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Council introduces zoning updates to clarify group‑living and remove outdated UDC definitions
Summary
City planner introduced ordinances to remove unused or redundant definitions from the Unified Development Code and to add clearer, state‑law‑compliant standards for group living and care facilities; the council introduced the group‑living ordinance for public hearing and asked the planner to appear at the next meeting for detailed questions.
City planning staff presented a two‑part effort to clean up the Unified Development Code and to add specific use standards for group living and care facilities. Administration said many definitions currently appear only in the UDC’s definitions section but are not used elsewhere, creating redundancy and confusion. The proposed work would remove unused definitions and replace vague language with clearer, use‑oriented definitions that align with state and federal law.
A second ordinance targeted group living (care homes, shared‑housing models and similar uses) and seeks to establish clearer use standards and siting rules so that municipalities, applicants and neighbors have a predictable process. Council members requested the city planner (Frankie Legault) attend the next meeting to walk through the group‑living definitions and answer questions specific to how the ordinance would affect districts with concentrations of care homes.
What happens next: the group‑living ordinance was introduced; the council scheduled a public hearing and final adoption vote for the next meeting and asked planning staff to present examples and answer district‑level impact questions.
