Council advances unified development code work, asks for transparent scope and subcommittee oversight

Jan 15, 2026

Council directed staff to proceed with a transparent, chapter-by-chapter Unified Development Code process after reviewing a code diagnostic; councilors asked for scope guardrails, public red-lines, and a small ad hoc subcommittee of commission chairs and council liaisons to accelerate the work.

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Council and staff began a protracted discussion of the code diagnostic report and next steps toward a Unified Development Code (UDC), agreeing on a staff-driven, chapter-by-chapter approach with public transparency, red-line changelogs, and a small ad hoc subcommittee to define the work plan.

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