[1. Call to Order.]
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MR. GLENDALE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CALL YOUR MEETING TO ORDER AS WELL? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
I WILL CALL THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND TO ORDER AS WELL FOR OCTOBER 27TH, 2025.
[2. Presentation and Discussion on the Unified Development Code Project, including an Overview of Potential Future Changes to Title 21 - Subdivisions, Title 22 - Zoning, Title 23 - Stormwater Drainage, and Other Sections of the Edmond Municipal Code, including: General Provisions; Subdivision Regulations; Context Areas and Zoning Districts; Site Design and Development Standards; Development Procedures; and Site Plans]
ITEM NUMBER TWO, PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE PROJECT, INCLUDING AN OVERVIEW OF POTENTIAL FUTURE CHANGES TO TITLE 21, SUBDIVISIONS.TITLE 22 ZONING, TITLE 23, STORMWATER DRAIN, AND OTHER SECTIONS OF THE ADMIN MUNICIPAL CODE.
AND WE'RE GONNA TURN THE, THE MICROPHONE OVER TO YOU.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS BECCA PATRICK.
I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS PROJECT, AND ALSO A SENIOR CURRENT PLANNER IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
I THOUGHT YOUR LAST NAME WAS SMITH, DIDN'T YOU GET MARRIED? I, YES.
THEN, UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT SINCE JUNE OF 2022.
SO IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE'RE ABOUT 60% OF THE WAY THROUGH IT.
UM, LIKE MR. MAYOR SAID, IT IS, UH, TITLES 21 SUBDIVISIONS, 22 ZONING, AND 23 STORMWATER, AND IT'S BEING COMBINED INTO A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE UDC.
UM, I AM GONNA HAND THIS PRESENTATION OVER TO DAWN, UM, IN JUST A SECOND.
SHE IS WITH FRIES AND NICHOLS, OUR CONSULTANT, WHO'S BEEN WORKING ALONGSIDE US ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, THROUGHOUT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, INCLUDING A DEDICATED DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, A WHOLE CITYWIDE ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF ENGINEERS, PLANNERS, DEVELOPERS, UM, PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF CURRENT PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, UM, ON THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS WELL.
AND AN INTERNAL STAFF COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF SITE PLAN REVIEW TEAM.
SO I'M GONNA GIVE IT OVER TO DAWN, RIGHT? GOT ALL MY STUFF HERE.
AS BECCA MENTIONED, MY NAME'S DAWN THOMAS.
I'M WITH FRIESEN NICHOLS, AND SERVE AS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE PROJECT.
UM, ON THE SCREEN, YOU SEE JAKE LGE, HE'S NOT GONNA BE PRESENTING WITH US TODAY, BUT I LEFT HIM UP THERE TO GIVE HIM CREDIT.
UM, HE HELPED PUT TOGETHER, LARGELY PUT TOGETHER THE PRESENTATION, AND HAS BEEN DOING QUITE A BIT OF THE DRAFTING RELATIVE TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UM, AND I WILL MENTION FROM THE TOP, STAFF HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY INVOLVED.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF REVIEWS AND PROVIDING, UM, CONSISTENT, UM, FLOW OF FEEDBACK RELATIVE TO THIS PROJECT.
IT'S A FAIRLY LARGE UNDER UNDERTAKING, AND, UM, I THINK THEY'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING, BUT THEY'RE ALSO REVIEWING EVERY, EVERY WORD THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER SO THAT THEY MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, UM, THE BEST DOCUMENT TO SERVE THE CITY OF EDMOND AS IT CAN POSSIBLY BE.
UM, TODAY I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT.
IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE SINCE WE DID AN UPDATE AND PROVIDED SORT OF A BRIEFING TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I KNOW THAT SEVERAL OF YOU ARE NEW TO THE COUNCIL.
UH, SO I WANTED TO START AT THE BEGINNING AND GET EVERYBODY KIND OF UP TO SPEED WITH REGARD TO THE BASICS OF THE PROJECT, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE, UM, KEY CHANGES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING SO THAT YOU HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO, WE'LL START WITH AN INTRODUCTION, GO THROUGH THE, UH, CONTENTS, BASICALLY A SUMMARY OF THE CONTENTS, AND SORT OF DIG IN A LITTLE BIT TO SOME OF THOSE SECTIONS SO THAT YOU'VE GOT AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE'RE RESTRUCTURING THINGS.
AND THEN WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT NEXT STEPS AND HOW THIS IS GOING TO ROLL OUT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
SO, STARTING AT THE BEGINNING, UM, THE PROJECT PURPOSE, WE DISCUSSED THIS, I MEAN, EVEN THROUGH THE RFP THAT THE STAFF INITIATED THE PROJECT WITH, THERE WAS ALWAYS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME OF THE GOALS, SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL GOALS OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDED STREAMLINING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, CLARIFYING RE REGULATIONS, BUT ALSO CLARIFYING THE STEPS, THE RESPONSIBILITIES, AND THE VARIOUS, UM, ELEMENTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
UM, ENSURING THAT ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT COME THROUGH THE CITY FOR APPROVAL REPRESENT THE HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES THAT THE CITY EXPECTS, UM, AND THAT IT IS CONSISTENTLY APPLIED ACROSS THE BOARD FOR PROJECTS AND ALSO TO IMPLEMENT AND ULTIMATELY REALIZE THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND THE OVERARCHING VISION OF THE EDMOND PLAN.
SO YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SETS THE STAGE FOR THIS SERIES OF UPDATES TO ENSURE THAT THE POLICY STATEMENTS THAT ARE EXPRESSED IN THAT, UM, PLAN DOCUMENT CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH YOUR REGULATORY STRUCTURE RELATED TO GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
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LOOKS LIKE THIS.WE DID START IN LATE 22, ACTUALLY GETTING THINGS STARTED, BEGAN THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT.
THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS PROJECT WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME ON BECAUSE RE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THAT BECAME THE ROADMAP FOR MAKING ACTUAL CODE AMENDMENTS.
UM, THE DIAGNOSTIC PHASE INCLUDED MEETING WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND WITH STAFF, UM, IDENTIFYING ALL OF THE, UM, KEY ISSUES, AND ALSO CONDUCTING A THOROUGH REVIEW OF YOUR EXISTING CODES AS WELL AS YOUR EXISTING POLICY DOCUMENTS AND STUDIES.
UH, WE MOVED THEN INTO PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL DRAFTING OF THE UPDATES, AS WELL AS PHASE THREE, WHICH IS MAPPING.
WE'RE GENERALLY STILL IN THIS TO SORT TOWARDS THE TAIL END OF THIS.
UM, COMBINED PHASES TWO AND THREE.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS, UM, KIND OF COMING TO FORE WITH REGARD TO THE UPDATED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AS WELL AS THE UPDATED ZONING MAP.
UM, COME SPRING WE WILL BE MOVING INTO THE ADOPTION PHASE, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE TAKING THIS THING OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND THROUGH THE VARIOUS BOARDS, UM, PLANNING, COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, AND CITY COUNCIL ACTION TO, UM, HOPEFULLY ADOPT THE CODE AS WELL AS THE REVISED ZONING MAP.
UM, THE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT I MENTIONED BECAME THE ROADMAP FOR MAKING CODE AMENDMENTS.
UM, WE UTILIZED EXISTING REGULATIONS JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FOUNDATION IS, UM, IDENTIFIED WHERE WE FELT LIKE THERE WERE DEFICIENCIES IN CURRENT REGULATIONS, IN AN EFFORT TO, UM, IDENTIFY THE THINGS WITHIN SUBDIVISION ZONING AND STORMWATER REGULATIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE HIGHER AR HIGHER ARCHING GOALS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED EARLY ON.
AND TO ENSURE THAT THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE ONCE COMPLETE IS A DOCUMENT THAT FLOWS, THAT IS INSTRUCTIVE AND THAT IS, UM, AS USABLE AS POSSIBLE AND AS UNDERSTANDABLE AS POSSIBLE TO THE VARIOUS PARTIES THAT TYPICALLY UTILIZE THAT.
AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT AUDIENCES THAT UTILIZE THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
EVERYONE FROM, UM, A PROPERTY OWNER WHO JUST WANTS TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH REGARD TO THEIR PROPERTY OR THEIR NEIGHBORS, TO DEVELOPERS AND DESIGN ENGINEERS WHO ARE MORE SOPHISTICATED AND USE THE CODE MORE REGULARLY, STAFF WHO ARE KIND OF YOUR LOCAL EXPERTS ON WHAT THE CODE IS AND THOSE DECISION MAKERS LIKE YOURSELVES THAT NEED, UM, A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE REGULATIONS IN ORDER TO DO YOUR WORK.
SO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IS, UM, STRUCTURED.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED CODE STRUCTURE, AND IT HAS BASICALLY, UM, FIVE CHAPTERS, GENERALLY GENERAL PROVISIONS, WE'LL TALK ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE ZONING REGULATIONS, SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, SITE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AND STORMWATER.
AND I WILL SAY THERE'S ANOTHER ONE IN HERE THAT NEEDS TO KIND OF, THAT WE PULLED OUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AND THAT IS LANDSCAPING.
SO WE WANTED THAT TO BE ITS OWN DEDICATED CHAPTER.
UM, SO I THINK WE'VE GOT THAT SET UP THE WAY THAT WE INTENDED.
BUT, UH, JUST TO SORT OF BACK UP AND TALK ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT, UH, BECCA MENTIONED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, SOME, UH, COMMITTEES ESTABLISHED THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, I MENTIONED THAT WE DO WEEKLY CHECK-INS WITH STAFF.
WE'VE CONDUCTED A VARIETY OF WORKSHOPS WITH STAFF LOOKING AT DIFFERENT TOPICS WITHIN THE CODE ITSELF.
UM, CONDUCTED SEVEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND THAT'S THE OVERALL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE CODE.
AND THEN A COUPLE OF DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
WE PRESENTED A MID-PROJECT UPDATE.
UM, THEN WE ALSO DID A DEBRIEF WITH THE URBAN BOARD RECENTLY, AND I GUESS THAT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND WE'VE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL FOCUSED MEETINGS, UM, TO ADDRESS VARIOUS, AGAIN, TOPICS WITHIN THE CODE.
UM, WE DID, WE DO HAVE A PROJECT WEBSITE THAT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, IT INCLUDED AN EARLY, UH, SURVEY THAT GAVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THEIR FEEDBACK ON A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS, JUST ABOUT WHAT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT THEY SUPPORT, WHAT THEY FEEL THE CITY NEEDS.
AND WE'LL ALSO BE CONDUCTING, UM, SOME OPEN HOUSE MEETINGS AS WE GET FURTHER INTO THE ADOPTION PROCESS, UM, IN FUTURE MONTHS.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? MM-HMM
ARE WE, UM, HOW HAVE THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, OR HAVE THEY AT ALL? SO THERE'S BEEN REPRESENTATION ON AT LEAST ONE OF THE BOARDS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND WE HAVE BEEN PRESENT, WELL, WE'VE PRESENTED TO THE URBAN BOARD AND TO THE COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY, JUST TO BRIEF THEM AND TO UPDATE THEM ON WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROJECT.
UM, SO ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS AND
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MEETINGS WILL BE FORTHCOMING AS WE ACTUALLY HAVE FINISHED REVISED CONTENT READY TO PRESENT TO Y'ALL.I MEAN, WE HAVE A GROUP THAT FOCUSES ON STORMWATER MM-HMM
AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES AND MOBILITY.
SO TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE LOGICAL TO RUN IT RIGHT, RUN THOSE SECTIONS THROUGH THOSE GROUPS.
UM, STAFF HAS ALSO BEEN KEEPING VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPRISED OF THE PROJECT AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH.
SO, UH, EARLIER ON WE STARTED LOOKING MORE SPECIFICALLY AT SOME OF THE DOWNTOWN, UM, I GUESS DYNAMICS AND THE VARIOUS BOUNDARIES THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS WITHIN DOWNTOWN PARTICULARLY, UM, SO THAT WE COULD GET A, GET OUR MINDS WRAPPED AROUND LIKE THE AREAS THAT HAVE A VERY, UM, A CONSISTENT OR MORE CONSISTENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
UM, SO WE LOOKED AT, UM, AREAS THAT, UM, THERE ARE VARIOUS DIFFERENT, UM, DISTRICTS OR, UM, OTHER TYPES OF BOUNDARIES CREATED.
SO PRIMARILY IT'S THOSE, UM, SUB-DISTRICTS THAT ARE, UH, PRESENT WITHIN THE, UH, DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN.
UH, BUT WE ALSO LOOKED A LITTLE BIT BROADER.
WE TOOK THE VARIOUS BOUNDARIES THAT WE COULD IDENTIFY THROUGH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ADOPTED PLANS AND STUDIES, AND PRESENTED THOSE TO THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND, UM, THEY STARTED DRAWING LINES AND HELPED US TO, UM, FORMULATE, UH, AN AREA THAT WE WOULD THEN REFER TO AS AN URBAN CONTEXT.
UM, IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE SAME BOUNDARIES THAT ARE PRESENT WITHIN DOWNTOWN, UM, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL SEE IN A FUTURE MAP COMING UP SOON.
UH, WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY BOARD TO UNDERSTAND BASICALLY THE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT, THE TYPES OF BUILDING ARTICULATION, UM, THAT THEY FELT LIKE WERE IMPORTANT TO BE CARRIED FORWARD AND TO BE EXPRESSED IN THE UPDATED REGULATIONS.
SO YOU SEE HERE JUST A, A VISUAL PREFERENCE BOARD EXERCISE WHERE WE PUT DOTS ON A, PUT DOTS ON A PLAN OR ON A MAP TO, UM, INDICATE THINGS THAT PEOPLE LIKED OR DISLIKED AND FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO, UM, MORE FULLY ADDRESS IN SOME CASES.
SO THOSE, UH, THAT INPUT WAS SCORED, UH, AND BASICALLY WAITED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT ELEMENTS OF HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND SITE LAYOUT NEEDED, UM, ATTENTION WITHIN THE PLAN, EITHER MORE OR LESS PARTICULARLY.
AND THAT I, THAT RESULTED IN A SERIES OF, UH, PRIORITIES.
AND THESE ARE REALLY PARTICULAR TO DOWNTOWN, AS YOU CAN SEE.
UH, THOSE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESS EXPRESSED THROUGH HISTORIC PRESERVATION, UM, QUALITY BUILDING MATERIALS, PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN, WHETHER THAT'S CONNECTING TO ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS OR JUST HAVING SUFFICIENT PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN CONTEXT, UM, ENSURING THAT THERE IS, UM, ACTIVE STOREFRONT FENESTRATION JUST MEANS STORES AND WINDOWS.
UM, SO OPENINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN STOREFRONTS.
UM, ALLOWING FOR SOME RESIDENTIAL INFILL, UM, AND, AND ENSURING THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL LOT SINGLE FAMILY, AS WELL AS, UM, MODERATE INTENSITY INFILL OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT, UM, TYPES OF USES.
SO, FEEDBACK TO DATE, AND THIS IS, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE BROAD THAN JUST DOWNTOWN, BUT WE'VE, UM, KIND OF COLLECTED AND IDENTIFIED, UH, FEEDBACK THAT CAN INFLUENCE THE REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO PERMITTED USES.
UM, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE USE TABLE A BIT, UH, DISTINCTION BETWEEN DISTRICTS SETBACKS AND DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS.
SO RELATIVE TO EACH OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS, WHAT THOSE, UM, BULK AND AREA REGULATIONS SHOULD LOOK LIKE, LANDSCAPE AND SITE PLAN REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN ALSO FLEXIBILITY WITHIN PROCESS AND, UM, KIND OF REDEFINING OR PROVIDING SOME MORE GUARDRAILS RELATIVE TO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS.
SO STARTING WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, GENERAL PROVISIONS IS REALLY HOW IT, HOW THE CODE IS ESTABLISHED.
UM, IT IDENTIFIES ENFORCEMENT, UH, PROVISIONS IN THE VARIOUS, UH, WAYS TO ADDRESS NONCONFORMITIES AND WHETHER THOSE ARE NONCONFORMITIES OF USE OF, UM, LOT OF BUILDING.
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
SO THERE'S A TABLE THAT IDENTIFIES ALL THE VARIOUS APPROVAL OF AND REVIEW AUTHORITIES RELATED TO ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND WHAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO REVIEW, RECOMMEND, APPROVE, OR HEAR AN APPEAL REGARDING.
UM, THERE ARE ALSO UNIVERSAL PROCEDURES.
SO EVERY APPLICATION HAS A SERIES
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OF STANDARDIZED STEPS.SO THERE'S ALWAYS A, A SUBMITTAL AND THERE'S ALWAYS A REVIEW OF THAT SUBMITTAL FOR BASIC COMPLETENESS.
AND THEN IT GOES INTO THE VER, UH, VARIOUS COMPONENTS THAT ARE MORE UNIQUELY COM, UM, COMPRISED FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF APPLICATIONS.
SO SOME REQUIRE QUITE A LOT OF INFORMATION AND OTHERS, UM, BASED UPON WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED, UM, REQUIRE A DIFFERENT SET OF MATERIALS.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY JUST TO SET THE STAGE TO ESTABLISH AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE KIND OF EXPRESSED THE THINGS THAT ARE UNIFORM FOR ALL TYPES OF APPLICATIONS.
SO RELATIVE TO UNIFOR UNIVERSAL PROCEDURES, I SHOULD HAVE PLOPPED THIS SLIDE UP A SECOND AGO.
WHO CAN, WHO CAN APPLY, WHO CAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, UM, ELIGIBILITY IS, UM, FOR THE VARIOUS TYPES OF APPLICATIONS.
THEY MAY BE, UM, A TEXT AMENDMENT, THEY MAY BE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT.
UM, IT COULD BE ANY OF THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS SUCH AS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, A-P-U-D-A ZONING CHANGE, UM, WHAT PUBLIC NOTICE IS REQUIRED, WHAT PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE NECESSARY, AND WHAT THE APPEALS PROCESSES ARE.
SO THE NEXT MAIN SECTION IS OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.
AND SO THERE'S, UH, SORT OF AN INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTORY PIECE OF THAT, UM, THAT PROVIDES GENERAL PROVISIONS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO SUBDIVISIONS.
UM, THE VARIOUS TYPES OF PLATS AND PLAT IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED, AND THEN THE PROCEDURES FOR EACH DIFFERENT TYPE OF PLAT.
SO, UH, DIFFERENT LAND DIVISION TYPES, UM, OBVIOUSLY ARE THE SAME AS THE PLATTING TYPES.
AND SO THIS, THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS ARE, ARE PRETTY NUTS AND BOLTS.
IT'S REALLY HOW TO CREATE A LOT THAT HAS ALL OF THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENTS.
AND THEN YOU WOULD MOVE INTO OTHER REQUIREMENTS, BUT SUBDIVISION PROCEDURES, UM, OBVI, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE VARIOUS PROCEDURES FOR PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLATS, LOT SPLITS AND ADJUSTMENTS, VACATIONS OF PLATS OR RE PLATS, AND THEN A SUBDIVISION WAIVER WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
WAIVERS ARE SPECIFIC TO SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AND VARIANCES ARE SPECIFIC TO RELIEF FROM THE STRICT, UM, CONFINES OF THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO SOME OF THE STRUCTURE FOR THE ZONING COMPONENT OF THE, UM, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
YOUR CURRENT REGULATIONS, UM, IDENTIFY 32 DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS.
29 ARE BASIC, UM, EXISTING BASE DISTRICTS.
AND THEN THERE ARE THREE THAT ARE, THAT HAVE BEEN REPEALED, BUT THERE ARE STILL PROPERTIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE THOSE DESIGNATIONS.
UM, MANY OF THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS ONLY HAVE A HANDFUL OF PROPERTIES OR FEWER THAT ARE ACTUALLY DESIGNATED FOR THOSE PARTICULAR DISTRICTS.
UM, AND IN A LOT OF CASES THERE ARE VERY MINUTE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ZONING DISTRICTS.
SO, UM, YOUR CURRENT REGULATIONS ALSO HAVE, UM, FIVE OVERLAY DISTRICTS.
THREE, UM, THE ARCADIA DISTRICT DOWNTOWN AND THE GREEK DISTRICT ARE SORT OF GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICTS.
AND THEN THE TWO CORRIDORS THAT ARE OVERLAYS ROUTE 66 AND I 35.
UM, SO THIS IS WHAT YOUR CURRENT ZONING MAP LOOKS LIKE.
AND OF COURSE YOU CAN TELL BY THE LEGEND ON THE TOP RIGHT, UM, THERE'S JUST A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
I THINK WE PROBABLY RAN OUT OF COLORS TO APPLY TO THOSE DISTRICTS, BUT THIS IS JUST FOR CONTEXT, UM, IDENTIFYING WHERE THOSE, WHERE THOSE APPLY.
SO UNDER THE, UM, NEW UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, THE PROPOSED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, WE ARE PROPOSING THREE, WE'RE, WE'RE PROPOSING BASICALLY A, A TWO STEP, UM, DESIGNATION FOR LAND USE.
UM, CONTEXT AREAS ARE THE FIRST ORGANIZING FEATURE WITHIN THIS SORT OF MENU.
AND THOSE CONTEXT AREAS CONSIST OF RURAL, SUBURBAN, AND URBAN CORRIDOR IS, UH, A CORRIDOR DISTRICT.
BUT THE, BUT WE'RE CONSIDERING THAT AN OVERLAY THAT WOULD OVERLAY VARIOUS CORRIDORS.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU A MAP OF WHERE THOSE, UM, FALL WITHIN THE, UM, WITHIN THE CITY.
AND THIS IS BASED UPON THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT EXIST OR THAT ARE EXPRESSED AS DESIRABLE WITHIN THE EDMOND PLAN.
THIS IS WHAT THE CONTEXT AREAS WILL LOOK LIKE.
WE PROPOSE, UM, ON YOUR EXISTING CITY MAP.
SO THE PURPLE AREAS YOU CAN SEE ARE WHAT WE CONSIDER URBAN.
UM, SO BASICALLY YOU HAVE THE DOWNTOWN AND THEN YOU HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT WOULD SERVE AS EITHER TOWN CENTER OR NODES OF COMMERCIAL OR MIXED USE ACTIVITY THAT WOULD HAVE MORE OF AN URBAN DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
AND I WILL SAY THE PROPERTY RIGHT AROUND, UM, LAKE
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KII AT THE FAR KIND OF SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE CITY.THAT PROPERTY, WHILE IT IS DESIGNATED ON THIS, UM, AS A CONTEXT AREA THAT'S URBAN, IS ENTIRELY A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT THAT'S RECENTLY BEEN APPROVED.
SO WE HAVE THAT DESIGNATED ON THE FUTURE ZONING MAP AS, UM, THE PUD UM, PARTS OF THE PROPERTY KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE NORTH OF THE SCREEN ARE ALSO, UM, UH, UNDER A PUD, THE CORRIDORS THAT ARE DESIGNATED.
YOU SEE, BASICALLY PICK UP THE ROUTE 66 AND I 35 CORRIDOR OVERLAYS AND THEN ADD WHAT WE CALL CORE NETWORK, WHICH IS COVELL POST AND BROADWAY, SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN.
SO THE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING WITHIN THESE, UM, CONTEXT AREAS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE MENU IS QUITE, IS IS MUCH MORE LIMITED THAN WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE.
BUT WE'RE PROPOSING TWO ZONING DISTRICTS WITHIN THE RURAL CONTEXT, THOSE FOR AG PRESERVATION AND FOR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WITHIN THE SUBURBAN CONTEXT, YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT BROADER MENU, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, LOCAL COMMERCIAL, REGIONAL COMMERCIAL, AND FLEX INDUSTRIAL.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE, WELL, YOU PROBABLY DID SEE THE LARGEST PART OF THE, UM, CITY IS WITHIN WHAT WE WOULD, UM, CALL THE SUBURBAN CONTEXT WITHIN THE URBAN CONTEXT.
WE HAVE THREE SORT OF SUB-DISTRICTS CORE TRANSITION AND EDGE.
AND THEN I MENTIONED THE CORRIDORS WITH ROUTE 66 I 35, AND THE CORE NETWORK BEING THE THREE, UM, OVERLAY DESIGNATIONS.
SO THIS IS HOW IT BREAKS DOWN.
UM, A TOTAL OF FOUR CONTEXTS, INCLUDING THE OVERLAY FOR CORRIDORS, 10 ZONING DISTRICTS PUDS ARE MAINTAINED.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PUDS TO DETERMINE IF, UM, EXISTING PUDS COULD BE, UM, PERMITTED UNDER NEW ZONING WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE A PUD DESIGNATION.
UM, EQUIVALENCIES ARE ESTABLISHED.
SO THERE IS A TABLE THAT SHOWS, AND WE'LL KIND OF WALK THROUGH SOME OF THESE, WHAT EXISTING ZONING DISTRICTS EQUATE TO THE PROPOSED DISTRICTS.
AND, UM, THERE'S ALSO A CLEAR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICTS.
SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS WHAT THE ZONING MAP WE ARE PROPOSING LOOKS LIKE.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S, UM, A MUCH MORE LIMITED, UH, SUPPLY OF DISTRICTS, BUT IT IS STICKING TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERN OF THOSE URBAN, SUBURBAN AND RURAL CONTEXT AREAS.
SO THE, THE METHODOLOGY FOR GETTING TO THE ZONING DISTRICTS IS WE, WE PULLED FROM WHAT'S CURRENTLY WITHIN YOUR FUTURE, UM, LAND USE INFORMATION IN THE EDMOND PLAN.
SO THE EDMOND PLAN HAS A PAGE LIKE THIS FOR EACH ZONING DISTRICT, UM, OR FOR, EXCUSE ME, FOR EACH FUTURE LAND USE.
AND IT KIND OF USES THIS YELLOW, RED, GREEN OPTION FOR, UM, PROVIDING DIRECTION ABOUT WHICH, UM, LAND USE CATEGORIES ARE APPROPRIATE, EXCUSE ME, FOR WHICH ZONING DISTRICTS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE LAND USE CATEGORIES.
SO WE USED THIS, UH, TO INFORM OUR, UM, APPLICATION OF THE NEW ZONING DISTRICTS.
FOR INSTANCE, THIS IS THE URBAN, UM, CORE DISTRICT AND THE APPROPRIATE DISTRICTS IN YOUR CURRENT MENU OF ZONING, C-B-D-D-R-D-D ONE, UH, NRC.
SO THOSE ARE, UM, ALSO RELATED TO YOUR CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES OF DOWNTOWN CORE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD AND UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS A WAY TO, UM, KEY IN THE NEW DISTRICTS TO YOUR EXISTING, UM, METHODOLOGY OF APPLYING DISTRICTS BASED UPON THE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES.
SO WE'VE DONE THAT FOR ALL OF THESE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF I'VE GOT EVERY ONE OF 'EM UP HERE FOR YOU, BUT, UM, WE'LL GO THROUGH THERE.
BUT THIS IS JUST TO DEMONSTRATE THE ALIGNMENTS, UM, THAT ARE APPLICABLE FOR EACH OF THE DISTRICTS.
YOU SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT EXISTING DISTRICTS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE URBAN EDGE, UM, SORT OF EQUIVALENCY.
UM, OKAY, I JUST HAD THE URBAN ONES.
WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING, UM, WITH ANOTHER GROUP WITHIN THE CITY, ACTUALLY IT'S PART OF THE PLANNING GROUP, UM, ON SECOND AND BROADWAY CORRIDORS, A MASTER PLAN TO IDENTIFY, UM, STREET IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS LAND USE, UM, APPLICATIONS WITHIN THESE TWO LEGS OF US 77.
SO IT'S SECOND STREET RUNNING EAST WEST BROADWAY, RUNNING NORTH SOUTH.
AND THERE ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS,
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UM, OF NOT ONLY LAND USE, BUT OF TRANSPORTATION FACILITY WITHIN THESE TWO LEGS OF WHAT IS CLASSIFIED AS US 77.UM, OBVIOUSLY US 77 ON SECOND STREET IS ALSO ROUTE 66.
IT HAS SOME UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS BECAUSE OF THAT DESIGNATION.
UM, BROADWAY COMING IN FROM THE TURNPIKE RUNNING UP INTO THE CORE OF DOWNTOWN GOES THROUGH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SORT OF, UM, ENVIRONMENTS REALLY FROM KIND OF, UH, HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL ALL THE WAY UP INTO A MORE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED DOWNTOWN CONTEXT.
SO PART OF THIS, UH, STUDY IN ADDITION TO LOOKING AT, UM, STREET CONFIGURATIONS AND OTHER TYPES OF, UM, TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE LAND USE SURROUNDING THOSE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZING THE, UH, WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT TO HELP INFORM SOME OF THOSE, UM, CORRIDOR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CORRIDOR OVERLAYS THAT ARE, UM, BROADWAY AND, UM, ROUTE 66, BUT ALSO FOR THE LAND USES, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT ARE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA SO THAT WE CAN REALLY DRILL DOWN AND, UM, GET SOME REALLY GOOD SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF HOW THE URBAN CORE, URBAN EDGE AND URBAN TRANSITION ZONES WILL LOOK PHYSICALLY AS, UM, DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS SORT OF EVOLVE.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS YOUR EXISTING ZONING MAP AND THIS IS WHAT THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, STILL A BIT OF A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S, UM, SIMPLIFIED.
UM, AND YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO MORE OF THE TEXT RELATED TO ZONING.
THERE ARE PROCEDURES RELATIVE TO ANNEXATION MAP AMENDMENTS OR REZONINGS SPECIFIC USE PERMITS, TEMPORARY USES, UM, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS, ZONING VARIANCES, AND SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS.
UM, RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE, AND THIS IS RELATIVE TO YOUR LAND USE TABLE RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE, UM, 128 UNIQUE USES THAT ARE DESCRIBED OR AT LEAST LISTED IN YOUR LAND USE TABLE OF THOSE.
UM, WE BASICALLY PUT THIS TOGETHER IN A SPREADSHEET AND JUST COUNTED UP THE BOXES TO IDENTIFY THE THINGS THAT ARE, UM, PERMITTED BY RIGHT WITH NO ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
THOSE THAT ARE PERMITTED BY SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UM, AND THOSE THAT ARE PROHIBITED AND PROHIBITED SIMPLY MEANS THAT IN ONE OF THESE BOXES WITHIN ONE OF THE DISTRICTS, THERE'S NOT, UM, AN ALLOWABLE APPLICATION FOR THAT USE.
THE PROPOSED, UH, PERMITTED USE TABLE WOULD SIMPLIFY AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DEFINED USES FROM 128 TO 80.
IT, UM, BROADENS THE NUMBER OF USES THAT ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN ONE OR MORE, UM, LOCATIONS AND, UM, REDUCES THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF SPECIFIC USE PERMITS.
I THINK IT BROADENS THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE CALLING LIMITED USES, AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT IN JUST A SECOND.
AND THEN IT REDUCES THE NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF PROHIBITED ANYWHERE, UM, WITHIN THE VARIOUS BOXES.
AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS AS FAR AS JUST SIDE BY SIDE, WE HAVE TRIED TO BROADEN THE, UM, PERMITTED USES BY EXPANDING WHAT'S PERMITTED OR ALLOWED WITHIN A DEFINED USE.
IT'S NOT THAT OUT OF THE 128 YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO CERTAIN THINGS.
IT'S JUST THAT THE 128 UNIQUE USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY DEFINED, FOR INSTANCE, UM, INCLUDES STUFF.
THINGS LIKE, UM, ICE CREAM SHOP OR, UM, BAKERY OR PICK ANOTHER SMALL SHOP USE THAT IS RELATED TO FOOD.
WELL, THAT CAN EASILY BE DEFINED AS ONE THING INSTEAD OF LISTING EACH OF THEM SEPARATELY.
SO YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T NOW HAVE TO HAVE A CANDY STORE LISTED AND A BAKERY AND AN ICE CREAM SHOP LISTED.
YOU HAVE A CAFE OR YOU HAVE A SMALL RESTAURANT.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS, THOSE ARE THE REASONS PRIMARILY THAT YOU SEE A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF UNIQUELY DEFINED USES.
UM, THE THINGS THAT ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT, WE HAVE EXPANDED AND WE'VE DONE THAT WITH SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT AND SITE, UM, STANDARDS SO THAT THERE ARE, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT.
UM, THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED AS LIMITED USE, I THINK WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN A MOMENT.
SO THE LIMITED USE IN, UM, ANY OF THE COLUMNS FOR THE PERMITTED USE TABLE, IT BASICALLY MEANS THAT THAT IS PERMITTED BY RIGHT? BUT THERE ARE USE BASED STANDARDS DEFINED WITHIN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT APPLY TO THAT PARTICULAR USE.
UM, SO YOU HAVE, LIKE I SAID, THINGS THAT ARE PERMITTED BY, RIGHT? THEY STILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE
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SITE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT ARE INCORPORATED.SO THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE SITE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, BUT ALSO THOSE USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS, SPECIFIC USE PERMITS YOU STILL HAVE THERE.
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT O ONLY PERMITTED IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS, OBVIOUSLY, UM, BASED UPON THE ZONING AND PURPOSE OF THE DISTRICTS.
SO USE BASED STANDARDS, UM, ARE REALLY JUST IN THEY'RE USE BASED STANDARDS.
THEY'RE, THEY MAY APPLY IN ALL DISTRICTS, THEY MAY APPLY IN, UM, CERTAIN CONTEXT AREAS THEY MAY APPLY, UH, IN VERY SPECIFIC DISTRICT LOCATIONS.
UM, THAT IS, THAT WOULD WOULD LOOK THINGS LIKE THIS, THINGS LIKE, UH, DRIVE-IN, IN ALL DISTRICTS WHERE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UM, SERVICE SPEAKERS ARE NOT WITHIN 150 FEET OF A SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT UNLESS YOU'VE GOT THE APPROPRIATE SCREENING AND ABATEMENT, UM, FOR A DRIVE THROUGH.
IN ALL DISTRICTS, SAME, SAME SORT OF SITUATION.
FUEL PUMPS, UM, IN ALL DISTRICTS THERE ARE CRITERIA FOR PLACEMENT OF FUEL PUMPS AS UM, AN ADDITION TO A PARTICULAR USE OR STANDALONE, BUT ALSO IN THE URBAN AND CORRIDOR CONTEXT AREAS, THERE ARE SPECIFIC CRITERIA THAT WOULD APPLY FOR A HOTEL IN THE, UM, RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT.
IT NEEDS TO BE IN A CERTAIN LOCATION RELATIVE TO ROADWAY CLASSIFICATION.
IN URBAN CONTEXT IT NEEDS TO HAVE, UM, GROUND FLOOR ACTIVATION.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE IN THAT URBAN CONTEXT THAT THE FIRST FLOOR OF ANY USE IS ACTIVE, THAT IT'S KIND OF GOT THINGS TO LOOK AT.
IT'S GOT STOREFRONT TYPE FUNCTIONS, UM, ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT YOU WOULD SEE IN THE USE BASED STANDARDS.
WE ALSO INCORPORATED SOME, UM, A NEW APPROACH RELATIVE TO TEMPORARY USE TYPES.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'RE STILL WORKING ON A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE IDEA HERE IS THAT THERE ARE USE, UH, TEMPORARY USES BASED UPON THE OPERATIONAL PERIODS.
SO SOME TEMPORARY USES ARE JUST A FLASH IN AND OUT, UM, AND THEY ARE ONLY HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN ONE AND 15 CONSECUTIVE DAYS.
UM, OTHERS ARE MORE LONG TERM AND THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF IMPACT BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH REGARD TO A B AND T, A, B AND C TYPES OF TEMPORARY USES.
UM, WHAT TYPES OF ADDITIONAL MITIGATION MAY BE NECESSARY, WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE REFUSE FACILITIES NEEDED, UM, AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE PORTAL LETS NEEDED OR PARKING REQUIRED BASED UPON HOW LONG AND WHAT TYPE OF, UM, TEMPORARY ACTIVITY IS BEING CONDUCTED.
SO MITIGATION THAT MAY BE REQUIRED IS REALLY LOOKING AT THE VARIOUS ADVERSE IMPACTS THAT WOULD EXTEND BEYOND THE PROPERTY.
WHERE THE SUBJECT TEMPORARY USE IS, IS BEING APPLIED, IS BEING ACTIVATED, UM, PARKING, AND THAT'S REALLY GENERALLY FOR TEMPORARY USE.
AND THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE, UM, SEASONAL SALES THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY PART OF THE ACTIVITY ON SITE BUT ALLOWED IN THE DISTRICT.
UM, THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE A NEED FOR PARKING OR FOR REFUSE, UM, UH, FACILITIES, BUT THEY NEED TO BE REVIEWED.
IT NEEDS TO BE, UM, A PART OF THE CONVERSATION TO ENSURE THAT THOSE TEMPORARY USES DON'T CAUSE ADVERSE IMPACTS.
SO THEN WE GET INTO A DISCUSSION ON SITE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
UM, THE BIG PICTURE IS THAT THERE ARE GENERALLY FOUR DIFFERENT SECTIONS WITHIN THIS PART OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS RELATIVE SPECIFICALLY TO ZONING THOSE THAT ARE RELATIVE TO SUBDIVISION, THOSE THAT RELATE TO URBAN FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPE.
AND THEN THOSE THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO SITE SITE DESIGN PROCEDURES.
UM, SO THE ZONING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE PARKING, OUTDOOR LIGHTING, INFILL DEVELOPMENTS, UM, ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND FORM STANDARDS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO UM, ZONING.
THIS MAY BE FORM STANDARDS THAT VARY DEPENDING UPON THE CONTEXT AREA, BUT THEY'RE MORE ABOUT BUILDING PLACEMENTS AND RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS AND, UM, THE RIGHT OF WAY AND SORT OF THE PUBLIC REALM THAN IT IS MORE, MORE BASED ON THAT THAN IT IS USE.
UM, SO THOSE RELATED TO SUBDIVISION ARE MORE THINGS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE THINGS THAT SORT OF SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOTS.
UH, LOOKING AT STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, EASEMENTS, PARKS AND TRAILS.
UM, SO MAYBE PARK, UH, INCLUDES PARKLAND DEDICATION, UM, PROVISIONS FOR LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT, WATER AND SEWER, UH, PROVISIONS, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE ONSITE,
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UM, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND HOW THOSE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ADDRESSED.UM, CONNECTING TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
SO ALL OF THOSE ARE SPECIFIC TO THE CREATION OF LOTS AND SIT WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION STANDARDS.
UH, THOSE THAT ARE MORE RELATED TO URBAN FORESTRY, WE'VE SORT OF, WELL, WE HAVE DEVELOPED THAT THIS AND BROKEN IT DOWN INTO FORESTED AREA PROVISION, TREE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION, AND THEN THOSE LANDSCAPE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT ARE MORE SITE SPECIFIC.
ALRIGHT, SO WITHIN THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, WE ARE PROVIDING WHAT WE CALL MINOR MODIFICATIONS.
MINOR MODIFICATIONS, UM, PROVIDE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF TO APPLICANTS WHEN THEY HAVE MET CERTAIN CRITERIA THEY FIT WITHIN A PARTICULAR, UM, SET OF STANDARDS.
UM, AND THESE MINOR MODIFICATIONS CAN BE, UM, A SUBJECT TO SETBACKS, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, CAN CAN BE A, THERE MAY BE MINOR MODIFICATIONS RELATED TO SETBACKS, BUILDING HEIGHT, PARKING, UM, THE HEIGHT OF LIGHTS, UM, TREE PRESERVATION REQUIREMENTS AND LANDSCAPE AREAS.
SO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE LISTED HERE ARE TYPES OF STANDARDS THAT COULD BE, UM, MODIFIED AT AN ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL.
THERE ARE LIMITATIONS TO BEING ABLE TO DO THIS.
UM, AND THOSE ARE, UH, SPECIFIC TO STANDARDS THAT CAN BE INCREASED OR REDUCED UP TO A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, 10% SHOWN ON THIS.
BUT I WOULD SAY 10% SHOULD, SHOULD PROBABLY SAY X PERCENT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THAT IS BEING DISCUSSED.
AND IT MAY ACTUALLY NEED TO VARY BASED UPON CONTEXT AREA.
UM, SO DON'T GET STUCK ON 10%, IT COULD BE A DIFFERENT NUMBER, UM, IN DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT, UM, NON QUANTITATIVE STANDARDS.
SO THEY COULD BE ALLOWING FOR THE, UM, ALTERATION OF VARIOUS AMENITIES OR THE LOCATION OF THOSE AMENITIES.
EITHER ONE OF THESE, WHENEVER AN APPLICANT IS SEEKING A MINOR MODIFICATION, THEY HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY ARE MEETING THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE, THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING A, UM, A SOLUTION THAT IS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN WHAT IS REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE.
SO WE ARE ALSO, IT COULD ALSO BE REFERRED TO AS ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE.
UM, SORRY, ALTERNATIVE WHAT? ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE.
SO WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH STAFF ON UPDATING SITE PLANS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE KNOW THAT SORT OF THE VERNACULAR IN EDMOND IS THAT A SITE PLAN EQUALS REALLY A PROCESS.
IT'S A PROCESS OF SUBMITTING MATERIALS AND GOING BEFORE, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT LEAST, AND IF NOT THE CITY COUNCIL TO OBTAIN APPROVAL.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT DIVIDING UP AND SORT OF REJIGGING SITE PLANS SO THAT A SITE PLAN IS ACTUALLY A, AN APPLICATION, IT'S A SERIES A PLAN OR A SERIES OF PLANS THAT ARE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO SORT OF UNTETHER SITE PLANS FROM THE PROCESS OF SITE PLAN APPROVAL, WHICH IS CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW SORT OF ALL BUNDLED INTO ONE THING.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SITE PLANS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND FOR ALTERATIONS THEY WOULD FOLLOW SORT OF A DIFFERENT, UM, PROCESS, WELL NO, EXCUSE ME, NOT A DIFFERENT PROCESS, BUT THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF CLASSIFICATION.
THIS IS PROBABLY A BETTER WAY TO LOOK AT IT.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF SITE PLANS.
SO RANGING FROM ZERO TO THREE.
UM, BASICALLY YOUR TYPE ZERO SITE PLAN IS A BUILDING PERMIT.
IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOME OR A DUPLEX THAT, UM, IS GOING THROUGH A BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS.
IT'S STAFF LEVEL REVIEW IT, IT RESULTS IN A PERMIT OR MODIFYING THE PLANS AND, AND GETTING TO A PERMIT APPROVAL.
THE SECOND TYPE OF SITE PLAN, UM, IS MORE RELATED TO SORT OF HIGHER INTENSITY OR HIGHER DENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UM, IF IT IS, UM, MODIFYING THEN IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY INCREASING THE, UM, HEIGHT OR GROSS FLOOR AREA BY A MINIMAL AMOUNT.
UM, THE THIRD TYPE OF SITE PLAN MOVES INTO, UM, LOWER IMPACT NON-RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITIES AND ALLOWS FOR A LITTLE BIT OF A GREATER INCREASE IN HEIGHT OR GROSS FLOOR AREA.
UM, AND ALSO THEN THE FOURTH TYPE IS SORT OF YOUR HEAVIER DUTY TYPE OF PROJECTS.
SO THINGS THAT ARE HIGHER IMPACT NON-RESIDENTIAL AND HAVE BIGGER MODIFICATIONS PROPOSED TO THEM IF THEY ARE MODIFYING SOMETHING.
UM, WE'LL TALK A MINUTE ABOUT, IN A MOMENT ABOUT HOW THAT ACTUALLY WORKS.
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ALSO SITE PLANS.THIS IS MORE RELATED TO THE, UM, ALTERATIONS.
SO ANY TYPE OF ALTERATION WITH A MINOR SITE DISTURBANCE WOULD BE CONSIDERED A TYPE ZERO SITE PLAN.
SO THAT WOULD ALSO JUST BE A BUILDING PERMIT, UM, OR A SITE DISTURBANCE PERMIT.
THE FIRST, UM, OR EXCUSE ME, TYPE ONE WOULD BE, UM, MODIFICATION OF BUILDING CRITERIA AND SITE DISTURBANCE OF A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
UM, GENERALLY THAT'S GOING TO BE INCREASING THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S LOCAL STREET ACCESS AND UM, DISTANCE FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINES.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER CRITERIA THAT FIT IN THERE, BUT IF THE PROJECT MEETS THOSE CRITERIA, THEN IT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR, YOU KNOW, PROCESSING AS A TYPE ONE SITE PLAN.
UM, MOVING ON TO, UH, TYPE TWO IS A GREATER INCREASE IN FLOOR AREA OR HEIGHT AND ALSO A LARGER AMOUNT OF SITE DISTURBANCE, UM, INCREASE IN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE.
AND THEN THE THIRD OF COURSE IS SORT OF YOUR HIGHER INTENSITY, HIGHEST INTENSITY OF, UM, MODIFICATIONS, UM, OR SITE ALTERATIONS.
RIGHT NOW ALL APPLICANTS GENERALLY HAVE TO SUBMIT ALL OF THESE DOCUMENTS AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THEIR SITE PLAN, REVIEW PROCESS.
UM, THE LAYOUT PLAN IS WHAT A, WHAT A LOT OF FOLKS WOULD REFER TO AS A SITE PLAN.
IT'S THE LAYOUT OF THE BUILDING.
IT SHOWS, UM, EASEMENTS, IT SHOWS, UM, UH, SHOWS THE BUILDING, UM, FOOTPRINT.
IT SHOWS THE, UM, WHAT AM I THINKING? THE, THE, THE LAYOUT OF THE LOT, THE LOT THE DIMENSIONS OF THE LOT.
IT SHOWS WHERE, UM, GENERALLY WHERE PARKING AND LANDSCAPING IS, UM, EXISTING.
BUT IT'S SORT OF THE, THE STARTING POINT TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE COMPLIANT WITH THE REGULATIONS.
SO WE WANT EVERYONE TO START OUT WITH THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, ONCE IT'S DETERMINED THAT THE APPLICATION FOR THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL, UM, IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD, THEN DEPENDING UPON THE TYPE, SO ZERO THROUGH FOUR, ZERO THROUGH THREE OF THE TYPE PLAN OF SITE PLANS, THE APPLICANT WOULD THEN BE REQUIRED TO START SUBMITTING THESE OTHER TYPES OF PLANS.
UM, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS SORT OF MATCH THE PART OF THE PROCESS THAT SOMEONE IS IN WITH REGARD TO THE LEVEL OF REVIEW WITH THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL AND THE COST OF PRODUCING THE MATERIALS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO GO THROUGH THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS.
EVENTUALLY ALL OF THIS MATERIAL, IF IT IS A TYPE THREE SITE PLAN, EVERY BIT OF THIS IS GONNA BE REQUIRED JUST LIKE IT IS NOW.
IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA ASK PEOPLE TO, BEFORE THEY EVEN KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A SITE PLAN THAT COULD BE APPROVED, GO IN AND DO A DETAILED LIGHTING PLAN FOR INSTANCE, OR DO A DETAILED GRADING AND STORMWATER PLAN.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE GENERAL GENERALLY THAT THEY CAN GET THERE, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN SORT OF STAGE THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT IS BEING PRESENTED.
SO THIS IS A, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT EASIER WAY TO LOOK AT THE WAY THAT THE SITE PLAN PROCESS IS INTENDED TO WORK UNDER THE NEW UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE INITIATION OF A PROJECT THAT IS A SITE PLAN THAT INCLUDES A, UM, SPECIAL USE PERMIT, ONE WITH A MINOR MODIFICATION OR ONE THAT IS CLEAN, DOESN'T, THAT'S NOT ASKING FOR ANY KIND OF EXTRAS LIKE APPROVALS.
UM, WITH THE, AND I'M GONNA START AT THE BOTTOM BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE, UM, MOST STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY TO GET FROM APPLICATION TO APPROVAL.
SO THIS ONE IS A SITE PLAN WHERE NO ONE IS REQUESTING, UM, ADDITIONAL SORT OF CONSIDERATIONS.
THERE'S A STAFF REVIEW OF THE SITE PLAN TYPE CRITERIA, THEN THEY SUBMIT OTHER REQUIRED PLANS AND THEN THERE'S A STAFF DECISION IF THERE'S AN APPLICATION THAT ALSO INCLUDES A MINOR MODIFICATION, UH, THAT GOES ALSO TO A STAFF REVIEW AND, UM, CONSIDERATION OF THE MINOR MODIFICATION.
IF STAFF DOES NOT FEEL THE MINOR MODIFICATION PROVIDES THAT, UM, ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE THAT'S THAT IT'S INTENDED TO, THEN THEY COULD DENY IT AND THAT APPLICATION COULD EITHER BE REVISED OR IT COULD BE SUBMITTED AS, UM, AN APPEAL TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND IF THE STAFF FEELS THAT THE MINOR MODIFICATION DOES MEET THE INTENT AND UM, SERVES AS ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE APPROPRIATELY, THEN IT WOULD GO TO THE STAFF LEVEL REVIEW AGAIN OF THE CRITERIA OF THE SITE PLAN TYPE THEN TO SUBMITTAL OF ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION AND A STAFF DECISION ON THE APPLICATION.
UM, WITH, UM, SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOLLOWS GENERALLY THE SAME PROCESS THAT IT DOES NOW STAFF REVIEW FOR COMPLETENESS, UH, AND THEN ONTO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL.
ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS KIND OF A BIG CHANGE.
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OKAY.UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE PUT IT IN LAST, UH, WE ANTICIPATE, UM, MEETING AGAIN WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGAIN BEFORE WE BE, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE ADOPTION PROCESS, UM, WE ANTICIPATE HO HOSTING UP TO FOUR DIFFERENT, UM, OPEN HOUSE MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THE CODE AND THE ZONING MAP WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE INTO THAT ADOPTION PROCESS.
UH, SO THOSE ARE THINGS ON THE HORIZON.
UH, I WILL SAY LATER THIS WEEK, STAFF IS CONDUCTING A INTERNAL SORT OF WORKSHOP TO UH, TRY TO BREAK THE CODE, UH, BASED SPECIFICALLY ON THE SITE PLAN PROCESS TO USE SOME EXISTING DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS TO WALK THEM THROUGH THE NEW PROCESS AND THE OLD TO, UM, ENSURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE OBJECT OBJECTIVE OF MAKING THIS, UM, A MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS WHILE STILL RESULTING IN HIGH DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS TO MONTHS.
UM, WE DO WANT TO HAVE THIS KIND OF BUTTONED UP AND READY FOR ADOPTION.
I THINK THAT BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS AND OPEN HOUSES THAT WE WANNA HAVE, IT MAY BE LATE SPRING OF 26, BUT WE'RE GETTING MUCH CLOSER TO BEING ABLE TO DEBUT THIS AND KIND OF TAKE THE SHOW ON THE ROAD AND HAVE BIGGER CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, THE NECESSARY STAKEHOLDERS AND DECISION MAKERS FOR THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND THAT IS WHAT I'VE GOT FOR Y'ALL TODAY.
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
WHO WANTS TO START PLANNING COMM? YEAH, PLANNING COMMISSION WANTS TO JUMP IN HERE ON THIS CONVERSATION.
I GOT A QUESTION BACK TO YOUR, UH, COUPLE SLIDES PREVIOUSLY.
SO ON THE BOTTOM ONE, WHICH WOULD BE BASICALLY A STAFF DECISION NEVER GOES TO PLANNING OR FREE MARKET.
SO RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU HAVE APPROVAL, BY THEM, I MEAN I'M ASSUMING BEFORE THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT THE REQUIRED ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS THAT COST ADDITIONAL MONEY, THE ORANGE SPOT, THEY'LL HAVE A CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, CORRECT.
SUBSTITUTE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS.
I THINK
WHY SAY I WOULDN'T WANNA SPEND MONEY IF I'M THE DEVELOPER? RIGHT? UNLESS YOU'VE ALREADY SAID YES TO WHAT I'M DOING.
WE WANT TO GET TO A POINT WHERE THE STAFF IS CONFIDENTLY ABLE TO SAY, IF YOU CAN COMPLY WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND DEMONSTRATE THAT WITH THESE ADDITIONAL PLANS, THEN YES, THIS CAN BE AN APPROVED PROJECT.
I MEAN, I THINK I'D WANT A PRETTY FIRM YES.
BEFORE I GO SPEND ALL THAT OTHER MONEY.
WELL, RIGHT NOW EVERYBODY'S SPENDING ALL THAT MONEY UP FRONT.
UM, BUT ON THAT, I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT SOLVING THE PROBLEM IF THEY'RE STILL SAYING, AH, MAYBE BECAUSE THEN MONEY WILL TELL YOU.
SO, BUT, BUT THE ISSUE OF MINOR MODIFICATION WOULD BASICALLY BE IF THEY BELIEVE ALREADY COMPLY THAT THE ISSUE IS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
DO ONCE THAT MODIFICATION'S BEEN APPROVED, THAT WOULD DROP IT BACK INTO THE AUTOMATIC APPROVAL PROCESS FOR ALL PURPOSES.
AND WE ARE FRAMING THE MINOR MODIFICATIONS AS VERY SPECIFIC.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST WE NEED RELIEF FROM X, Y, OR Z.
COULD STAFF APPROVE THAT? STAFF IS GONNA HAVE VERY SPECIFIC PARAMETERS 'CAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY FAIR FOR THEM TO BE IN, UM, A DISCRETIONARY DECISION MAKING MODE.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHERE STAFF IS ASKED TO MAKE THAT TYPE OF DECISION, IT IS VERY CLEAR WHAT THE CODE ALLOWS THEM TO MAKE A DECISION ON.
AND IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT FITS WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS, THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH EITHER, UM, A PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERATION, UM, OR A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT VARIANCE CONSIDERATION.
THE OTHER PART, ONE OTHER QUESTION.
SO WHEN YOU'RE FRAMING THOSE BIG 1, 2, 3 AND FOUR MM-HMM
AND I SAW THE CAN, CAN I INTERRUPT HERE JUST A SECOND.
BRIAN, WOULD YOU COME UP TO A MICROPHONE? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY LOUD, MARK.
WELL I KNOW, BUT IT'S ON IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE WATCHING US ONLINE, THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE HEARING YOU TALK.
SO ON THE PART, UM, WE'RE GOOD WITH WHAT WE'VE ALREADY SAID.
WE'RE GOING ON TO THE NEW QUESTION.
SO ON THE OTHER PART, IF WE GO BACK TO WHERE YOU HAD THE 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR OF THE NEW PERMITTING PROCESS, THOSE YES.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SITE CRITERIA AND YOU SEE FIVE TO 9% SITE DISTURBANCE, 10 TO 20% SITE DISTURBANCE, I MEAN, IS THERE A SPECIFIC SET OF GUIDELINES WITH WHAT 10 TO 20% SITE DISTURBANCE MEANS? BECAUSE THAT SEEMS VERY DISCRETIONARY.
AND HOW DO YOU DETERMINE THAT? 'CAUSE I WOULD HATE THAT IF I WAS A DEVELOPER GOING, WELL WHO GETS TO MAKE THAT CALL? RIGHT? SO THAT WOULD BE A
AND THIS SET OF CRITERIA IS SPECIFIC TO ALTERATIONS.
'CAUSE NEW DEVELOPMENT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT SITE DISTURBANCE.
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SO THIS WOULD BE THE, THOSE THINGS THAT ARE, UM, ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING.BUT YES, SITE DISTURBANCE WILL BE A DEFINED TERM WITHIN THE CODE.
OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION? OKAY.
NEXT, UH, YOU MENTIONED YOU'VE GOT FOUR OPEN HOUSE MEETINGS SCHEDULED.
THEY'RE NOT SCHEDULED YET, BUT WE ARE PLANNING ON FOUR OPEN HOUSE MEETINGS BEFORE WE GET TO, UM, MOVING THIS THROUGH THE ADOPTION PROCESS.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME OF DAY AND, AND HOW THOSE WILL BE STRUCTURED? WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH STAFF, BUT IDEALLY THAT'S GONNA BE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TIMES THAT PEOPLE COULD, YOU KNOW, BE AVAILABLE.
TYPICALLY, WE'LL DO THOSE AFTER HOURS.
YOU SAY TYPICALLY YOU, YOU'LL DO THEM AFTER HOURS SO THE PUBLIC CAN ATTEND? YES, SIR.
YOU MENTIONED TEMPORARY USE, UH, TEMPORARY USE TYPES.
WOULD THAT INCLUDE LIKE A FOOD TRUCK? A FOOD TRUCK IS NOT SPECIFICALLY A TEMPORARY USE.
IT IS DEFINED AS A MOBILE VENDOR WITHIN THE CODE CURRENTLY.
AND SO THAT'S IT, IT'S ITS OWN DEFINED TERM.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO PAGE 42 AND 43 OF YOUR PRESENTATION? YES SIR.
ON THE DRIVE IN AND DRIVE THROUGHS.
YOU THINK THAT'S STRINGENT ENOUGH? STRONG ENOUGH? 150 FEET FROM SOMEBODY'S BACKYARD? THAT'S TYPICALLY A LOT AWAY AS FAR AS THE DIMENSION OF AT LEAST ONE SINGLE FAMILY LOT BETWEEN THE USE AND THE, UM, ADJACENT LOT.
UM, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY CONSIDER A DIFFERENT DIMENSION IF YOU FEEL LIKE THAT IS NOT SUFFICIENT.
WELL, I DON'T, BUT IT'S NOT UP TO ME.
I MEAN, IT, YOU'RE WORKING ON THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT I MM-HMM
I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE GREATER.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THAT? WE'LL DEBATE THAT WITH STAFF.
CHECK SOME OTHER BEST PRACTICES AS WELL.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING AND I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT FOR OUR CITY, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN A BIG JOB FOR YOU.
UM, I PARTIALLY SAY THAT BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK THROUGH THE APPENDIX OF THE ADMIN PLAN, LIKE HALF OF THE ACTIONS ARE ADDRESSED BY THIS.
BUT YOU'RE SOLVING ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS IN THE WHOLE SETTING.
WE'RE ADVANCING THE PLAN SIGNIFICANTLY.
YEAH, AND I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, I LIKE TO READ PLANNING BOOKS AND STUFF IF Y'ALL HAVE READ THESE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE LEARNED AND THAT FIX A LOT OF THE PROCESSES AND THAT FIX A LOT OF THE ROOT CAUSES FOR WHY CITIES OPERATE THE WAY THEY DO AND PLAN THE WAY THEY DO.
SO I REALLY AM GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING THIS IS PROBABLY WAY OVERDUE TO MODERNIZE ALL THIS STUFF FOR OUR CITY.
UM, BUT THE DEVIL'S PROBABLY IN THE DETAILS HERE.
AND UM, SO I'M CURIOUS HOW, I MEAN, COUNCILMAN MOORE TOUCHED ON ONE SPECIFIC THING HERE, BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO, HOW DO WE GO THROUGH THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS HERE? LIKE IT'S NOT, UM, APPLE'S TO APPLE'S WHAT THE CURRENT CODE IN TERMS OF HOW IT'LL BE APPLIED AND HOW IT'S DEFINED.
SO HOW DO WE DO A WAS IS COMPARISON OF THINGS LIKE HOW ARE WE GONNA APPROVE THINGS MM-HMM
WHICH TYPES OR PURPOSE OR USES APPLY TO WHICH THINGS OR WHAT'S ALLOWED BY RIGHT.
OR THAT FLOW CHART YOU JUST PUT UP, RIGHT? LIKE HOW DO WE GET A, ARE WE GONNA HAVE SOME WAY TO DO THAT SO WE UNDERSTAND WE WANT YOU, WHAT'S ACTUALLY CHANGING? YES SIR.
I, WE WANT YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO SORT OF WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND THIS AND UNDERSTAND THE KEY COMPONENTS THAT ARE IMPACTING WHAT YOU DO ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS AND WHAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS CALL YOU ABOUT.
UH, SO WE'LL WORK WITH STAFF TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN SORT OF DELIVER COMPONENTS TO YOUR, THE DECISION MAKERS, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AND CITY COUNSELORS MM-HMM
UM, IN A WAY THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE.
THAT MAY LOOK LIKE YOU GET THE ZONING PIECE, YOU GET THE SUBDIVISION PIECE YOU GET AND, AND SOME EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT'S CHANGED AND WHAT THE KEY ISSUES ARE THAT WE FEEL LIKE NEED TO BE HIGHLIGHTED IN YOUR REVIEW.
BECAUSE EVEN BROKEN DOWN INTO LIKE THE FIVE SECTIONS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, IT'S STILL A CHUNKY DOCUMENT.
THERE'S STILL A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE.
UM, BUT WE DO WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL TIME TO SORT OF DIGEST THAT AND THINK YOUR WAY THROUGH IT.
MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
UM, SO THAT IS PART OF OUR NEXT STEP IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO DELIVER THIS INFORMATION IN A WAY THAT,
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UM, THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE WITHOUT JUST OVERLOADING YOU WITH ONE LIKE 300 PAGE DOCUMENTS.UM, WE, WE HAVE A, A COMPARISON BASICALLY THE, UH, OUTLINE OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND WHERE CURRENT INFORMATION IS FOUND WITHIN YOUR CURRENT CODE.
SO THERE IS, THERE'S A REFERENCE DOCUMENT THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE LOT REQUIREMENTS ARE LOCATED WITHIN YOUR CURRENT CODE IN YOUR SUBDIVISION TITLE.
THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED WITHIN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SO THERE'S AT LEAST SORT OF A KEY FOR YOU TO SAY, OKAY, NOW I'M READING THROUGH THE PERMITTED USE TABLE AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AT THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
I KNOW THAT I CAN GO TO THIS SECTION OF THE, THE ZONING TITLE AND SEE THE SAME, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THE EXISTING REQUIREMENTS RELATIVE TO THE PERMITTED USE TABLE.
LIKE, LIKE YOU'VE REFERENCED, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GIVE YOU LIKE A RED LINE DOCUMENT.
IT WOULD ALL BE BLOODY AND MARKED UP.
THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT RIGHT.
AND IT, IT'D BE VERY DIFFICULT TO EVEN READ THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE TOOLS TO KIND OF WORK YOUR WAY BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO WHERE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF DO SOME COMPARISON ON YOUR OWN AS YOU REVIEW.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE LOOKING PROBABLY AT THE NIS OF EVERY DETAIL.
WE'RE GONNA GONNA TRUST STAFF AND, AND OTHER EXPERTS TO DO THAT, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT, UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE HERE, WHAT WE'RE CHANGING.
AND THEN I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES ON SOME OF THESE.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE DELL'S IN THE DETAILS SOME TO WHERE RIGHT.
WE'RE FIXING SOMETHING OVER HERE AND WE'RE MAKING IT HARDER OVER HERE.
SO WE GOTTA I THINK HAVE A BIG PICTURE VIEW OF THAT.
UH, I DON'T SEE ANYWHERE ON HERE, UH, CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT IN ANY OF THIS.
WHERE IS THAT? SO THOSE ITEMS THAT WOULD GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL OF COURSE INVOLVE A PLANNING COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC HEARING AND ALSO CITY COUNCIL.
BUT THOSE THAT ARE STAFF APPROVABLE WOULD NOT HAVE A CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT ELEMENT TO THEM THAT'S BASED, THAT'S WHY THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY DO YOU VIEW THAT AS IMPORTANT CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT FOR ITEMS THAT HAVE DISCRETION AND SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE WEIGHED IN THAT FASHION? ABSOLUTELY.
BUT WHEN IT'S A PERMITTED USE AND THE CRITERIA HAVE BEEN SPECIFICALLY DEFINED, I THINK THAT THERE ARE VALID REASONS TO KEEP THOSE ITEMS AT AN ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL.
SO IF THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, THOSE ARE THE CRITERIA THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED AS WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE.
AND SO IF THOSE ARE BEING MET, THEN THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S APPROVED BY WRIGHT.
AND THEN TALK ABOUT FOOD TRUCKS AGAIN.
WHAT, HOW DID YOU DEFINE THAT? SO, UH, RIGHT NOW I BELIEVE THAT MOBILE VENDORS ARE LISTED WITHIN YOUR REGULATIONS AS A USE PERMITTED IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT, BUT THEY'RE NOT MOBILE.
THEY STAY PARKED THERE FOR MONTHS.
AND SO, SO WHAT DO YOU CALL THOSE? IT STAY THERE FOR A MONTH OR TWO OR THREE OR JUMPED UP OR FOUR YEARS OR FOUR YEARS.
SO WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT THAT? IF THEY'RE PARKED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, THEN THEY SHOULD BE A USE PERMITTED ON THAT SITE.
IF THEY'RE PARKED ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, THEN YOU DEFINITELY HAVE CAUSE TO TREAT THEM AS A TEMPORARY USE, BUT THEY'RE NOT MOBILE, THEY DON'T LEAVE.
THEY'RE, BUT THEY'RE ON WHEELS AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT GETS TO.
THEY'RE, SO I'VE WATCHED THEM FOR MONTHS NOW.
SO SOMEONE THAT GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A BUILDING OR LEASING A BUILDING AND GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS TO DO ALL THAT AND THEN ROLL THE DICE WHETHER THEIR BUSINESS WORKS OR NOT.
YOU DRIVE A TRUCK UP, PARK IT, PUT BLOCKS BY THE WHEELS, STAY THERE FOR MONTHS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE PAYING AD VALOREM TAX, I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THAT.
THEY'RE NOT LEAVING AND IT'S NOT FAIR.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS OTHER THAN RANDY TELLS ME IT WILL SOLVE ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS IS, OH, RANDY
I THINK THE ONES WE HAVE MAY BE A LITTLE OUTTA DATE.
AND SO HE'S TOLD ME THAT PART OF THIS PROCESS IS DOCUMENTING KIND OF THE WAS AND THEN
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THE IS WITH THE NEW.UM, SO THAT WE'LL HAVE A REAL FLOW THAT PEOPLE THAT WE CAN PUBLISH, THAT DEVELOPERS THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND AND UM, HOPEFULLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MEASURE AND OPTIMIZE OVER TIME.
SO JUST CONFIRMING THAT IS PART OF YOUR YES.
SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE ITSELF IS, UH, A MUCH MORE GRAPHIC DOCUMENT.
IT WILL HAVE IMAGES, UM, LINE DRAWINGS, AS WELL AS FLOW CHARTS FOR THE VARIOUS TYPES OF APPLICATIONS.
THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION THAT IS DISPLAYED IN TABLES AND IN BULLETED LISTS AND THOSE TYPES OF FORMATS AS OPPOSED TO LONG NARRATIVE LEGALESE STATEMENTS.
UM, SO THAT, THAT IS KEY IS MAKING SURE THAT AS WE UPDATE CONTENT, WE'RE ALSO UPDATING THE FORMAT, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S A MUCH MORE EASILY USABLE DOCUMENT.
UM, THERE ARE, WE, WE CAN ALSO PULL OUT THOSE FLOW CHARTS AND PUT THEM IN BASICALLY A DEVELOPMENT MANUAL OR A SERIES OF APPLICATIONS WITH THE, UM, PROCESS INCLUDED MM-HMM
SO THAT APPLICANTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROCESSES ARE FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF APPLICATIONS MM-HMM
AND I IMAGINE PART OF THAT WILL BE WE'LL HAVE TO ADJUST OUR WORKFLOW AND OUR TOOLS RIGHT.
WITHIN STAFF TO MATCH IT ALL UP TO THE NEW WORKFLOWS AND THINGS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.
WE'RE MARCHING THROUGH THESE SECTIONS.
UM, AND THEY'RE ALSO KIND OF, LIKE I SAID, TESTING IT AND UM, SO WE, WE'VE GIVEN THEM A DRAFT, UM, ENTIRE DOCUMENTS THAT LATER THIS WEEK THEY'RE GONNA TRY AND BREAK AND WE, UM, WISH THEM WELL AND HOPE THEY BREAK IT SO WE CAN FIX IT.
AND THEN CAN YOU JUMP TO BACK TO SLIDE 35 FOR JUST A SECOND? SURE.
SO, SO WE HAVE THESE TWO MAPS.
THIS IS KIND OF THE, WAS AND IS VIEW OF THE MAPS.
UM, WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS AND IS BEFORE I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S ACTUALLY WRITTEN IN THE CODE OR IN THE PROCESS WHEN WE GET INTO THIS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE REZONING THE WHOLE CITY.
I MEAN, HOW DO WE LOOK AT THIS FROM A PROCESS PERSPECTIVE? YEP.
'CAUSE THIS WILL BE ADOPTING AN ENTIRELY NEW ZONING MAP FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY.
SO HOW DO WE GO THROUGH THE WAS AND IS CHANGES ON EACH OF THOSE? I MEAN, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A PROCESS WHERE YOU GO THROUGH LIKE A LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR EACH PARCEL AND SAY THIS WAS THIS AND IS PROPOSED TO BE THIS.
IT IS MORE OF A UNIVERSAL NOTIFICATION THAT THERE'S A PROPOSED NEW ZONING MAP AND THAT ALL PROPERTIES ARE AFFECTED.
AND I WILL LEAN ON YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE RIGHT NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
BUT, UM, IT'S LIKELY GONNA REQUIRE NOTICE TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNER, UM, IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM TO MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE IT GETS TO THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT THERE IS PROPER NOTICE PROVIDED AND THAT PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO GO AND LOOK AT BEFORE AND AFTER.
WE'LL PROBABLY CREATE SORT OF SLIDER MAP WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE BEFORE AND AFTER AS THEY SORT OF MOVE THE SLIDER ACROSS THE SCREEN.
UM, THAT HELPS US
UM, AND, AND, AND IT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO, UM, TAKE A LOOK AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CHANGES ARE.
WE ARE AIMING FOR MAKING THINGS MORE FLEXIBLE AND NOT LESS.
OUR GOAL IS NOT TO HAMSTRING EXISTING PROPERTIES.
UM, THE CODE ITSELF IS EFFECTIVE MOVING FORWARD SO THAT IT'S NOT RETROACTIVE TO OTHER APP, OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED UNDER THE EXISTING OR PREVIOUS CODES.
UM, SO WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE CREATING AS FEW OR NONE IDEALLY, UH, NONCONFORMITIES BY ADOPTING THE NEW REGULATIONS.
UM, SO AGAIN, IT'S, THE GOAL IS TO MAKE THE NEW ZONING MORE FLEXIBLE THAN THE EXISTING.
SO, I MEAN, I GUESS JUST FOR US, LIKE WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK.
THERE'S SUCH A PROCESS TO REZONE SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN LIKE DOING THIS WHOLE MAP SWAP, UH, JUST MAKES ME A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT, AGAIN, ABOUT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
EVEN IF IT'S MORE BROAD, WE CAN HAVE CHANGES.
WELL, IT DEPENDS ON IF THEY'RE ONE FOR ONE.
SO THAT'S WHO DEFINES ONE FOR ONE, I GUESS, BUT YEAH.
WE CAN DEVELOP A TECHNICAL MEMO JUST BASICALLY EXPLAINING KIND OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER AND WHAT IMPLICATIONS WE FEEL ARE RELEVANT, UM, THAT MIGHT HELP THE COUNCIL TO, TO CONSIDER THIS AS A COMPONENT OF THAT OVERALL ACTION.
DON? I, I REALLY LIKE THINGS THAT HELP ME ARE LIKE PAGE 39 WHEN WE HAVE REVIEWS OF CURRENT AND PROPOSED MM-HMM
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KNOW YOU GUYS ALONG WITH CANON PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WHEN YOU DEVELOP THESE THINGS, YOU HAVE SPECIFIC THINGS IN MIND WHEN WE GET TO THE CITIZENS MEETINGS AND, AND EVEN FOR US, IF WE COULD HAVE IT, IT'S HELPFUL FOR ME ANYWAY, TO HAVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.HERE'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, HERE'S THE PROCESS NOW, HERE'S WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE LATER.
AND THEN, I MEAN, BECAUSE NOW WE'RE, WE'RE DEALING WITH, WITH YOU GUYS LIVE AND SWIM IN THIS EVERY DAY.
THE REST OF EVERYBODY ELSE DOES NOT.
SO, SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE PRACTICAL REALITIES WITH REAL WORLD EXAMPLES, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THIS WE CAN DIG IN A LITTLE DEEPER AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS EASY.
I REALIZE YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T TOUCH EVERY SINGLE EXAMPLE.
BUT, BUT BASIC ONES, WHY THESE ARE DESIGNED AND HOW THEY'RE DESIGNED.
AND I, I'M GLAD I LEARNED TOO.
WE DON'T HAVE MOBILE HOMES EITHER.
NOW EVERYBODY THAT MAKES FUN OF US FOR HAVING A MOBILE HOME, THEY, THEY'RE NOT MOBILE EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ON WHEELS.
I KNOW ABOUT THOSE FOOD TRUCKS OUT THERE.
WHY, WHY YOU GOT TO HOOK THE BEAR.
UM, IF I CAN, SO MY UNDERSTANDING OF WORKSHOPS, THIS IS A TIME FOR FEEDBACK AND SO I ASSUME YOU WANT, YOU MIGHT WANNA HEAR SOME OF THAT.
UM, I APPRECIATE CLARITY AND EFFICIENCY, SIMPLICITY WHEN POSSIBLE.
UM, BUT WHEN I, WHEN I LOOK AT, SO FOR REFERENCING A SPECIFIC SIDE, WHEN I LOOK AT SLIDE 60, UM, SO THE IMPLICATIONS OF ASKING US AS A COUNCIL TO ADOPT KIND OF A NEW PROCEDURE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WOULD FORMALLY GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL WOULD NO LONGER.
AND IF THAT WOULD TAKE OUT SOME OF THAT CITIZEN INPUT, UM, OR I SUPPOSE ALL OF IT, UM, I WOULD JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT MINOR MODIFICATIONS ARE DEFINED AS AND, AND IS IT REALLY, I I WOULD NEED TO UNDERSTAND MORE OF THAT BEFORE I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH ADOPTING.
UM, AND, AND PERHAPS THAT COULD BE DONE.
I MEAN, I'M OPEN TO IDEAS, BUT LIKE, IF THERE'S SOMETHING ON OUR AGENDA THAT LIKE, SHOW ME HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
IF IT, IF WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT I, OR PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD NEVER SEE IT, I WOULD JUST KIND OF, I WOULD NEED TO UNDERSTAND MORE OF THAT.
UM, 'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, I, I AM OPEN TO FLEXIBILITY, OPEN TO EFFICIENCY, CERTAINLY FOR DEVELOPERS FOR OUR TIME FOR PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, BUT DISCRETION IS KIND OF, IT'S OUR, IT'S OUR ROLE AND WHAT WE WERE APPOINTED OR ELECTED TO DO.
SO I WOULD JUST NEED TO HAVE A REALLY STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF THAT IF WE, IF WE CAN STAY ON THIS SLIDE FOR JUST A SECOND.
BECAUSE BOTH YOU AND MR. MOORE HAVE KIND OF ADDRESSED THIS SLIDE A COUPLE OF TIMES.
I THINK THAT THIS FLOW CHART, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM FOR IT, THIS MIND MAP HERE, IS IT TOO HIGH OF AN ELEVATION? I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE DRILLED DOWN ON TO SHOW WHERE THAT CITIZEN INPUT PIECE IS GOING TO BE.
BECAUSE I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THIS IS A PIECE OF THIS WHOLE UNDERTAKING THAT THE CITIZENS OF EDMOND WILL STAND UP AND WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THAT, THAT ABILITY FOR THE INPUT AND THAT THEY KNOW WHERE IT IS IN THERE.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, IF YOU WOULD GO BACK TO SLIDE 35 AGAIN.
NOW YOU FLICK BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE CURRENT AND THE PROPOSED CURRENT.
ARE YOU PROPOSING THAT WE REDEFINED THE LAKE DISTRICT? YES.
WHY? BECAUSE IT WOULD FALL INTO THE RURAL CONTEXT AREA AND THEREFORE BASICALLY EXPRESS A LOT OF THE CRITERIA THAT IS ALREADY APPLIED TO THE LAKE DISTRICT ON A BROADER PROPERTY, UM, OR ON BROADER GEOGRAPHY.
SO EVERYTHING IN THE LIGHT GREEN HERE AS OPPOSED TO JUST THE BOX AROUND THE LAKE.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT MR. MOORE, BUT YOU'LL GET A HUGE PUSHBACK FROM ME AND THE PEOPLE THAT ELECTED ME.
IF YOU REDEFINE THE LAKE DISTRICT.
UH, I THINK WE'VE TOUCHED EVERYTHING I HAD.
I HAD JUST ONE MORE, UM, GO, LET'S SEE.
SO THERE'S, I NOTICED THERE'S AN OVERLAY CORRIDOR OVERLAY DOWN 1 35.
THERE'S A CORRIDOR OVERLAY ON POST.
THERE'S NOT ONE ON KELLY, I GUESS, RIGHT? IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING?
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I THOUGHT KELLY WAS INTENDED TO BE A LITTLE MORE OF A QUARTER IN OUR CITY, BUT I'M A NEW GUY.I MEAN, WE'D BE OKAY WITH EXPANDING THAT.
I THINK THIS WAS REALLY WHAT WE HAD.
WE WORKSHOPPED THIS, UM, WITH STAFF AND FELT LIKE THESE WERE THE CORE NETWORK, UM, CORRIDORS THAT SHOULD BE APPLIED.
BUT IT'S, I'M NOT SAYING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
THAT'S PROBABLY FROM THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
AND POST IS THERE BECAUSE OF THE UPCOMING GATE ON THE TURNPIKE, SO THAT'S WHY IT REC RECEIPT ELEVATED.
UH, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND COMPARE IT TO, I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK TOO.
OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? THIS HAS BEEN BIG.
I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF US UP HERE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETELY ABSORB THIS.
UM, AND I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY AS WE GO BACK THROUGH IT, WE'LL HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, I THINK I'M, I'M IN THE SAME POSITION AS EVERYBODY ELSE UP HERE.
THIS IS, THIS IS A BIG UNDERDOING.
AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO IT SO FAR.
UM, AND I HOPE THAT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE AND THE THE THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS THAT BOTH US AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE HAD, UM, HELPS AS Y'ALL MOVE IT FORWARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INPUT.
UM, WE AIM TO GET YOU MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.
I REALIZE THIS WAS SORT OF A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT QUITE A LOT OF INFORMATION AND I KNOW LAND USE ISSUES ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL PROBABLY DEAL WITH ALMOST AS MUCH AS THINGS LIKE BUDGETING.
AND IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF YOUR WORK.
SO WE DON'T WANT YOU TO BE ACTING BLINDLY.
UM, WE WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE IN THE DOCUMENT, IN THE DELIVERABLE BEFORE IT BECOMES ADOPTED.
SO WE WILL STRIVE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO YOU AND THAT WE CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION.
BRIAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADJOURN YOUR MEETING? ALRIGHT,
AND IF I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN MY PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, I MOVE.
I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND CAST YOUR VOTE.