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Commission debates a single, city‑wide definitions section versus chapter‑by‑chapter definitions
Summary
Commissioners discussed whether to centralize development and building definitions in an appendix that would apply across the city code or retain chapter‑level definitions; no consensus was reached and consultants will provide templates and examples for further review.
The Lago Vista Building Standards Commission spent part of its work session reviewing the city code’s definitions and whether the same terms should be defined once in a single, city‑wide section.
Commissioners said the current code contains chapter‑level definitions that sometimes use different phrasing. “If you change one of them, you’ve gotta go through and change all of them,” one commissioner warned, describing inconsistencies…
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