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Staff outlines zoning rewrite, permitting overhaul and grant updates to committee
Summary
City staff told the committee that a comprehensive zoning rewrite is in final public comment and that a proposed overhaul of the permitting system — including a single-project permit and expanded in-house plan review — will be presented to council soon.
City staff told the Community and Economic Development Committee on March 26 that the zoning rewrite is in its second public comment period, which closes March 31, and that the draft will return to the planning commission for additional review before coming to the City Council for final approval.
Staff said the city is proposing major changes to its permitting process, including a one-permit system for multiunit projects (so a single project permit would cover repetitive unit-level permits such as multiple plumbing fixtures), expanded in-house plan review by newly certified plan reviewers, and options for expedited…
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