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DEPARTMENT: Planning & Zoning
SUBMITTED BY: Laura McClelland
PRESENTED BY: John Osborne
TITLE & DESCRIPTION:
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Ordinance First Reading/Amending Land Development Regulations Sections 20-538, 20-126 through 20-143 and 20-136 through 20-140
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REQUESTED MOTION:
To approve the first reading of an Ordinance amending the Land Development Regulations Sections 20-538 Parking area design and development standards, zoning district sections 20-126 through 20-143 adding electric substation as permitted use, amending zoning districts sections 20-136 through 20-140 adding affordable residential uses as permitted uses.
SUMMARY:
The following are proposed amendments to the DeSoto County Land Development Regulation related to parking areas for churches, electric substations, affordable housing (Live-Local Act). These proposed amendments will have the following schedule:
April 23, 2024 - First reading before the Board of County Commissioners
May 7, 2024 - Public hearing before the Planning Commission
May 28, 2024 - Final public hearing before the Board of County Commissioners
BACKGROUND:
Proposed LDR Amendment to Parking Area Design and Development Standards for Churches
Background
In March 2024, a local church received building permits to convert a pole barn to a church. A Development Plan was approved and conditioned that the Improvement Plan would be required and be reviewed against County requirements, including parking. Churches typically operate one or two days per week for a few hours. The current County requirements for churches allow 50% of the required parking to be grass. Staff believe this puts an inordinate burden on small churches and propose the following amendment. This amendment allows churches under 5,000 s.f. to have 50% grass or if they feel this is an inordinate burden due to limited frequency of use, they can request grass parking for the ...
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