City planning staff provided commissioners an overview on Aug. 28 of recent state legislation that will change several city planning and land-use procedures.

Karen, a city staff member, said the recent legislative sessions produced numerous bills affecting cities and land use. She told the commission that House Bill 24 clarifies notices and protest procedures for citywide zoning changes and requires sign posting from initial publication through Council action. She said House Bill 2025 addresses plats and tax statements, and that other bills define "no-impact" home-based businesses and limit local regulation of those uses while preserving local health-and-safety authority. Karen also summarized changes affecting mobile food vendors, manufacturing home rules (House Bill 7 85), posting and transparency for public improvement districts (PIDs), and impact-fee rules that remove planning commissions from serving as capital-improvements advisory committees.

Karen told commissioners that open-government rules now require posting by the third business day before a meeting rather than 72 hours, which has scheduling implications for staff. She also noted bills dealing with assisted-living preparedness, certificates-of-occupancy substitutes, and other technical items. "It was a very heavy land use, legislative session this time," Karen said, and staff will continue monitoring the bills and working to ensure the city complies.

Commissioners and staff discussed immediate operational implications, including earlier public-notice timing for meeting materials and the need to create a separate capital improvements advisory committee to comply with new impact-fee law. Karen and staff said they will return to commission and council with implementation steps and timeline.