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• <br />• 98t° Avenue Manufacturing Area Exemption <br />Over the last few months, county planning staff has worked with Chamber of Commerce staff, <br />owners of manufacturing -businesses located along 98'h Avenue, and the SR 60 On-going Review <br />Task Force to address concerns about certain SR 60 Corridor Plan requirements applicable to <br />manufacturing businesses. All parties have agreed upon a proposed amendment to the existing land <br />development regulations (LDRs) that would recognize unique characteristics of the 98th Avenue <br />manufacturing area, ensure proper buffering, and provide certain corridor plan exemptions and <br />flexibilities for that area <br />At its meeting of August 24,1999, the Board of County Commissioners authorized staff to proceed <br />with formal consideration of the proposed amendment. On September 16, 1999, the Professional <br />Services Advisory Committee (PSAC) and SR 60 On-going Review Task Force jointly reviewed and <br />recommended approval of the proposed exemption for the 98'h Avenue manufacturing district. <br />• Historic Buildings and Resources Exemption <br />At its meeting of September 28, 1999, the Board of County Commissioners considered and adopted <br />amendments to the Wabasso Corridor Plan LDRs. At that meeting, the Board added to those <br />amendments a provision that exempts historic buildings and resources in Wabasso from certain <br />Wabasso Corridor Plan requirements in cases where the Corridor Plan requirements conflict with <br />historic preservation. Besides adding such a provision to the Wabasso Corridor Plan LDRs, the <br />Board directed staff to make a similar addition to the SR 60 Corridor Plan LDRs. Staff has now <br />added such a provision to the proposed amendments to the SR 60 Corridor Plan LDRs. <br />• Planning and Zoning Commission Recommendation <br />At its October 14,1999 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7-0 to recommend that <br />the Board of County Commissioners adopt the proposed SR 60 Corridor Plan LDR amendments <br />regarding the 981 Avenue and historic buildings/resources exemption. <br />The Board of County Commissioners is now to adopt, adopt with changes, or deny the proposed <br />LDR amendments. <br />Both exemptions are contained in a single LDR amendment ordinance. The amendments are <br />structured to delineate or reference both new exemptions in every subsection within the SR 60 <br />Corridor Plan regulations where other existing exemptions are delineated or referenced. <br />• 99t° Avenue Manufacturing Area Exemption <br />The existing SR 60 Corridor requirements apply throughout the SR 60 Corridor. Besides the area <br />along SR 60 itself, the corridor includes the industrially zoned manufacturing businesses located <br />south of SR 60 on the west side of 98'h Avenue (see attachment #1). Although there are some other <br />industrially zoned properties within the SR 60 Corridor along 90`h Avenue, the subject segment of <br />99'h Avenue is the only area within the corridor where there is a concentration of solely <br />manufacturing uses. <br />Purely manufacturing uses differ from other uses allowed in commercial/industrial areas because <br />manufacturing sites are frequented by employees and suppliers rather than customers and "the <br />public". Currently, most SR 60 Corridor Plan requirements apply to industrial uses, although <br />industrial uses are specifically exempted from architectural/building and foundation planting <br />OCTOBER 26, 1999 <br />-65- BOOK �.d.1 FSU ..�.` <br />L J <br />