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Council directs staff to refine UDC draft, removes some design mandates
Summary
Council directed staff to refine the Unified Development Code draft: staff should remove trees‑in‑parkway requirement, strike rear‑entry (alley‑loaded) mandatory language, and set a 7.5‑foot residential side setback baseline before returning the draft for final review and public hearing steps.
Council reviewed a redlined draft of the Unified Development Code and engineering design manual and gave staff specific direction on structural items and design allowances to prepare a final document for publication and the required joint public hearing.
Council members on the subcommittee described cutting roughly 47 pages of the prior draft and asked staff to eliminate discretionary variances in many contexts so the code is clearer. As the mayor summarized the committee’s approach, he told the council they should expect to see a final version for council review on Feb. 19; staff will then complete required newspaper notices and a joint public hearing with Planning & Zoning before adoption.
