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Planning staff outlines UDO drafting schedule after broad public engagement
Summary
Planning staff reported on fall outreach for the Unified Development Ordinance: roughly 150 in-person attendees, about 100 online registrants and nearly 1,800 website interactions; staff published a 23-article draft structure and a month-by-month rollout leading to a May workshop and June Planning Commission review.
Planning staff presented a progress report on the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) and related comprehensive-plan work at the Dec. 9 agenda review. Allie Ketron, planning staff, said the fall outreach included four in-person public meetings, a virtual session and committee briefings and that posting the materials online generated "a little shy of 1,800 different votes and sort of touch points on our website."
"We had about 150 attend those in person meetings," Allie Ketron said, adding that roughly 100 people registered for the online public session. The results, she said, informed a draft table of contents that currently outlines 23 articles covering topics from zoning regulations and development standards to signs, landscaping and stormwater rules.
Staff described a modular drafting approach: teams will write by topic modules (for example, zoning regulations, general provisions, development standards and building/fire code) rather than drafting the UDO linearly. That approach, staff said, will let the department share topic-by-topic material with the public and Planning Commission so officials and residents can review smaller, focused sections.
Staff laid out a schedule for the coming months: January materials on zoning regulations and general provisions; February on development standards; March on landscaping/signs/stormwater; April on building and fire code; a major public-input round in May and a Planning Commission workshop on the draft in May ahead of a June Planning Commission hearing. Staff said the City Council would then consider map amendments with two readings in July and August as required by the review process.
The presentation emphasized public outreach and an iterative review process; staff said additional demographic detail about participants was available but not immediately on hand and would be provided on request. The review is continuing and staff said they will return with monthly updates on specific modules.
