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Council updates public-notice rules; notes state raised protest threshold to 60% for housing-increasing rezones
Summary
Council repealed and replaced the city public-notice ordinance to align with state law, maintain courtesy notices beyond 200 feet, add required signage, and implement a new 60% protest threshold for rezones that increase housing or density.
Staff presented a repeal-and-replace of the city's public-notice ordinance to bring notice procedures into compliance with recent state law changes. Carter told council the rewrite reorganizes language, retains the city's broader courtesy notice beyond the 200-foot statutory boundary (up to 500 feet), and adds required signage language when applicable.
"What the state has done is raise that threshold to 60% for zoning changes that increase the number of housing or increase the density on a site," Carter said, describing the state's effort to encourage additional housing. Planning & Zoning recommended approval 6–0; council opened and closed the required public hearing with no speakers and unanimously adopted the ordinance.
The revised ordinance emphasizes a clearer notice format and specific language when a rezoning would create nonconforming uses on adjacent properties.
