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Proposed rezoning rules would require engineering feasibility and funding plans
Summary
Draft UDC changes would require rezoning applicants to supply engineering feasibility, utility availability and funding/partnership details; Council debated whether utilities can provide firm delivery timelines and whether formal Phase I environmental studies should be required in code.
Section 2 of the proposed UDC amendments would increase submittal requirements for rezoning applicants, including engineering feasibility studies (particularly for sewer), documentation of utility availability and commitments, development timing and funding partners.
Council members asked if utility letters can provide firm timelines; staff said utilities typically provide capacity but not fixed delivery dates and that feasibility engineering will expose infeasible proposals early. "What's going to happen now is you're not going to get some... proposal that is infeasible at the engineering study level," a staff speaker said.
There was debate about whether Phase I/II environmental studies should be codified. Staff said site analyses are common but the code currently has no trigger for a full Phase I environmental study and that adding such a trigger would be for Council to decide.
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