Department of Community Development
Reference: Future Suggested Land Use & Development Code Amendments
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council
Chairman Chris Maslanik and Members of the Planning Commission
Through: Michael P. Martinez, City Manager
Prepared By: Shannon McDowell, Senior Long Range Planner
Date Prepared: January 5, 2023
PURPOSE
Staff is continuing to work through a long list of potential Land Use & Development Code (LUDC) amendments and wishes to discuss the next topics proposed to be addressed with both City Council and the Planning Commission.
PROCESSES
The LUDC outlines the code amendment process, which allows for initiation of amendments by the City Council, Planning Commission, and staff on behalf of these entities.
The City Council and the Planning Commission should use the Review Criteria outlined in the Land Use & Development Code's Section 2.10 B. The Code Amendment criteria generally include but are not limited to furthering the purposes of the LUDC, amendments being in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan, promoting the public safety, health and general welfare of the community, and improving the effectiveness and efficiency of administering the LUDC.
STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA
? Recognizable and Well-Planned Community
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS
The LUDC are regulations we continually work to improve and adjust. Staff maintains a list of code provisions that are impractical to administer or do not result in the outcome that is intended. Staff also looks for areas of the LUDC that lack clarity, may be in conflict with one another, or items that are not currently in the code that may need to be. This agenda item includes a variety of amendments suggested by staff for your consideration. Listed below are some of the larger topics staff would propose to address, but small changes or other items may be included with the modifications when the code amendment comes before each body for a public hearing. We would be h...
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