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Planning commission moves clerical fix to PUD definition to council; commissioners say change aligns code with prior update
Summary
The commission approved a recommendation to correct a definitional oversight in chapter 11 to bring the PUD definition into alignment with Ordinance 178; staff described the change as clerical and intended to expand applicability beyond residential-only PUDs to include commercial uses.
The Pine Island Planning and Zoning Commission voted on Nov. 10 to forward Ordinance 180 to the City Council, asking the council to approve a clerical correction to the city's zoning code so the definition of Planned Unit Development (PUD) matches language already revised in Ordinance 178.
Staff told the commission that Ordinance 178, which the council adopted earlier this year, updated the PUD language in the ordinance body but inadvertently left the definition at the chapter top unchanged. Ordinance 180 corrects that oversight by removing the reference that limited PUDs to residential development only and makes PUDs applicable to commercial and industrial development as well.
"So the way our PUD ordinance was written, PUD in the city of Pine Island only applied to residential development," staff said. "We... expanded it to include commercial as well, just like kind of everyone else does." Staff characterized the change as clerical: it aligns the definition with the substance the council already approved.
The commission opened the public hearing on the ordinance and heard two sign-ups; one commenter (Janu) used the opportunity to urge more scrutiny of data-center development and a slower tempo of decisions. The commission then closed the hearing and took a voice vote to recommend the ordinance change to council.
Because this action is a recommendation, the City Council will make the final decision on whether to adopt Ordinance 180. Staff said the council would receive the commission’s recommendation and the supporting memos before making its determination.
