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Planning staff presents Section 400 zoning rewrite; board schedules working session and attorney review
Summary
Staff and board members reviewed color-coded draft revisions to zoning code Section 400, discussed setbacks, fee schedules and examples from peer cities, and asked for a staff working session to finalize 'green' items before sending the draft to the city attorney.
Planning staff presented a redline of Section 400 of the zoning code and summarized edits intended to clean up setbacks, clarify lot- and yard-related rules and add example illustrations. The document uses color coding to show proposed deletions and additions; staff asked the board to consider whether flagged 'green' items — policy choices such as fee levels and certain setbacks — should go to the attorney for review.
One planner pointed to nuances such as nonconforming uses, front-yard setback language and distinctions among residential districts; members asked for plain-language summaries and visual examples (for example, what a 10-foot versus a 20-foot front-yard setback looks like) to accompany the draft before the working session. The board directed staff to hold a working session with a small group (staff plus selected board members) to address green items, then forward the revised draft to the city attorney for legal review and return an ordinance to the board in a future meeting.
