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10. LDR Amendment: Codification and Modification of SR 60 Corridor Plan Requirements At its April 22, 1997 regular meeting, the Board of County Commissioners adopted the SR 60 Corridor Plan. The plan contains detailed regulations that have been applied to new development applications filed after the April 22nd adoption date. For several months prior to adoption, via use of the pending ordinance doctrine invoked by the Board, general corridor plan requirements (architectural enhancements, landscaping, signage) were applied to development projects. Therefore, certain projects have been constructed that generally meet some or most of the SR 60 Corridor Plan requirements (Rex T.V., Wal-Mart Superstore, Sam's, Home Depot, Rooms -to -Go, Boot Outlet, Amoco at 82nd Avenue, Holiday Inn Express). Other projects have been reviewed and approved that meet all corridor plan requirements (Toys -R Us, Eckerds at 58th Avenue/SR 60, Hedin commercial project). Thus, the county and the development community have experience with applying various corridor plan requirements. At the time that the corridor plan was adopted, the Board and staff discussed some modifications to the plan requirements that could be made at the time that the requirements are codified into the LDRs (see attachment #1). Staff has now drafted LDRs that codify the SR 60 Corridor Plan requirements. The proposed LDRs eliminate some "plan language" that is not necessary in an LDR format, address issues raised by the Board during plan adoption, and address issues that have come up over the last several months during review of proposed projects. At two meetings (February 3 and February 19, 1998), the PSAC (Professional Services Advisory Committee) reviewed the proposed modifications. Members of the SR 60 on-going review task force and a member of the overall SR 60 task force attended and participated in those meetings. At its February 19' meeting, the PSAC voted 7-1 to recommend approval of the resulting proposed LDR amendment. Thus, the proposed amendment represents input and agreement among staff, the PSAC, and members of the SR 60 task force. Like the Wabasso Corridor Plan requirements, the proposed amendments would be placed in a special section of the zoning ordinance (Chapter 911) and would act as a set of special regulations that overlay a defined corridor area That corridor area would be depicted on the county's official zoning atlas, in the same way that the Wabasso Corridor is currently depicted. For ease of comparison, the proposed amendments indicate changes to adopted corridor plan wording. Many changes involve elimination of purpose and intent wording that has been summarized and placed at the beginning of the proposed LDR section. Other changes involve creation of a special definitions section, a review and submittal section, and an expanded exemptions section placed toward the front of the regulations. Also, there are other changes that involve clarification of wording or elimination of requirements that are now contained -an countywide landscaping and buffering LDRs. There are, however, some more substantive modifications to plan requirements. Such substantive changes include the following: A. Exemption for industrial uses (pp. 29, 35, and 38): A foundation planting exemption for industrial'and storage buildings is proposed for the sides of such buildings that do not front residential areas, roads, or exclusive access driveways. Because industrial and storage uses do not invite the general public or residents to the site, foundation plantings out of view of the public would not generally enhance the May 4, 1998 10