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Council moves forward with code rewrite: sustainability overlay deleted, rules moved into Chapter 15 for clearer compliance
Summary
City staff told the City Council on July 15 they propose deleting the standalone Sustainability and Commercial‑Industrial overlay districts and consolidating legally permissible design standards into Chapter 15 to simplify compliance and bring the code into conformity with state law.
The council received a detailed presentation July 15 on proposed amendments to Chapter 15 of the Leon Valley Zoning Ordinance that would delete the standalone Sustainability and Commercial‑Industrial overlay districts, retain the Gateway overlay, and move many permitted design regulations into the primary Chapter 15 district rules. City Manager Dr. Caldera and Planning and Zoning Director Susanna Huerta described a multi‑year process. Dr. Caldera said earlier council direction and a legal review prompted the rewrite: some overlay provisions conflicted with…
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