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Votes at a glance: zoning, cemetery rules, solid‑waste fees and transect setback changes approved
Summary
At its Feb. 6 meeting the commission approved a set of ordinances and a rezoning in routine votes: a zoning map amendment, Evergreen Cemetery code updates, a solid‑waste fee increase, and a transect side‑setback text amendment. All measures passed unanimously.
The City Commission approved multiple ordinance actions and a rezoning on Feb. 6. Each item is summarized below with the formal outcome and key details.
Votes at a glance - Ordinance 2024-618 (Rezoning: ~6 acres north of NE Waldo Rd & NE 30th Ave): Approved on second reading. The property was rezoned from Airport Facility to Limited Industrial. Vote: unanimous.
- Ordinance 2024-510 (Chapter 7 — Cemetery code changes): Approved. Revisions to the city’s cemetery code add provisions for natural (green) burials, a pet cemetery, rules for monuments/mausoleums, and accessibility/columbarium provisions. The city promoted the cemetery’s 160th anniversary and an app to digitize burial records during the presentation. Vote: unanimous.
- Ordinance 2024-903 (Appendix A — Residential solid waste fees): Approved. Council passed an increase to residential solid-waste collection fees (a 20% cart rate increase was advertised); staff noted some incorrect billings tied to the billing vendor and said staff is coordinating corrections with GRU. Vote: unanimous.
- Ordinance 2024-320 (Land development code: transect side setbacks): Approved. Text amendment reduces interior side setbacks from 5 feet to 0 feet in transects U4–U7 to permit development forms such as zero‑lot‑line townhouses and other “missing‑middle” housing types; the code change does not change the units-per-acre maximums. Commissioners and staff discussed impacts to historic districts and noted that the Historic Preservation Board will continue to review design through Certificates of Appropriateness for designated districts. Vote: unanimous.
Formal votes and next steps All listed ordinances and the rezoning motion passed with unanimous vote of commissioners present at the Feb. 6 meeting; Mayor Ward was absent. Solid-waste rates and zoning changes are effective as provided in their respective ordinances. Staff will proceed with implementation steps (billing adjustments, code amendments and permit reviews) and follow existing review procedures for projects in historic districts.
