Council hears study session on comprehensive zoning code modernization

Deputy City Manager and the community development director introduced a study session on a comprehensive administrative update to the city’s zoning code, saying staff and consultants have worked for about two years to simplify, consolidate and modernize regulations. Nancy Fong and her InterWest team outlined the process and primary goals: reformatting 56 chapters into 14, removing obsolete uses, simplifying entitlement procedures and expanding noticing (including authority for up to a 1,000‑foot notice radius and supplemental on‑site signs for complex projects). The consultant said the new draft code is roughly 351 pages and consolidates residential, commercial and industrial zones into clearer categories.