ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and the Director of Community Development with a Request to Concur with the Recommendation from the Planning & Zoning Commission and Staff to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Approving the UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE by Combining and Amending Appendix A, the Subdivision Ordinance, Appendix B, the Zoning Ordinance and Appendix C, the Land Development Code.
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BACKGROUND:
Over the last several months, Staff has worked to combine Appendix A, the Subdivision Ordinance, Appendix B, the Zoning Ordinance, and Appendix C, the Land Development Code into a Unified Development Code. As part of the process to combine all three codes into one, some changes were made to make processes more streamlined.
The Planning & Zoning Commission also held three special meetings to provide direction and feedback to staff on changes included in the unified code. The attached table provides a summary of the changes, including those suggested by the Commission at the special meetings.
At the request of Council during the June 28th City Council Meeting, City staff conducted two informational sessions with Chamber of Commerce members; a breakfast chat and a lunch and learn. In addition, City staff attended a Peoria Area Association of Realtors Meeting to present and answer questions from the members.
The Unified Development Code has been deferred since August 2016 in anticipation of proposed amendments to development standards. On September 27, 2016, Council approved the fires reading for changes to infrastructure design. The amended development standards have been included in Section 2.13 Subdivision of the Unified Development Code and noted in the attached summary table.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: N/A
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS (at the Planning & Zoning Commission meetings): None
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The Unified Development Code will replace Appendix A, the Subdivision Ordinance, Appendix B, the Zoning Ordinance and Appendix C, the Land De...
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