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COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 14, 2000 is needed to officially adopt any new zoning district or standards, we need to show substantial progress. EDAC voted to adopt a statement indicating support for the standards. The Planning and Zoning Board voted 6 -0 to adopt the statement with two (2) minor changes, which are underlined: Endorse the preliminary and draft Town Center standards as recommended by staff with the understanding that the City may revise specific language and requirements in the standards. (The signage standards (section 3.8) will be temporarily pulled from the standards for further review). Revisions would occur as part of the process for amending the City's zoning ordinance to include standards for a new Town Center zoning district. As noted above, the City will have to process the Town Center standards as an amendment to the zoning ordinance. There will be two elements to this zoning amendment: • One element is the rezoning of the Town Center area. Our tent h been to rezone the areas currently zoned SC Shopping Center and LB Limited B e (A zoning is an amendment Y PP g �'� g to the zoning ordinance, because the zoning map is p o ance. • The other element is the development standard for ne istrict. Every zoning district has its own subsection in the zoning ordinance the s standards for that district. The Town Center standards we've been discussing e su`section for the Town Center zoning district. State statute as well as the City's zonin nce regulate how to process a zoning amendment. Approval of a zoning amendment re • " '` e • to of the City Council. The two -(2) earliest possible s e a listed below. Staff intends to schedule the hearing for the September 2000, Planning an ' g Beard meeting. Staff plans to finish refining the Town Center standards in time for that meeting: Latest date to send notice To newspaper August 23 September 20 Mail notice to property owner's flexible flexible Notice published in newspaper August 29 September 26 Public hearing at P & Z September 13 October 11 City Council action September 25 October 23 Council Member Carlson requested a map of the Town Center. She read the first element to the zoning amendment and asked if staff is still talking about rezoning the Village and the north/east and south/east quadrant. Staff advised at this point staff is still talking about rezoning those areas. •