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Victoria adopts first-reading changes to Unified Development Ordinance

Victoria City Council · January 8, 2026
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Summary

On Jan. 6, Victoria City Council approved on first reading a set of amendments to Chapter 21 (the Unified Development Ordinance) to clarify site modification limits, billboard rules, landscaping standards and to adopt portions of the 2024 International Code Council model building codes.

Victoria City Council approved on first reading an ordinance Thursday that cleans up and clarifies numerous provisions of the city’s Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), City planning staff said.

Miss Fulgham, the city planner presenting the changes, said the package is largely technical cleanup prompted by adoption of newer model construction codes and by recurring administrative questions. Among the changes she highlighted were a limit on the frequency of site modification permits (a 30% threshold and a proposed limit of once every two years), aligning variance…

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