Commission meeting minutes (attachment #7). 15. Staff -level Approval of Certain Administrative Permits. The impetus for this proposed change was direction given by the Planning and Zoning Commission at its December 8, 1994 meeting. At that meeting, after approving a guest cottage proposal, Planning and Zoning Commission members agreed that staff should look into allowing staff approval for certain routine administrative permit uses (such as guest cottages). Based upon that directive, planning staff reviewed the current LDR procedures for approving administrative permit uses. Currently, LDR Chapters 971 and 902 require all administrative permit uses, regardless of project size, to be reviewed and approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission as well as by staff. To change this requirement, staff proposes changes to chapters 971 and 902 to accomplish the following: a. Authorize staff -level approval for certain types of administrative permit uses. b. Provide that any uses that are approvable at the staff level be specified as such under the special criteria subsection for that use. C. Provide that staff approvable administrative permit requests accompanied by an administrative approval site plan be approved by the community development director and that requests accompanied by plans reviewed as minor site plans be approved by the TRC. d. Provide that staff apply all 971 specific criteria to requests for such uses and authorize staff to apply necessary safeguards and conditions to approvals of requests (as the P&ZC does under the current LDR's). 8 MAY 159 1995 M M M