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Planning staff outlines year‑and‑a‑half Unified Development Code update, consultant outreach and community survey results
Summary
Planning Services Director Wally Wernmont updated the commission on a year‑and‑a‑half process to revise Dubuque’s Unified Development Code, citing a consultant engagement, survey responses and upcoming stakeholder interviews.
Planning Services Director Wally Wernmont told the Zoning Advisory Commission on Jan. 8 that the city has retained a Chicago‑area consultant (Camaros) to lead an update of the Unified Development Code and that the process is expected to take about 18 months, with a target completion of March 2026.
Wernmont said the consultant is conducting both a community survey and a technical survey; as of the commission meeting he reported more than 200 responses to the community survey and about 40 responses to the technical survey. He said the project team is scheduling an upcoming stakeholder interview session for local architects, engineers and surveyors, after which the consultant will prepare a technical report analyzing the current code and suggesting improvements.
Wernmont noted that the process will include multiple opportunities for public engagement, that any changes to the Unified Development Code will come before the commission and City Council as text amendments, and that work sessions and final approval by council will follow the consultant’s recommendations. He also said the city has translated the community survey into Spanish and is working on a Marshallese translation to broaden outreach.
Commissioners thanked staff for the update and briefly commented that the survey was thorough. No formal action on the code was taken at the meeting; the update was informational and framed as an early-stage public engagement and technical review process.
