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Page 6 Many of the changes provide clarity and a more encompassing definition to help prevent unspecified or unknown uses from creating issues in the near future. All uses were reviewed again to ensure clear definitions and clear performance standards if requiring a conditional or interim use permit. Finally, updates were made specifically to items that are required by the Municipal Planning Act regarding Daycares and Residential Facilities. These changes include updated definitions and clearly allowing them in certain zoning districts as required. This may be as a principal or accessory uses with or without a conditional use permit. d) Performance Standards With the consolidation of uses and change to zones, many of the performance standards in the code for specific uses needed updating. This includes re-alphabetizing the standards within their section numbers and updating names to match uses in the zones. Landscaping was updated to better reflect today’s standards for species list and types of planting, and outdated references, codes, and language was updated. Rather than a limited list of preferred landscape materials, we have added a list of prohibited trees and shrubs. These are invasive or non-native species, have disliked qualities (e.g., smelly and messy seed pods, prolific seeds, robust thorns, etc.) or are vulnerable to pests or other environmental conditions. Specific performance standards were established for each conditional or interim use and those standards will be evaluated by the City during the review processes. The changes to the Code appear significant due to the amount of text moving around and new section numbers, however, many sections of text remained largely unchanged. A repeal and replace provided the cleanest way to adopt the proposed code changes to Chapter 90. e) Multi-Family Design Guidelines The current Multi-Family Design Guidelines were adopted in December 2005 and have been used by Staff when developers in Hugo have proposed different types of multi-family housing. This update is to modernize language, examples, images, and to provide additional clarity for what types of multi-family housing are preferred in Hugo. Guidelines are not adopted as part of the City Code and therefore do not have the same level of authority or regulation. However, the City does choose to use these to communicate preferences for development. Additional requirements found in the guidelines are encouraged to be incorporated into development proposals, but the City and the developer have flexibility with the guidelines that do not exist when applying the City Code. The City should accept these guidelines so that all who use them are clear on what they should and should not propose for a multi-family housing development.