In a more than two-hour workshop on Nov. 8, the Holiday Island City Planning Commission continued with additions and adjustments to Ord. 2022-006 Planning and Zoning Regulations.
Section 16.40 was the most discussed item, regarding detached accessory units on properties. Those units were defined as a subordinate building located on the same or adjoining lot, to the main building where they are under the same ownership and zoning district. It also established that such a building in residential use must acquire a Conditional Use Permit.
The new language defined what happens to the property if the detached accessory structures were requested to be placed on an adjoining lot that the lot lines would not be subject to setback requirements, and the lots would be considered developed. Finally, three rules were established for when the conditional use may be granted including:
- The structures must have common roof, breezeway, foundation wall or other inseparable construction feature to prevent the lots from being able to be sold separately.
- The deed restriction on both lots and accessory buildings must specify the lots cannot be sold separately.
- There should be no substantial objections in the permit submission process from property owners in the same unit.
Commissioners felt the last rule was the best way at the time to address concern about the rules of previous housing covenants about accessory buildings, requiring property owners to address one another when permission to install an accessory building was requested. They also made sure to clarify in the wording that the “adjoining lots” must share the same street frontage to avoid accessory buildings being on lots that abutted the back of another property and made street frontage look like it held only non-conforming buildings without reason.
Commissioners also suggested section 16.60 dealing with Outdoor Storage Screening be made to address zones C-2, C-3, and C-4 with rules for how vegetation may be used as a screen from public rights-of-way.