Planning Commission forwards draft Unified Development Code to council after zoning-map and use discussions

Staff briefed the commission on the draft Unified Development Code (UDC), noting five prior meetings and a July 22 public-input session and asking the commission to provide a positive recommendation to city council.

A planning staff member said the draft includes several substantive edits: "we added them as a permitted use in the general commercial district outside of the DRO. We added a cap of no more than 3 tattoo studios and then a dimensional requirement of 2,000 feet in between the tattoo studios." Staff also said the draft establishes a gateway overlay district on Main and Market identified by black dashed lines, and that data-center uses will require a mandatory public hearing at both the planning commission and city council. Commissioners discussed formatting issues, the conversion table mapping previous zoning to new UDC districts, and confirmed that the new map is intended to keep existing parcel zoning designations (no wholesale rezoning). After discussion a motion passed to recommend the draft UDC and zoning map to city council.

The commission's recommendation advances the draft to council review; council will consider the zoning map and UDC text in a later public meeting where additional public comment and hearings will occur.