TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Jay Reinstein, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Gerald Newton, AICP, Development Services Director
Marsha Bryant, Development Advocate
DATE: February 5, 2018
RE:
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Request guidance from Council regarding Unified Development Code (UDO) Amendments and plan updates.
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal III: High Quality Built Environment.
FY18 Targets for Action: Complete Comprehensive Land Use Plan, Review changes to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO
Executive Summary:
The Development Services Department has been directed by City Council to bring forth UDO Code Amendments twice a year, spring and fall. A concerted focus on the current comprehensive land use plans is also a council directive. Both are underway. This document provides an update to the Council to provide further insight and policy direction of both. The memorandum is also designed to open the conversation of which items the Council most desires to be accomplished with existing staff resources
Background:
Text amendments addressing some inconsistencies (housekeeping), offering flexibility without compromising quality in landscaping, buffering; review processes, and administrative and enforcement items have been identified.
Longer term items of the regulations appear to be getting coordinated with an ad-hoc committee anticipated to be formed by either the mayor or a city council action. Similarly, the staff is examining existing uses, on the ground, to zoning for inconsistencies. Combined, staff would like guidance from Council on proposed staff initiated and the development community initiated, as well as any Council initiated items.
Zoning Map and Zoning Text are a form of a Comprehensive Plan. The city's zoning map and text are also considered as a part of the city's comprehensive plan per state statute. Essentially, the UDO's zoning is an additional component of existi...
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