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La Porte launches Unified Land Development Code rewrite, names advisory committee
Summary
City staff and consultant Kinda Keys Collaborative formally kicked off a grant‑funded rewrite of La Porte's development code, outlining a roughly 28‑month, three‑module process and a 10–12 member advisory committee to guide public engagement and drafting.
La Porte city leaders on May 17 launched a grant‑funded Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) project intended to modernize zoning, simplify procedures, and implement the goals of the city’s comprehensive plan.
Ryan Vietlick, director of planning and development, said staff secured a Texas General Land Office grant to support the work. Consultant Steve Sizemore of Kinda Keys Collaborative described the effort as a multi‑module, iterative process that will produce a user‑friendly code: "The comprehensive plan... is like the menu... the zoning the development code is the recipe," he said, explaining that the code will translate high‑level policies into detailed standards and procedures.
The consultant outlined three drafting modules—zoning districts and uses; site development standards (signage, landscaping, parking, building design); and administrative components—and estimated about 28 months to complete the process with multiple public review opportunities and open houses. Council approved staff’s proposed composition for a 10–12 member ULDC Advisory Committee that will include planning commissioners, developers, realtors, and community representatives; the mayor also nominated two council members to serve on the committee.
Staff said steering committee meetings and public engagement will continue through the drafting and adoption phases, and that council will have multiple opportunities to review draft modules prior to any adoption vote.
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