AGENDA DATE: 12/10/2025
TITLE:
TA-2025-00003: Resolution of Intent to amend Chapter 18 of the County Code to permit outdoor storage, display, and sales by-right instead of by special use permit in the Entrance Corridor Overlay District BODY
SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Resolution of Intent to amend Chapter 18 of the County Code to establish design standards for outdoor storage, display, and sales to allow the uses by-right instead of by special use permit in the Entrance Corridor Overlay District.
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Wall, Herrick, Tevendale, Filardo, Barnes, Fritz, Maliszewski, Taggart
PRESENTER (S): N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: The County Code requires a special use permit for outdoor storage, display, and sales in the Entrance Corridor Overlay District. The Architectural Review Board (ARB), Planning Commission (PC), and Board of Supervisors (Board) have expressed interest in developing design standards that would permit outdoor storage, display, and sales as a by-right use in the Entrance Corridor Overlay District.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Quality of Life - Encourage a vibrant community with economic and recreational opportunities that serve all community members.
DISCUSSION: The ARB reviews and provides comments on special use permit applications for outdoor storage, display, and sales in the Entrance Corridor Overlay District. The ARB forwards a recommendation, often accompanied with standardized conditions, to the PC and the Board. Since the establishment of the Entrance Corridor Overlay District, only two applications for outdoor storage, display, and sales have been denied. These applications also involved additional special use permit requests related to auto sales and a country store, respectively. An evaluation of those files indicates that the outdoor storage and display request was not a determining factor in the denials. The creation of design standards would permit such uses by right, provided that the proposals comply with these standards, thereby facilitating a more efficient approval process for a use that is regularly approved.
BUDGET IMPACT: Currently, special permit applications for outdoor storage, display, and sales are reviewed by various County staff and partner agencies, the ARB, PC, and Board. Applying design standards to outdoor storage, display, and sales applications is a significantly less resource-intensive process for the County and applicants. Amending the ordinance to allow for administrative review of outdoor storage, display, and sales is not expected to have a budget impact.
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Board adopt the attached resolution of intent (Attachment A).
ATTACHMENTS:
A - Resolution of Intent