BILL NO. ______ORDINANCE NO. ______

INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN______

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE IV, DIVISION 16 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF CRESTWOOD, MISSOURI, RELATING TO SELF-STORAGE FACILITIES AND PERMITTED USES IN THE “M-1”, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND “PD-M”, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT-INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS

WHEREAS, Section 89.030, RSMo. provides that municipalities may designate zoning districts and may regulate and restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration or use of buildings, structures, or land within those districts; and

WHEREAS, the City of Crestwood (the “City”) has divided the City into zoning districts, including the Light Industrial (“M-1”) and Planned Development – Industrial (“PD-M”) which is composed of those areas of the City whose principal use is and ought to be light manufacturing, warehousing, and other limited industrial uses; and

WHEREAS, City staff recommends that self-storage facilities, which typically require large amounts of land, generate small amounts of economic activity, and have the potential to harm property values, be permitted in the M-1 and PD-M Districts only upon the issuance of a conditional use permit pursuant to the criteria in Section 26-302 of the Municipal Code of the City of Crestwood (the “Code”); and

WHEREAS, City staff submitted the proposed amendment to Chapter 26 of the City’s Code to the Planning, Zoning, and Architectural Review Commission (the “Commission”), and a majority of the Commission recommended that the Board of Aldermen approve the proposed amendment; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen held a public hearing on , 2017, with notice to the public as required by Section 26-343 of the Code; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen finds that the proposed amendment to Section 26-401 of the Code would be in the best interest of the City.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF CRESTWOOD, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1:Chapter 26, Article IV, Division 16, Section 26-401 of the Municipal Code of the City of Crestwood, relating to permitted and conditional uses, is hereby amended by the addition of language in red, to read as follows:

Division 16 – LISTING OF PERMITTED AND CONDITIONAL USES

Sec. 26-401. – Zoning Matrix

Land Use Category / R1 – R5 / C-1 / M-1 / PD-R / PD-MXD / PD-C / PD-M

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531130 / Lessors of Mini-Warehouses and Self-Storage Units / C / C

SECTION 2:The remaining provisions of Chapter 26, Article IV, Division 16 of the City’s Code shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 3:This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Board of Aldermen and its approval by the Mayor.

PASSED AND SIGNED this _____ day of , 2017.

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Mayor

ATTEST:

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City Clerk

APPROVED this ____day of , 2017.

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Mayor

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