Planning commission recommends new subdivision procedures; council to vote at regular meeting

The council reviewed a proposed ordinance amending Chapter 10 of the Eureka City Municipal Code to establish procedures and development standards for subdivisions. Shay said the planning commission recommended the draft with a few clarifications and that those clarifications were already addressed in the ordinance text.

Why it matters: a new subdivision ordinance would update the city's development review procedures and could replace an older, more complex version.

Shay told the council the planning commission "gave a go ahead with the consideration that maybe a couple of things be added in there to direct towards, e the EPA and building, and it was determined that those are implied, and it's just a procedure. And, yeah, it's been been approved the council or it's been recommended by the planning commission to pass it." Brad said he was familiar with a similar Fountain Green ordinance and saw no problem with the council adopting the simpler, updated version. "It should cover your needs, and then some for the foreseeable future," Brad said.

Council members asked about administrative checklists and application forms that accompany the ordinance. Shay said those are administrative documents; Brad said he preferred the city pass them by resolution and offered to prepare a resolution that could be ratified at the next meeting if the council adopted the ordinance at the regular session.

Next step: the council will consider the ordinance and the accompanying resolution to adopt checklists and application forms at the regular council meeting; no formal adoption occurred at the work session.