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Community development outlines 2025 code amendment work; council raises private-property graffiti enforcement
Summary
Community Development Director Russ Wright gave a quarterly update on 2025 code amendment priorities (alignment with state law, streets/sidewalks/concurrency, critical areas mapping) and permit counts; councilmembers asked about private-property graffiti removal and reporting channels.
Russ Wright, community development director, told council the department is preparing interim and full code ordinance work for 2025 focused on three priorities: aligning city code with recent state law changes, updating streets and sidewalk code alongside engineering design standards and a concurrency update, and advancing a critical areas ordinance with consultant support and GIS mapping.
Wright said the streets-and-sidewalk updates will be coordinated with public works’ engineering design standards and include a public outreach program. He noted the department’s 2025 docket will be small and that the parks and recreation element of the capital facilities plan will be updated as a standalone plan before integration with the existing chapter.
On permits, Wright reported year-to-date counts of 358 permits, including 148 building permits and 29 land-use permits; the remainder comprised other permit types. Councilmembers followed with questions about graffiti observed near Frontier Heights Area Park. Wright said commercial properties are subject to graffiti rules and that the city typically notifies property owners; for public-property graffiti, citizens should report it through code enforcement or the public works portal. He said the city uses a task-force style response and cited an example in which staff obtained permission from a private owner to paint over graffiti.
Ending: Wright offered to return with further updates as the 2025 docket and consultant work progress; councilmembers directed staff to report graffiti locations through code enforcement or public-works channels so staff can follow up.
