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TUESDAY. JANUARY 26. 1999 <br /> Council next considered the need to conduct a public hearing and consider approval, on <br /> <br />first reading, of Ordinance No. 99-1 on a request by the Planning Commission to amend Section <br /> <br />II--Definitions and Section XI--District Regulations-Professional District, Paragraph J-- <br /> ; <br /> <br />Permitted Uses-RP-1 Residential-Professional District, Sub-paragraph 4--Life Care Facility, of <br />the City's Zoning Ordinance. Mr. Wayne Knox, Planning, Zoning and Housing Manager, spoke <br />on this issue, stating that the proposed change was an effort to effectively address the need for <br />assisted living facilities in the City. He stated that there was currently no adequate definition of <br />such facilities in the Code, and there would be more requests for placement of such facilities in <br />the future. He went on to say that the Planning Commission had approved a definition and made <br />allowance for such facilities in residential and professional districts. Further discussion then <br />took place among Council and staff concerning various issues related to the proposed change, <br />including impact on surrounding properties, other permitted uses in the same districts, tax value <br />impact, buffering between properties, examples viewed in other localities, responses from <br />residents concerning the proposed change, and the fact that the change proposed would create a <br />primarily administrative review of the siting of such facilities in the future, unless a special use <br />permit requirement was added.. The Public Heating was then opened. Mrs. Pinkard asked if the <br />proposed change was in response to a specific proposed project, and was told that it was not. <br />There were no other speakers and the heating was closed. Vice-Mayor Teague commented that <br />the inclusion of a Special Use Permit requirement would provide for more public input on the <br />siting of such facilities in the future. Council Member Roop clarified the fact that all that was <br />being asked of Council on this occasion was a change in the definition of such facilities, and that <br />they could come back later to modify the process for approval, if needed. Vice-Mayor Teague <br />still had concem about this issue, and moved to adopt the Ordinance as written, with the <br /> <br /> <br />