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Council approves technical change to downtown code clarifying rail-corridor entitlements
Summary
The Council unanimously approved BL2026-1326, a change to the 17.37 downtown code clarifying entitlements for properties adjacent to or within rail corridors and adopting a technical amendment to align advertising and effective-date language; planning staff said right-of-way parcels would be assigned the least restrictive adjacent ETC subdistrict.
The Council approved BL2026-1326 (item 16), an ordinance amending the zoning code to clarify entitlements of properties adjacent to or within rail corridors under the 17.37 downtown code. The measure included a technical amendment to update the adopting language about advertisement in the newspaper of record and to confirm that the ordinance becomes effective upon that advertisement.
Councilmember Allen and others asked planning staff whether the change would affect greenway or right-of-way parcels that currently lack an ETC zoning designation. Planning staff explained such parcels—often railroad right-of-way—would be assigned the adjacent ETC subdistrict and, where multiple adjacent subdistricts exist, would receive the least restrictive adjacent subdistrict.
The Council considered and approved a technical amendment to correct adopting language and advertising timing; the amendment passed 10–0. The bill as amended then passed 10–0.
The approval clarifies how parcels within or adjacent to rail corridors will be treated under downtown zoning rules and updates the ordinance text for legal advertising and effective-date consistency. The meeting record shows the amendment and the bill both received unanimous support.
