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Lafayette adopts zoning-notification and council pay ordinances; subdivisions ordinance tabled
Summary
The Lafayette City Council on May 11 adopted Ordinance 157 (clarifying zoning notification/setbacks) and Ordinance 158 (pay only for attended council meetings, including virtual attendance) and tabled Ordinance 159 (subdivision updates) pending engineering revisions.
The Lafayette City Council adopted two ordinances and postponed a third during its May 11 meeting.
Ordinance 157, which clarifies notification distances in the city's zoning code and institutes a 10-foot minimum lot-line setback for building structures in the 1B1 category, passed on a second reading. Councilor Logan VanDeest moved adoption; Councilor Tom Polich seconded and the motion carried by unanimous voice vote.
The council also approved Ordinance 158 on a second reading. The ordinance changes council pay to compensate members only for meetings they attend; attendance may be satisfied either in person or virtually. The motion to adopt was made by Councilor Tom Polich and seconded by Logan VanDeest; the vote was unanimous.
Ordinance 159, a package of subdivision land-use updates, was discussed but tabled to allow the city engineer's recommended edits—chiefly revisions to street cross-sections, drainage language and minimum utility pipe sizing—to be incorporated. The council tied a related Resolution 2026-08 to that ordinance and tabled both pending the additional engineering input.
Procedural items earlier in the meeting included unanimous approval of the meeting agenda (motion by Councilor Dave Reed, second by Tom Polich) and the consent agenda (motion by Reed, second by Councilor Logan VanDeest).
The council's actions affect how neighbors are notified of zoning actions (Ordinance 157) and how council members will be compensated for attendance (Ordinance 158). The subdivision ordinance will return for further review after staff and the city engineer incorporate technical recommendations.
What happens next: Ordinance 159 and Resolution 2026-08 will be revised per the city engineer's recommendations and returned to a future council meeting for additional readings and action.
