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Minutes - Plan Co~ssion November 28, 1990 Page 6 . WHEREAS, on November 14, 1990, the University City Redevelop- ment Authority referred proposed amendments of the Eastgate- Westgate Urban Renewal Plan to the City Plan Commission for review for their conformance with the 1986 Comprehensive Plan for the City of Universitv city. Missouri; and WHEREAS, at its regular meeting on November 28, 1990, the City Plan Commission did review the proposed amendments to the Eastgate- Westgate Urban Renewal Plan with recommendations that: a) item #2b) on Page 3 be changed to read "Relocation assistance of families or businesses who will be displaced by the Plan." b) the Plan incorporate any editorial changes to be submitted to the Director of Planning for his review and approval; and c) suggested changes to Exhibit 1 Existing Land Use and Exhibit 2 - Proposed Land Use be made. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That with the proposed amendments and recommended changes to the Eastgate-Westgate Urban Renewal Plan, such Plan is consistent with the 1986 Comprehensive Plan for the City of University city. Missouri. PROPOSAL FOR TEXT AMENDMENT TO ZONING CODE - DEFINITIONS FOR MEDICALLY-RELATED USES Chairperson Kreishman asked Ms. Elwood to review with members her Memorandum of November 19, 1990, proposing several new definitions for the medically-related uses in the Zoning Code. Ms. Elwood stated that on October 24, 1990, the Plan Commission had recommended to the City Council that Sections 34-35.4 and 34- 40.3 (b) be amended to include provision for "Residential and Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Centers" as conditional uses. The recommendation was made in order to progress toward fulfillment of a recently enacted state statute which appears to require that the zoning ordinances of Missouri counties, cities, towns and villages with a population over 500 provide for establishing these types of uses as either permitted, conditional or special uses. One of the issues addressed in October with regard to these amendments was a lack of adequate definitions for the various medical facilities and medically-related uses provided for in the Zoning Code. The Plan Commission requested that Planning staff draft definitions for such uses and facilities which will adequately reflect like definitions in the Missouri state statutes. Planning staff had researched the state statutory definitions and proposed alternative definitions for Convalescent Homes, Nursing Homes, Hospitals and Substance Abuse Treatment Centers. One definition for each of these uses mirrored those in the state statute; the alternative definition was a tailored definition which