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Chair Michael Bass opens review of zoning 'Appendix A' to add modern categories
Summary
Chair Michael Bass led discussion of updates to the zoning 'Appendix A', stressing its intentionally broad categories and suggesting additions (examples: AI data centers, solar fields, communications). Commissioners asked staff to return draft changes after a month of review.
Chair Michael Bass opened a review of the city's zoning "Appendix A," describing it as a deliberately high-level list of permitted use categories rather than a detailed codebook. He said the appendix purposefully avoids minute technical rules and suggested members consider adding categories to capture newer industries: "things like AI data centers, solar panel field type things that..." The discussion emphasized keeping the appendix compact so it remains flexible for future uses.
Commissioners and attendees discussed specific examples members wanted the appendix to accommodate or clarify. Jennifer Flynn pointed to communications infrastructure as a concrete case, noting recent practice: "So T Mobile attached to the Verizon tower." Members discussed whether communications uses should be allowed in agricultural zones or remain restricted to business zones, and agreed to review suggested category changes and bring recommendations back at the next meeting for staff and engineering review.
