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Planning and Zoning to start overhaul of Chapter 5 zoning rules
Summary
Planning and zoning told the council it will begin rewriting Chapter 5 (including sections 5.1 and 5.2) to clarify gray areas such as small garden-shed rules; the committee will prepare a draft amendment for council consideration.
A planning and zoning representative reported the committee had a productive discussion on several zoning and ordinance sections—cited in the meeting as 5.1, 5.2 and 13.1—and recommended a rewrite of Chapter 5 to address gaps and gray areas. "They're gonna start looking into that," the representative said, and agreed the planning commission will draft language and later bring a recommendation to the council.
Council members emphasized that any rewrite should reflect Eureka's local conditions—nonstandard lot shapes, hills and mountains—and not simply adopt other cities' templates. The committee will prepare an example rewrite of Chapter 5 for initial review by the council and indicated this will be a staged effort to ultimately update additional chapters.
