Council debates planned developments, nonconformities and design exceptions as staff begins text‑amendment cycle
Councilmembers, staff, developers and neighborhood speakers used a workshop to press competing priorities on planned developments, design exceptions and the city’s code rewrite.
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A broad workshop discussion on January 28 focused on the city’s use of planned developments (PDs), repeated requests for exceptions to zoning and the ongoing rewrite of the Land Development Code. Council members, staff, developers and neighborhood speakers debated whether the PD process has become the default mechanism to secure relief from multiple code standards and what changes the forthcoming code rewrite should deliver.
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