No. 09OA008 – Ordinance Amendment

A request by West Central Mfg. - Hoag Land Company to consider an application for a Ordinance Amendment to Amend Chapter 17.56.030 (Business Park District) to allow the following as a conditional use if within a completely enclosed building:1. The manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of such products as bakery goods, candy, cosmetics, dairy products, drugs, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, perfumed toilet soaps, toiletries and food products; 2. The manufacture, compounding, assembling or treatment of articles of merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: aluminum, bone, cellophane, canvas, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paper, plastics, precious or semiprecious metals or stones, shell, rubber, textiles, tin, iron, steel, wood (excluding saw mill), yard and paint not involving a boiling process; 3. The manufacture of pottery and figurines or other similar ceramic products, using only previously pulverized clay, and kilns fired only by electricity or gas; 4. The manufacture of firearms, not to include the manufacture of ammunition; 5. The manufacture of musical instruments, toys, novelties, and rubber and metal stamps; 6. Laboratories and establishments for production and repair of jewelry, eye glasses, hearing aids, prosthetic appliances and dental appliances. Retail trade of these activities must accompany the wholesale or production process.

PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
Planning Commission recommended that the Ordinance Amendment to Amend Chapter 17.56.030 (Business Park District) to allow the following as a conditional use if within a completely enclosed building: 1.The manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of such products as bakery goods, candy, cosmetics, dairy products, drugs, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, perfumed toilet soaps, toiletries and food products; 2. The manufacture, compounding, assembling or treatment of articles of merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: aluminum, bone, cellophane, canvas, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paper, plastics, precious or semiprecious metals or stones, shell, rubber, textiles, tin, iron, steel, wood (excluding saw mill), yard and paint not involving a boiling process; 3. The manufacture of pottery and figurines or other similar ceramic products, using only previously pulverized clay, and kilns fired only by electricity or gas; 4. The manufacture of firearms, not to include the manufacture of ammunition; 5. The manufacture of musical instruments, toys, novelties, and rubber and metal stamps; and 6. Laboratories and establishments for production and repair of jewelry, eye glasses, hearing aids, prosthetic appliances and dental appliances. Retail trade of these activities must accompany the wholesale or production process; be approved.

VOTE: (8 to 0 with Braun, Brown, Collins, Gregg, Kinniburgh, Landguth, Scull and Zephier voting yes and none voting no)