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Council tables zoning change that would remove assisted-living uses from commercial focus district
Summary
Council voted to table ordinance 25-110, which would remove assisted living and similar residential care uses from the commercial focus district; the motion to table passed by a vote of 6 in favor with 1 abstention so the council can obtain more information about impacts on public safety services.
Council considered ordinance 25-110, an amendment to the land development code that would remove assisted living, continuing care retirement communities and institutional residential uses from allowed uses in the commercial focus district. Councilor Weinstein moved to table the ordinance, saying he wanted "to get more information" and to "hear more from our safety services" about potential strains on emergency responders. After a second, the motion to table passed by roll-call vote (the transcript records the motion passing by a vote of 6 in favor with 1 abstention).
City staff explained that tabling an ordinance places it off the active legislative calendar until a future motion to remove it from the table is made. Council did not deliberate the planning commission's findings at length that evening; members indicated the item will return only after staff and safety services provide the requested information.
The tabling preserves the status quo in the commercial focus district until council resumes consideration. The meeting record shows the motion to table and the recorded tally; it does not show further scheduling details beyond the council's note that the item would require a later motion to bring it back for action.
