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<br /> <br /> STAFF REPORT <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />TO: Mayor Keis and Members of City Council <br /> <br />FROM: Corrin Wendell, AICP, Community Development Director <br /> <br />DATE: May 26, 2021 <br /> <br />RE: Zoning Code Update <br /> <br /> <br />Here are the highlights to-date about our effort to update the zoning code, along with a few <br />questions for the Council. We will provide additional briefings during the year. <br />OBJECTIVES <br />• User-Friendly: Make the zoning code easier to navigate and understand <br />• Diet: Trim the dead wood, the districts that aren’t even used or which seem duplicative <br />• Contemporary: Remove outdated material and introduce contemporary practices <br />• Rice Street: Create a regulatory environment that fosters proud new investment along Rice <br />Street <br />• Conditions: Provide clear, written conditions for those land uses that sometimes have negative <br />off-site effects <br />• Standards: Establish standards for all types of development that will contribute to an <br />attractive and functional city <br />• Administration: Streamline the application review process <br />• Retention: Keep the desirable features of the present code; minimize creating non-conforming <br />land uses. <br />PROCESS <br />• Diagnosis: Started with an analysis of the present code last year <br />• Planning Commission: Work with the Planning Commission as the primary source of public <br />review and comment; conduct monthly review sessions; provide explanatory memos <br />• Outreach: Meet with major landowners and the business community <br />• Website: When the Planning Commission approves, post a draft of the entire code, chapter- <br />by-chapter, for the public to review, along with a summary memo <br />• City Staff: Review every word with the City planning and engineering staff <br />• Comments: Collect and present public comments; respond to every comment <br />• One Year: Aim for a 12-month process