Council tables zoning text amendment to limit multi-structure allowance to industrial lots

City staff presented a zoning text amendment (Resolution 20 24 002) requested by applicant Tyler Bragleman that would alter local code to permit more than one principal building on a single lot. Staff said the applicant seeks flexibility to construct multiple leased buildings on industrial parcels; staff also outlined two alternatives — combining structures into one contiguous building or replatting as a common-interest community (CIC) — and recommended the text amendment pathway as an option.

Councilors raised questions about whether the change should apply beyond industrial areas, with concern that opening the rule to commercial or highway business districts could generate traffic, parking or land-use issues. One councilor urged limiting the change to industrial lots. During debate the council had a motion to approve the amendment on the floor but later moved to table the proposal until staff returned with language restricting the amendment to industrial districts; the motion to table prevailed 3–2.

Council direction: Staff was asked to draft narrower ordinance language that would limit the multi-structure allowance to industrial parcels and return the revised text at the next meeting for additional consideration.

Context: Planning staff said multiple technical options exist (consolidation, CIC plat, or code change) and that legal review had been involved in drafting the proposed text. The planning commission had been part of the earlier review process. The tabling stops immediate code change and directs staff to prepare a limited, district-specific amendment.