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Centerville Planning Commission tables landscape/water-conservation ordinance for more staff work
Summary
After a staff presentation and discussion on definitions and applicability (hardscape, redevelopment, park-strip standards), the commission opened the public hearing, received no public testimony, and unanimously tabled the landscape/water-conservation amendments without date certain, directing staff to refine language and return when more 'baked.'
The Centerville Planning Commission on Dec. 10 opened the public hearing on proposed amendments to the city’s landscaping and water-conservation code and then unanimously voted to table the item without a date certain for further staff refinement.
Staff (Community Development Director Mike) summarized changes drafted after an earlier October discussion with a basin water representative and identified key issues that require additional work before the commission advances the ordinance for Council consideration. Staff told commissioners the code currently lacks a clear definition for "hardscape" and that the proposal’s treatment of "redevelopment" (illustratively tied in the draft to a 2,000-square-foot building-alteration threshold) could have broader code…
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