Community development outlines 2025 code amendment work; council raises private-property graffiti enforcement

Mar 5, 2025

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.

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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.

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