HomeMy WebLinkAboutA004 - Memo to Council - two additional changes to ordinances, April 19, 1985 M17 N AWN
TO: Mayor and ci 1 �1JJ 0
FROM: Paul Wenbe sistant City Manager
DATE: April 19, 1985
SUBJECT: Retroactive Conversion Permit Ordinances
Attached are two ordinances prepared by City Attorney John Klaus which incorpor-
ate the concepts approved by the City Council at the April 2, 1985, meeting con-
cerning the issuance of Retroactive Conversion Permits. Ordiance Type I would
grant appeal authority solely to the Housing Appeals Board while Ordinance Type
II grants appeal authority for non-zoning matters to the Housing Appeals Board
and authority for zoning matters to the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
City staff is proposing two other changes from the April 2nd Council Action Form
which have been incorporated into both ordinances. These changes are as
follows:
1. Section 13.39(2) (a) and (b) would allow grandfathering of ceiling height and
minimum room size only if certain minimum standards have been met. City
staff believes it is prudent to add these minimum standards to those two
grandfathered provisions to preclude units with unusually low ceiling
heights or small minimum room sizes from receiving Retroactive Conversion
Permits. Owners of such properties would still have the option of complying
with the provisions as stated in Section 13.39(2) (a) and (b) or receiving an
exception through the appeal process.
2. The cutoff date by which property owners must apply for Retroactive Conver-
sion Permits has been changed from July 1, 1985, to September 1, 1985. This
change is being proposed by City staff in order to provide sufficient time
to notify all persons affected by the proposed ordinance of the need to
apply for Retroactive Conversion Permits by September 1, 1985. If first
reading of the proposed ordinance is scheduled for May 7th, then the ordi-
nance could be adopted upon third reading at the May 28th City Council meet-
ing. This will allow three months for information to be disseminated
through channels such as City utility bills, the "Key to the City," and
letters to the 389 property owners on the City's list of suspected conver-
sions without building and zoning permits.
Please contact me if you have any questions regarding the changes proposed by
City staff.
/lw
Attach.
c: Ralph Parks, Fire Chief
John Luchan, Building Official
Keith Denner
Reiny Friedrich
John McKinney