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Planners outline five-meeting process to rewrite zoning ordinance; committee approves moving draft forward

5968564 · October 7, 2025
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Planning staff described a five-meeting adoption process for a citywide zoning ordinance rewrite; the committee voted to send the draft forward for a public hearing and later votes, and planners said existing legal rulings and nonconforming-use protections will be preserved.

The Committee on Bills on Second Reading voted to approve moving a draft zoning ordinance rewrite forward for the public hearing process after Planning and Community Development Director Jeff Belanger and senior planner Kristen Bixby described the steps to adopt a new code.

Belanger told the committee the adoption process for a zoning rewrite consists of five meetings: the committee consideration that took place Wednesday, a full board recommendation to set a public…

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