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Board debates whether to replace or amend the EASD site design book
Summary
Board members questioned whether to remove the current site-design book and write a new criteria or to supplement the existing book with clearer guidance and overlays for downtown.
A central discussion at the workshop was the scope of the update: whether the EASD should be completely rewritten or augmented with additional standards. One committee member asked directly whether the board was "thinking that we are going to take the ESA the current book completely remove it, and design an entire new criteria?" and other members urged a pragmatic approach that balances clarity and flexibility for applicants.
Members debated treating downtown as a unique zone requiring tighter standards and possibly a downtown overlay while keeping looser guidance in outlying subdivisions like Lakemore. Multiple board members said the code and the design-review guidance must align so applicants and the board have the same expectations at planning and council stages.
Staff and board settled on an iterative approach: staff will draft EASD 2.0, map the portions that intersect with Title 8 (development regulations), and prepare an illustrated, example-driven draft so the board can identify which elements require mandatory code changes and which can remain advisory.
