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AND I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR CITY OF INDIO MEETING FOR MARCH 9TH.CLEMENTINA, CAN WE PLEASE GET A ROLL CALL VOTE OR ROLL CALL ATTENDANCE.
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>> SO, CHAIR, SINCE THE COMMISSION IS VIRTUAL TO YOU, WE DO HAVE THE FLAG HERE.
YEAH, COMMISSIONER FRANZ, WOULD YOU MIND LEADING US IN OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
FIRST ITEM WE HAVE IS CLEMENTINA BARRAGÁN, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA?
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NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.SO WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ON INTO NUMBER 4, STUDY SESSION ITEMS.
>> CHAIRPERSON, HOLD ON, PLEASE.
>> CHAIR, WE DO HAVE A GENTLEMAN HERE THAT IS FOR THE STUDY SESSION, SO AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, YOU MAY WANT TO -- WHEN WE ENTER INTO THAT ITEM, YOU MAY WANT TO SOLICIT HIS COMMENTS ALONG WITH ANY OTHER VIRTUAL OR IN PERSON.
PERHAPS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THE PRESENTATION OR HAVE THE DISCUSSION AND THEN I'LL OPEN UP FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
>> CHAIR, ARE YOU READY TO PROCEED WITH 4.1?
AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR IS CURRENTLY.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING INDEPENDENCE A CONTINUATION OF THE STUDY SESSIONS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED ON THE ZONING CODE UPDATE PROJECT.
YOU PREVIOUSLY HAD A STUDY SESSION ON THE DRAFT SIGN CODE.
THIS EVENING WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL PLAN TEXT, GENERAL PLAN MAP, AND ALSO THE CITY ZONING MAP.
SO THIS EVENING WE HAVE SIMRAN AND ALESANDRA WITH RAIMI + ASSOCIATES AND THEY ARE A CONSULTANT FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE'VE BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB HELPING US MOVE THIS ALONG, PUTTING UP WITH ME AND ALL MY QUESTIONS AND CHANGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND SO THIS EVENING WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION TO YOU THIS EVENING AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON WHAT I MENTIONED AS THE TOXIC FOR THIS EVENING.
SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TURN IT OVER TO SIMRAN AND LET THE PRESENTATION PROCEED.
BUT BEFORE I DO THAT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS THAT YOU WANT ANSWERED AT THIS TIME OR JUST GO AHEAD AND PROCEED? OKAY.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIR YSIANO, VICE CHAIR CEJA AND MECHANICS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I'M SIMRAN MALHOTRA, PRINCIPLE AT RAIMI + ASSOCIATES.
I ALSO HAVE WITH ME ALESSANDRA WHO HAS BEEN LEADING THE ZONING CODE UPDATE FOR OUR TEAM.
LET ME SHARE MY SCREEN HERE SO YOU CAN SEE.
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THERE WE GO.I THINK YOU CAN SEE MY SCREEN NOW.
SOY WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU HERE TODAY IS TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, AS DIRECTOR SNYDER JUST MENTIONED, UPDATE TO THE ZONING MAP AND PLAN AMENDMENT VOTE TO THE TEXAS TO THE GENERAL PLAN MAP.
WE HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION, AND FOLLOWING THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
AT THE START, JUST IN CASE THERE ARE SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE JOINED TODAY AND WHO WEREN'T HERE THE LAST TIME, I'LL GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE OVERALL PROJECT.
SO THE ZONING CODE UPDATE PROJECT IS A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OF TWO CHAPTERS OF THE INDIO MUNICIPAL CODE.
150 IS THE SIGN, BILLBOARDS AND SIGNS CODE BECOME THE ZONING REGULATIONS RESIDE IN CHAPTER 159.
THESE CHAPTERS WILL BE COMBINED IN A STANDALONE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND THAT WILL BECOME THE SINGLE REGULATORY DOCUMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL PRIVATE PROPERTIES IN THE CITY THAT WILL COVER SIGNS.
IN THE FUTURE THE CITY WILL ALSO UPDATE THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS WHICH ARE IN CHAPTER 156 INTO THIS UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SO THE REASON THE CITY IS UPDATING THE CODE IS -- THERE ARE MULTIPLE REASONS.
THE FIRST IS FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THE NEW GENERAL PLAN BACK IN 2019, THE CITY IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO UPDATE THE ZONING MAP AND CODE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
IN ADDITION, IN THE INTERVENING YEARS AND SOME EVEN PRIOR TO THAT, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN PASSED THAT THE CODE NEEDS COMPLY WITH, SO THIS UPDATE GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN AS I MENTIONED THE LAST TIME, THE CODE HAS NOT BEEN COMPREHENSIVELY UPDATED IN SEVERAL DECADES, AND THAT HAS LED TO SOME INCONSISTENCIES WITHIN IT HAD, AND IT HAS REDUCED THE EASE OF USE FOR BOTH PLANNING STAFF AND FOR PROJECT APPLICANTS.
SO THIS AGAIN GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
THE CODE WILL ALSO INCLUDE UPDATED STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES IN KEEPING WITH CURRENT TIMES AND WILL CLARIFY THE PERMITS AND PROCEDURES SECTION TO BE CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW AND REQUIREMENTS FOR STREAMLINING.
SO THE GOAL OF THE UPDATE IS TO PROVIDE A MORE LOGICALLY STRUCTURED, USER-FRIENDLY CODE THAT IS HIGHLY ILLUSTRATED.
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WE WILL BE PRESENTING PORTIONS OF THE DRAFT CODE TO GET YOU'RE FEEDBACK AND I'LL OUTLINE THE SCHEDULE FOR FUTURE MEETINGS LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION.
THE GOAL IS TO BE IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL IN EARLY SUMMER FOR ADOPTION.
IN TERMS OF GETTING PUBLIC INPUT, THE CITY HAS SENT A MAILER TO EVERY RESIDENT ANDS ABOUT IN THE CITY INFORMING THEM ABOUT THE PROJECT, AND OF THIS EVER OFFERS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AT THESE WORKS SHOPS WITH YOU, THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THERE IS A PROJECT WEBSITE AS WELL AS ACTUALLY A PART OF THE CITY WEBSITE.
THERE IS A PAGE DEDICATED TO THE ZONING CODE UPDATE, AND THAT HAS INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT.
[INAUDIBLE] THE NEW DESIGNATIONS, BOTH ZONING AND GENERAL PLAN FOR INDIVIDUAL PARCELS.
AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S A TOTAL OF SIX PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOPS WITH YOU.
WE HAD ONE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ON SIGNS, AND WE WILL HAVE FOUR MORE IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS.
SO AS WE STARTED THE PROCESS FOR UPDATING THE ZONING MAP AND CODE, WE ALSO NEEDED TO ADDRESS SEVERAL ISSUES THAT HAVE RISEN THROUGH THE -- SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
THESE INCLUDE RECENT STATE LAWS THAT HAVE NECESSITATED AMENDMENTS TO THE 2019 GENERAL PLAN, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THESE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL LATER ON.
THE FIRST IS THAT SB 330, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2019, AND THAT MADE CHANGES TO THE
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HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT, AND THESE TWO LAWS, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHERS, THERE ARE CERTAIN CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE.THE CURRENT GENERAL PLAN CREATED LAND USE DESIGNATIONS THAT ALLOWED FOR A WIDE RANGE OF DENSITIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS ALLOWED FOR A DENSITY RANGE OF EIGHT TO 20 UNITS PER ACRE, AND AT THE TIME WHEN THE GENERAL PLAN WAS BEING WRITTEN, THE NEW ZONING DISTRICT WOULD BE CREATED IN A WAY TO NOT SIGNIFICANTLY UPZONE LARGE PARTS OF THE CITY.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF SB 330, THE HIGHEST DENSITY ALLOWED BY THE GENERAL PLAN GOVERNED, REGARDLESS OF MAXIMUMS DENSITY THAT IS ALLOWED BY ZONING.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IN SOME CASES OR IN PORTIONS OF THE CITY, AS I'LL DESCRIBE IN THE MAPS LATER ON, WE DIDN'T WANT TO UPZONE OR THAT WASN'T THE INTENT OF ELLEN J PLAN, TO UPZONE LARGE PORTIONS OF THE CITY WHILE THE UPZONING WOULD BE MORE FOCUSED IN STRATEGIC AREAS IN KEEPING WITH THE GENERAL PLAN VISION.
WHILE UPZONING WASN'T AN INTENT ACROSS THE CITY, THE CITY ALSO CANNOT REDUCE THE OVERALL RESIDENTIAL CAPACITY IN THE CITY, WHICH IS NO NET LOSS, SO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS ALLOWED BY THE GENERAL PLAN NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED.
SO THE DRAFTED GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS THAT WE ARE -- THAT ARE INCLUDED IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION ARE INTENDED TO ADDRESS BOTH THESE ISSUES, NOT UPZONING BUT ALSO
MAINTAINING THE -- [INAUDIBLE] >> I BELIEVE YOU'RE CUTTING OUT AND OTHERS ARE HEARING THE AUDIO AS WELL.
>> SIMRAN, YOU ARE -- WE'RE NOT HEARING YOU.
ARE YOU STILL WITH US? ALESSANDRA, ARE YOU THERE?
SIMRAN, I THINK YOU JUST CUT OUT A LITTLE BIT.
>> UNTIL SHE RETURNS, DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION, ALESSANDRA?
SIMRAN IS ALSO DRIVING THE POWERPOINT SO I MIGHT HAVE TO.
-- >> WE CAN REPLACE IT WITH OUR VERSION, IF NECESSARY.
>> LET'S SEE IF SHE TRENDS BACK IN.
>> GIVE US -- COMMISSION, PLEASE GIVE US A MINUTE WHILE WE TRANSFER THE U.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT HAPPENED.
THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.
I CAN CONTINUE IF YOU -- >> SIMRAN, WHEN WE WERE TRANSFERRING THE POWERPOINT TO US SO THAT ALESSANDRA COULD TAKE OVER FOR YOU, DO YOU WANT TO RE-SHARE YOUR SCREEN?
I'M NOT SURE QUITE WHAT HAPPENED.
I'M NOT SURE WHEN I LOST YOU ALL.
>> WE LOST YOU FOR ABOUT A MINUTE, A MINUTE AND A HALF MAYBE.
SO AS I WAS SAYING EARLIER, PER SB 330, THE HIGHEST DENSITY THAT IS ALLOWED FOR GENERAL PLAN REGARDLESS OF THE MAXIMUM DENSITY ALLOWED BY ZONING, AND AT THE SAME TIME THE CITY CANNOT REDUCE OVERALL RESIDENTIAL CAPACITY IN THE CITY, SO IT DRAWS UP GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO ADDRESS BOTH OF THOSE ISSUES.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE SOME INSTANCES WHERE THE CHANGE IN ZONING WOULD MAKE A DISTINCT DEVELOPMENT NON-CONFORMING, AND IN THESE CASES WE ARE SUGGESTING CHANGING THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATIONS FOR THESE PROPERTIES TO AVOID THAT PROBLEM.
SO IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, WHAT WE ARE SUGGESTING IS BREAKING UP THE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGNATIONS, TWO OF THE
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DESIGNATIONS IN THE GENERAL, A LOW AND A HIGH FOR EACH ONE.THIS WILL ALLOW US TO CREATE ZONES THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN WHILE ALSO ENSURING THAT THE CHARACTER OF THE DISTINCT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT FALL WITHIN THOSE -- WITHIN THOSE DESIGNATIONS IS MAINTAINED.
THE GOAL HERE IS NOT TO CREATE ANYTHING NEW, IT'S JUST TO REFINE HOW THE DENSITY ISSUE IS ADDRESSED WITH REGARD TO STATE LAWS, AND THE INTENT AND THE VISION IS GENERALLY THE SAME.
THE APPLICATION OF THESE NEW SUB DESIGNATIONS IS BEING DONE IN A WAY TO NOT RUN AFOUL OF THE NO NET LOSS REQUIREMENT THAT I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER.
OTHER DRAFT CHANGES INCLUDE CLEANING UP PARCELS TO ADDRESS ZONING CONSISTENCY, OWNERSHIP AND SOME EXISTING USES, AND TO LIMIT THE CREATION OF NON-CONFORMING CONDITIONS TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE.
SO THIS TABLE SHOWS HOW THE NEW IMPLEMENTING ZONE RELATES TO THE CURRENT GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATIONS.
IN GENERAL FOR RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE DESIGNATIONS, THERE'S A ONE-TO-ONE CONNECTION BETWEEN GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING.
SO THIS TABLE SHOWS, ALSO SHOWS WHICH EXISTING ZONES FALL UNDER THE NEW ZONES AND HOW THE CURRENT ALLOWED DENSITIES RELATE TO THE NEW OR PROPOSED ALLOWED DENSITIES.
AND I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH ONE EXAMPLE HERE.
THE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD LOW DESIGNATION IS IMPLEMENTED BY THE SN 4 ZONING DISTRICT, SO THAT'S SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD LOW, RELATES TO SN-4, AND THIS ALLOWS DENSITIES OF UP TO FOUR UNITS PER ACRE.
THE EXISTING ZONING FOR PROPERTIES WITHIN SN-4 INCLUDE COUNTRY ESTATE TRANSITIONS, EQUESTRIAN ESTATES, RLCI, AND PARTS OF RL OR RESIDENTIAL LOW.
THESE CURRENT ZONES ARE DENSITIES RANGING FROM TWO TO FOUR UNITS TO THE ACRE, AND THIS APPROACH THEN ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN THE INTENT OF GENERAL PLAN AND THE CURRENT CHARACTER OF THESE SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS AT ABOUT BETWEEN, RANGING BETWEEN ZERO AND FOUR UNITS TO THE ACRE, SO THOSE ARE GENERALLY CONSISTENT.
AS WE MOVE TO THE MIXED USE DESIGNATIONS, WHICH WERE AT IN THE PAST TIME THE CITY SAW MIXED USE IN THE CITY, THESE, THE NEW ZONING DISTRICTS THAT LINE UP FOR THESE MIXED USE DESIGNATIONS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT WITH HIGHER ALLOWED DENSITIES THAN WHAT'S THERE TODAY, SO THE PROPERTIES THAT FALL WITHIN THESE MIXED USE ZONES ARE BEING SIGNIFICANTLY UPZONED AS INTEND BY THE GENERAL PLAN VISION THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2019.
SO AS AN EXAMPLE HERE, CN HIGH OR CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH, WHICH ALLOWS DENSITIES OF UP TO 20 UNITS TO THE ACRE, CORRELATES TO A RANGE OF RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING RH AND CRC, RM, ET CETERA, WHICH HAD A DENSITY RANGE BETWEEN SIX AND 12 UNITS.
SO THOSE PROPERTIES ARE WILL NOW ALLOW HIGHER DENIES TIFFS UP TO 20 UNITS TO THE ACRE.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION ZONES AND THE WORKPLACE DISTRICT HAS BEEN -- HAS TWO ZONES THAT IMPLEMENT IT, ONE FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TYPE USES AND ONE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES.
THE INTENT HERE WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE IMPACTS OF THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES DON'T IMPACT SURROUNDING OR EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE COMMERCIAL AND RESOURCE RECOVERY, THOSE ARE A ONE-TO-ONE CORRELATION, AND ARE INTENDED TO MAINTAIN ESSENTIALLY THE CHARACTER THAT WAS -- THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
IN TERMS OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACE AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, THE ZONES THAT IMPLEMENT THOSE DESIGNATIONS ARE MIKE ONE CHANGE, PARKS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY IN
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ZONING, PARKS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY WITHIN PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT HAD A RESIDENTIAL OR WHATEVER THE SURROUNDING USE WAS, THE ZONING FOR THOSE.THE GENERAL PLAN HAD IDENTIFIED EACH OF THOSE PROPERTIES AS OPEN SPACE.
SO THIS IS A CLEANUP ITEM IN THE MAPPING THAT WE ARE DOING HERE TO ENSURE THAT THE PROPERTIES WHICH HAD PARKS ARE OPEN SPACE DESIGNATION ALSO HAVE THE SAME ZONING FOR OPEN SPACE AND PARKS.
AND THEN THE FESTIVAL DISTRICT WITH THE MAJOR MUSIC FESTIVAL OVERLAY REMAINS UNCHANGED, AND THEN THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND OPEN SPACE OVERLAY THE UNCHANGED AS WELL.
NOW THE NEXT TWO SLIDES SHOW HOW -- SHOW THE DRAFT UPDATED GENERAL PLAN MAP.
IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, BUT COPIES OF THESE WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, AND A MORE DETAILED CLOSE-UP LOOK IS AVAILABLE ON THE ONLINE TRACT MAP THAT I HAD MENTIONED.
SO I WON'T SPEND MUCH TIME ON THIS.
THIS IS THE OVERALL REVISED DRAFT GENERAL PLAN MAP WITH A FOCUS ON THE NORTH PORTION OF THE CITY HERE AND THE SOUTH HERE, AND THIS MAP SHOWS THE AREAS, THE PROPERTIES WHERE THE DESIGNATION IS BEING CHANGED.
MOST OF THESE ARE RELATED TO THE SPLIT OR THE SN AND CN DESIGNATIONS, SO THEY ARE SPLIT IN SEVERAL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS INTO SN LOW AND HIGH AND THEN CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOOD LOW AND HIGH, AS WELL AS THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE CHANGE THAT I HAD MENTIONED.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL ASK ALESSANDRA TO WALK US THROUGH THE ZONING MAPS.
>> GOOD EVENING BE COMMISSIONERS I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
AS SIMRAN MENTIONED I'LL WALK THROUGH THE ZONING MAPS.
SO AS YOU HE SEER, THIS IS IF DRAFT OVERALL CITYWIDE ZONING MAP.
AND AGAIN, AS SIMRAN DISCUSSED EARLIER, I'LL WALK THROUGH KIND OF THE HIGH LEVEL GROUPINGS OF ZONES ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, BUT THERE'S NOW MORE OF A ONE-TO-ONE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATIONS AND THE CORRESPONDING ZONES.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THAT SLIDE, OFF OF THAT SLIDE, THE COMMISSION MAY NOTE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PURPLE.
IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE.
THE COMMISSION MAY NOTE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PURPLE ON THAT MAP.
AND THE PURPLE INDICATES AREAS OF THE CITY THAT HAVE EITHER A SPECIFIC PLAN OR A PROJECT MASTER PLAN.
OUR CITY IS UNIQUE, I THINK, IN THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF AREAS OF OUR CITY THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH A SPECIFIC PLAN OR A PROJECT MASTER PLAN PROCESS AND HAVE ESTABLISHED SPECIFIC.
LAND USE AND ZONING STANDARDS, SO THE POINT IN ME ASKING, PIPING UP FOR A SECOND HERE IS TO POINT OUT THAT THOSE AREAS WILL REMAIN SPECIFIC PLAN AND PROPERTY MASTER PLAN.
THEY WILL NOT BE CHANGED BY THIS ZONING MAP IF PROPERTIES THAT ARE COVERED BY A SPECIFIC PLAN OR A PROJECT MASTER PLAN WANT TO COME OUT OF THAT SPECIFIC PLAN OR PROJECT MASTER PLAN.
THEY WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS WITH THE COMMISSION AND ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL TO ESTABLISH ZONING FOR, NEW ZONING FOR THE AFFECTED PROPERTIES.
SO I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.
THOSE PROPERTIES WILL NOT HAVE A BASE ZONING DESIGNATION.
THEY WILL OPERATE UNDER THE ADOPTED SPECIFIC PLAN AND/OR PROJECT MASTER PLAN, AND IN
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THE FUTURE IF THOSE PROPERTIES DO NOT WANT TO BE COVERED BY THEM, AS I SAID, THEY WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A MANDATORY PROCESS TO ESTABLISH ZONING.SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF PURPLE UP THERE.
AND I ALSO HAVE A SLIDE FURTHER DOWN IN THE POWERPOINT THAT KIND OF SHOWS ALL OF THESE SPECIFIC PLAN AREAS AND IT COVERS PROBABLY ABOUT A THIRD OF THE CITY SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ON ONE OF THE FOLLOWING MAPS.
SO HERE WE HAVE A MAP OF JUST THE RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
SO AGAIN, YOU SEE WE NOW HAVE TWO DESERT ESTATES DESIGNATIONS AND ZONES AS WELL AS TWO SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATIONS AND CORRESPONDING ZONES THAT COVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE CITY, AS WELL AS SOME MOBILE HOME PARKS, OF COURSE.
NEXT WE HAVE THE MIXED USE ZONES, SO THIS WOULD BE CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOOD, LOW AND HIGH.
SO CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS 14 UP TO 14 UNITS PER ACRE AND CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS HIGH, WHICH IS UP TO 20 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
HERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CLOSE-UP.
YOU CAN SEE THESE ZONES ARE CLUSTERED MORE IN THE CENTRAL AREAS OF THE CITY ON SMALLER PARCELS WHERE YOU HAVE EXISTING MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND, AGAIN, KIND OF A MIX OF USES.
MIDTOWN FOLLOWS WITHIN THIS AND MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS SOME KIND OF KEY NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AT KEY INTERSECTIONS IN THE CITY.
AND THEN DOWNTOWN IS ANOTHER MIXED USE ZONE IN THE CITY, BUT I WILL COVER THAT ON A FOLLOWING SLIDE BECAUSE IT'S GOVERNED BY A SPECIFIC PLAN.
SO THE NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONES, AGAIN, AS SIMRAN MENTIONED, ARE THE REGIONAL COMMERCIAL, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, AND, OF COURSE, THESE ARE CLUSTERED AROUND YOUR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS, THE 10, FOR INSTANCE, AND AVENUE 42.
AND HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CLOSE-UP OF THAT.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL ZONES, SO THE BLUE, PUBLIC/INSTITUTIONAL, THOSE ARE SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES, FIRE STATIONS, LIBRARIES, THE LIKE.
AND THEN WE, OF COURSE, HAVE OUR PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, AS SIMRAN WAS MENTIONING, AS WELL AS THE VERY SMALL RESOURCE RECOVERY IN THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE CITY.
AND THEN AS KEVIN WAS MENTIONING, A VERY -- QUITE A LARGE PART OF THE CITY IS COVERED BY EXISTING SPECIFIC PLANS OR GOVERNED, I SHOULD AI, BY EXISTING SPECIFIC PLANS AND PROJECT MASTER PLANS.
SO AGAIN, THOSE WILL STAY AS THEY ARE, AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT A THIRD OF THE CITY.
AND THEN THE DARK PURPLE IS THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN ZONE.
>> I JUST HAD ONE OTHER POINT ON HERE.
ONCE THE HIGHWAY 111 SPECIFIC PLAN IS ADOPTED, THE ZONING MAP WILL NEED TO BE AMENDED TO INDICATE A SPECIFIC PLAN IN THAT LOCATION.
THERE'S SOME PARCELS YOU SEE ALONG HIGHWAY 111 THAT ARE PART OF THE OLD HIGHWAY 111 PLAN, BUT I BELIEVE THE BOUNDARY IS CHANGING FOR THE NEW SPECIFIC PLAN SO THAT WILL HAVE TO BE UPDATED AFTER THAT IS COMPLETED.
SO THANK YOU, SIMRAN AND ALESSANDRA.
COMMISSION, THIS IS NOW THE TIME FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE TEAM AND/OR MAKE ANY COMMENTS YOU MIGHT.
THIS IS A STUDY SESSION FORMAT SO IT'S A FAIR INFORMAL SETTING.
AND SO, CHAIR, I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOUR DISCRETION AS TO HOW YOU WANT TO FACILITATE THAT.
>> WE CAN SWITCH BACK TO ANY MAP.
>> I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK MY COMMISSIONERS FIRST.
GLORIA OR ESPE, IF ANYONE HAS ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR FOR OUR PRESENTERS.
>> I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE ZONING.
WILL WE BE GIVEN A LIST WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT ZONINGS, THE MAPS WHAT EACH ZONING PERMITS? AND HOW DO WE COME ABOUT DECIDING WHAT AREA QUALIFIES FOR THESE ZONINGS? LIKE WHAT KIND OF STUDY DO WE DO? WHERE DO WE GATHER THE INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ZONING THAT WE HAVE APPOINTED FOR CERTAIN AREAS FITS THAT DESIGNATED AREA?
>> SO, COMMISSIONER, I'LL ANSWER INITIALLY AND THEN EITHER SIMRAN OR ALESSANDRA CAN CERTAINLY JOIN IN ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION.
THE DECISION FOR ZONING IS SOMEWHAT ALREADY MADE BY THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION SO THE CITY WENT THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS ALMOST FIVE YEARS OF DETERMINING THE LONG-TERM VISION FOR THE CITY, THE 20-PLUS VISION FOR THE CITY, AND SO THE GENERAL PLAN HAS ALREADY DEFINED THE DIFFERENT LAND USES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
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SO THE ZONING DESIGNATIONS AND THE MAPS THAT YOU WERE SHOWN ARE INTENDED TO IMPLEMENT THAT.SO THE STUDIES THAT YOU REFERRED TO WERE ALREADY DONE AS PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
WE ARE HAVING TO MAKE SOME AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL PLAN, AS SIMRAN POINTED OUT, TO ADDRESS SOME CHANGES IN STATE LAW AND SOME INCONSISTENCIES, BUT BY AND LARGE THAT WORK WAS ALREADY DONE THROUGH THE GENERAL PLAN PROCESS.
SIMRAN OR ALESSANDRA, DO YOU WANT TO ADD?
>> SIMRAN, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU AGAIN.
SO THAT ANSWER COVERS THE RATIONALE FOR HOW THE ZONING MAP WAS DEVELOPED.
IN TERMS OF YOUR FIRST QUESTION, YES, ABSOLUTELY.
WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO FINALIZING OR FINALIZING THE DRAFT DISTRICTS AND THE USE REGULATIONS AS WELL AS THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARD, AND THOSE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE SOME TIME NEXT WEEK FOR THE COMMISSION'S REVIEW AS WELL AS FOR THE PUBLIC REVIEW.
IN OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS WE'LL PRESENT THE CONTENTS OF THOSE CHAPTERS TO YOU AND THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TO YOU PROVIDE US YOUR FEEDBACK AT THAT POINT.
>> AND WILL WE BE GETTING LIKE THE ZONING CODE COLOR CODED ALONG WITH THE MAPS JUST HOW YOU SHOWED US? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL TO DETERMINE WHAT AREAS ARE ZONED FOR WHAT.
THE MAP THAT YOU RECEIVED IN YOUR PACKET HAS THE ZONING DISTRICTS INCLUDED IN IT, AND THEN THE DOCUMENT WILL HAVE THE ACCOMPANYING TEXT RELATED TO EACH OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED.
>> AND CHAIR AND THE REST OF THE COMMISSION, JUST AS A REMINDER, THE MARCH 23RD MEETING AND THE MARCH 30TH SPECIAL MEETING, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO TWO ARTICLES OF THE PROPOSED WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND THAT'S GOING TO GET INTO KIND OF THE MEATY AREAS OF LAND USES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH THE MAPS THAT SIMRAN AND ALESSANDRA PRESENTED THIS EVENING, SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET EXPOSED TO KIND OF ALL THE STANDARD, IF YOU WILL, KIND OF LAND USE ISSUES, PERMITTED, CONDITIONAL, PROHIBITED USES, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, WHETHER IT BE LANDSCAPING OR LIGHTING AND A VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS ARE GOING TO BE HEAVILY FOCUSED ON.
COMMISSIONER FRANZ, ANY THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS?
CAN YOU GUYS BRING UP THE CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS MAP, THE ONE THAT I GUESS WAS MORE ORANGEY IN COLOR.
>> YES, I'M SWITCHING TO THAT.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD BRING UP THE GENERAL PLAN OR THE ZONING.
>> SO THIS SHOWS THE MIXED USE ZONES INCLUDING THE CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> SO IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, AND MAYBE I'M WRONG, WHEN WE DID THE GENERAL PLAN, I THOUGHT THE CONNECTED HAD A LOWER DENSITY.
SO ARE WE INCREASING THESE DENSITIES SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF NEW STATE LAW OR IS THAT JUST SOMETHING THAT -- AM I NOT REMEMBERING THIS CORRECTLY?
I THOUGHT THEY WERE MAYBE -- >> COMMISSIONER, THE CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOOD ACTUALLY DOES HAVE A HIGHER DENSITY.
IN THE GENERAL PLAN IT SHOWS UP TO 20 DWELLING UNITS TO THE ACRE.
THE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD IS UP TO EIGHT UNITS PER ACRE SO YOU MAY BE PERHAPS MIXING THE TWO.
>> I'LL LET SIMRAN OR ALESSANDRA EXPLAIN WHY WE'RE BREAKING THEM DOWN.
THIS IS SOMETHING THEY HAD TO BLUNTLY CONVINCE ME OF AND IT MADE A LOT OF SENSE, SO PERHAPS SIMRAN OR ALESSANDRA CAN GO BACK TO FILL IN THE GAPS OF UNDERSTANDING.
>> I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO UNDER MORE ABOUT THIS DIVISION, AND I PROBABLY WILL TAKE MORE TIME LOOKING AT THE MAP IN MORE OF A ZOOMED WAY SO I CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE STREETS.
BUT, YEAH, I WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THIS.
>> WHY DON'T I START, ALESSANDRA, AND THEN YOU CAN SUPPLEMENT.
SO CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE GENERAL PLAN ALLOWED DENSITIES UP TO 20 UNITS TO THE ACRE, AND IT COVERED QUITE A BIT OF THE CITY.
THE NEW STATE LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED SINCE THE GENERAL PLAN WAS ADOPTED
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SAYS IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR ZONING IS, YOU MUST ALLOW THE HIGHEST DENSITY ALLOWED BY YOUR GENERAL PLAN FOR ALL PARCELS THAT HAVE THAT GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION.SO THAT WOULD MEAN THAT EVERY PROPERTY WHICH HAD A CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGNATION COULD GO UP TO 20 UNITS TO THE ACRE, AND THAT WASN'T REALLY WHAT THE INTENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN WAS WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN BECAUSE THAT STATE LAW DIDN'T EXIST AT THE TIME.
SO THE APPROACH WE TOOK AND WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ON THIS, WAS TO BREAK UP THE DESIGNATION INTO TWO, AND THE ONE GOING UP TO 14 UNITS TO THE ACRE AND THEN THE SECOND ONE GOING FROM 14 TO 20 UNITS TO THE ACRE TO -- AND THEN APPLY THAT DESIGNATION BASED ON THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND.
>> I THINK I WOULD ADD TO THAT IS WHEN SIMRAN AND ALESSANDRA AND I WERE HAVING DISCUSSIONS, THEY CORRECTLY POINTED OUT THAT OUR, OUR URBAN PATTERN IS NOT SUCH THAT EVERY LOCATION IN THE CITY, EVERY PROPERTY THAT HAS THIS CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGNATION COULD REASONABLY ACHIEVE 20 DWELLING UNITS TO THE ACRE IN TERMS OF MARKET CONDITIONS, PRIMARILY, SO THE IDEA OF BREAKING THEM UP IN TWO IS ALSO TO BE RESPECTFUL TO KIND OF THE VARIOUS MARKET FORCES THAT ARE IN PLAY IN OUR CITY AND TO PROVIDE A FLEXIBILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT DENSITIES UNDER THESE TWO DIFFERENT DESIGNATIONS.
SO SOME AREAS THAT MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT WILL GET THE CN-20 DESIGNATION AND THEN THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE AS APPROPRIATE BASED ON LOCATION OR ACCESS TO SERVICES WOULD GET THE CN-14.
SO I THINK IT WAS A GOOD COMPROMISE IN RECOGNIZING THAT ASKING -- THE CITY DID MAKE A PURPOSEFUL COMMITMENT TO MORE DENSITY AND LAND USE INTENSITY WITH ADOPTION OF THE GENERAL PLAN IN SEPTEMBER 2019, BUT I THINK THIS ALSO, THIS EFFORT OR THIS IDEA OF BREAKING THIS, BOTH THE CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING DISTRICT AND THE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING DISTRICT IS A GOOD RECOGNITION OF FLEXIBILITY AND, YOU KNOW, REALISTIC MARKET FORCES AT PLAY IN OUR CITY.
SO SINCE THE GENERAL PLAN OUTRULES THE ZONING, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO AMEND THE GENERAL PLAN? IS THAT PART OF WHAT YOU SAID, IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR THESE TWO, TWO CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS INSTEAD OF BASICALLY ONE CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE HAVE HAD ALL THIS TIME? SINCE WE APPROVED IT, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE ON THE AMENDMENT, ONCE WE APPROVE THE ZONING AMEND THE GENERAL PLAN SO THE TWO MATCH.
>> THE AMENDMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN WILL BE DONE SIMULTANEOUSLY.
>> WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE ZONING MAP AND ZONING CODE.
IT'S PRETTY TYPICAL WHEN AFTER A GENERAL PLAN, THEN THE ZONING CONSISTENCY PROCESS IS UNDERTAKEN.
THERE'S USUALLY SOME CLEANUP THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE INSTANCES HERE AS WELL, BUT AT THE TIME OF ADOPTION OF THE ZONING CODE AND MAP, THE GENERAL PLAN WILL ALSO BE AMENDED.
I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD, COMMISSIONER, WHEN WE GET INTO THE FORMAL HEARING PROCESS, THE COMMISSION WILL BE PRESENTED WITH BOTH AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING CODE AS WELL AS TO THE GENERAL PLAN, AND THOSE, AS SIMRAN POINTED OUT, WILL BE DONE SIMULTANEOUSLY, PRESENTED TO YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW AND ULTIMATE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL AS A COMMISSION, AND THEN IT WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL AGAIN FOR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING CODE.
WE HAVE TO DO THEM SIMULTANEOUSLY BECAUSE WITHOUT THE RESULTANT CHANGES IN THE ZONE PLAN, IMPLEMENTATION OF ZONING REGULATIONS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAPPEN.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT.
I'M SURE I WILL ONCE WE HAVE OUR NEXT COUPLE MEETINGS ON THE 23RD AND THE 30TH THAT'LL KIND OF DIVE INTO THESE CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS AND EVERYTHING A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICALLY.
AT THIS POINT, KEVIN, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO CHECK ON OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS IF WE HAVE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS OR GUESTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
>> WE DO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE AUDIENCE WHO IS HERE.
SO I'LL ASK HIM TO STEP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND TAKE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO
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SPEAK.MY NAME IS HOWARD CLOCK ENBERG.
I LIVE AT 85463 CAMPAGNA AVENUE IN THE FOUR SEASONS TERRA LAGO 55-PLUS COMMUNITY.
I COME HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU REGARDING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, AND I'M GOING TO SAY WITHIN ABOUT A MILE RADIUS OF THE CORNER OF GOLF CENTER PARKWAY AND AVENUE
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44.WE ARE MORE THAN PLEASED BY SEEING ALL OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT IS GOING ON IN THIS AREA NORTH AND SOUTH ON AVENUE 44, AND AS INDICATED, MY CONCERN IS TRAFFIC.
I'M FEARFUL THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SNARLS AT THE I-10 INTERCHANGE AS WE HAVE MORE AND MORE RESIDENTS IN IF AREA, ESPECIALLY THE WAY IT'S CONSTRUCTED.
IF YOU GIVE ME TIME, I CAN GO THROUGH IT.
AND THEN ALSO WITHIN OUR OWN FOUR SEASONS TERRA LAGO COMMUNITY, THEY ARE PUTTING UP TWO MORE DEVELOPMENTS, WHAT IS CALLED AN ANNEX AND ALSO ONE NEAR THE CORNER OF GOLF CENTER PARKWAY AND TERRA LAGO.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE BASED ON A 2:00 TRAFFIC STUDY, WHICH I WONDER WHEN THAT EXPIRES.
AND ALSO APPROVED TRACT MAPS, BUT IF THEIR TRACT MAPS ARE BASED ON A 2006 TRAFFIC STUDY, I WONDER WHEN THOSE TRACT MAPS EXPIRE.
AND ALSO I GATHER THE CITY IS MISINFORMED BECAUSE IT SAID THAT ONE OF THOSE PHASES IS PART OF OUR 55 COMMUNITY, THE ONE CLOSEST TO GOLF CENTER PARKWAY AND TERRA LAGO AND IT IS NOT.
IT'S NOT EVEN GOING TO BE 55-PLUS.
I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE MULTI- OR TWO-LEVEL HOUSING IN THERE AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC ON TERRA LAGO AND GOLF CENTER PARKWAY, AND IN PARTICULAR THE I-10 INTERCHANGE, GETTING ON, GOING WEST AND COMING EAST, GETTING OFF.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, SIR.
DO WE WANT TO REVIEW ANY MORE OF THE TIMELINE, KEVIN, AS FAR AS THE NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS GO, AGENDAS FOR THAT? OR IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO REVIEW FOR THIS 4.1?
>> PARDON, IF I MAY, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, JUST CLARIFYING THAT THERE WEREN'T ANY OTHER REQUESTS SUBMITTED ONLINE.
SO WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMP COMMENT SECTION.
KEVIN, DID WE WANT TO GO OVER UPCOMING AGENDAS OR -- >> SURE.
>> -- ANY OTHER ITEMS TO DISCUSS?
>> I'LL JUST BRIEFLY WITNESS WE MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF TONIGHT'S STUDY SESSION AND AS THE COMMISSION IS AWARE WE HAVE A TOLL OF SIX STUDY SESSIONS.
THE NEXT TWO ON MARCH 23RD -- THANK YOU, SIMRAN, YOU CAN SEE THE SCHEDULE ON THE SCREEN.
MARCH 23RD AND MARCH 30TH ARE ARTICLES 2 AND 3 WHICH ARE THE ZONE AND CITYWIDE REGULATIONS.
THAT'S GOING TO COMPREHENSIVELY COVER ALL OF THE ZONES IN THE CITY THAT WERE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING, THE ASSOCIATED LANDS USED AND ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THOSE LAND USES.
WE EXPECT THAT -- WE PLANNED TWO MEETINGS BECAUSE IT'S A FAIR AMOUNT TO COVER AND WE SUSPECT THIS IS WHERE THE COMMISSION WILL WANT TO FOCUS A LOT OF YOUR ATTENTION.
AND THEN ON THE APRIL 13TH MEETING WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO SPECIAL USES.
THAT'S TEMPORARY USE PERMITS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE AND OTHER SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS.
AND THEN FINALLY PERMITS AND PROCEDURES.
THIS IS WHERE WE'LL BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THE VARIOUS REVIEW PROCEDURES AND WE'RE PROPOSING FAIR SIGNIFICANT UPDATES TO THAT.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO REMIND, YOU'LL SEE AT THE BOTTOM THIS SAYS FINAL UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
WE ARE BRINGING TO YOU -- YOU'LL SEE ELEMENTS OF IT, BUT WHEN IT'S COMPREHENSIVELY TOGETHER, THE THIS WILL BE A BRAND NEW FORMAT FOR THE CITY.
IT WILL DEVIATE SUBSTANTIALLY, IF NOT FULLY, FROM WHAT YOU ARE USED TO IN TERMS OF THE CODE AND BEING INTO THE ZONING CODE BEING PART OF THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE.
THIS WILL BE MORE OF A HANDBOOK STYLE.
IT WILL BE GRAPHIC -- HAVE GRAPHICS AND PICTURES TO HELP GUIDE USERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS EITHER REQUIRED OR EXPECTED.
AND IT'S INTENDED TO CENTRALIZE ALL DEVELOPMENT-RELATED REGULATIONS IN ONE PLACE SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO ON A TREASURE HUNT, SO TO SPEAK, IN OUR MUNICIPAL CODE TO FIND VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, OUR HOPE AND OUR REQUEST IS, IS THAT WE CAN STICK TO THE SCHEDULE.
IF NECESSARY, WE CAN ALWAYS SCHEDULE ADDITIONAL SPECIAL MEETINGS IF NEEDED, BUT HOPEFULLY THE TWO UPCOMING MEETING WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THAT BECAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST MEATY PART OF THE STUDY SESSIONS.
AS A REMINDER, WE'RE HOPING TO BEGIN COMMISSION HEARINGS IN MAY, AND YOU WILL ULTIMATE GET THROUGH TO THE CITY COUNCIL HOPEFULLY IN JULY, AND THEN WRAP UP WITH THE PROJECT IN AUGUST.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST AND DESIRE TO FINISH THIS SO THAT THE MARKET KIND OF KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING BECAUSE WE'RE VACILLATING BETWEEN THE OLD ZONING REGULATIONS WHICH DO NOT IMPLEMENT THE GENERAL PLAN AND THERE'S GROWING FRUSTRATION WITH THAT IN THE MARKETPLACE BECAUSE FOLKS DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO LONG TERM.
SO YOU WILL HEAR ME ADVOCATE FOR YOUR CONTINUED REVIEW, EFFICIENT REVIEW, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSION GETS ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
AND WITH THAT, I THINK COMMISSIONER FRANZ MAY HAVE A QUESTION.
JUST REAL QUICK, I KNOW THAT THE CITY CAN PROVIDE US PRINTED MATERIALS EVEN THOUGH WE DO MOSTLY DIGITAL, OF COURSE, SCREEN.
HOW LARGE OF A MAP COULD WE GET? I MEAN, THOSE MAPS ARE GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE EVERYTHING AND EVEN ABLE TO ZOOM IN ONLINE IS NOT THE SAME AS HAVING -- I MEAN, THERE A CERTAIN SIZE THAT THE CITY COULD PROVIDE US A COUPLE OF THESE MAPS IN PRINTED FORMAT SO WE COULD REALLY STUDY THEM BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING?
>> YES, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PRINT THEM HERE.
WE HAVE OVERSIZED PRINTERS AT THE CITY, SO I CAN PRINT YOU OUT I THINK THE HIGHEST
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I CAN GO IS 36 BY 48, SO PRETTY LARGE.>> I DON'T NEED IT QUITE THAT BIG.
>> SO IF THE CHAIR AND THE REST OF THE COMMISSION, COMMISSIONER VALDEZ AND OBVIOUSLY THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS AREN'T HERE, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING YOU THE PRINTED GENERAL PLAN AND DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN.
WE ARE SENDING THOSE OUT FOR PRINTING BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PAGES.
SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS ONCE WE GET THOSE BACK, WE CAN PACKAGE THOSE UP ALONG WITH THE ZONING MAP AND THE GENERAL PLAN MAP THAT WE'RE PRESENT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU THIS EGAN, OVERSIZED AS DISCUSSED, AND WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU SO YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.
WE'LL TRY TO DO THAT BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING ASSUMING THE PRINTER GETS THEM TO US
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IN A REASONABLE TIME WHICH THEY'RE PRETTY FAST.I DON'T EXPECT THERE TO BE A PROBLEM.
>> AT LEAST FOR ME I WOULD APPRECIATE HAVING A HARD COPY.
>> AND I'LL JUST MENTION QUICKLY THAT THE ONLINE VERSION, YOU CAN ACTUALLY CLICK ON PARCELS AND SEE THE EXISTING ZONE, THE NEW ZONE, THE DRAFT ZONES, ET CETERA.
>> YEAH, AND I PLAN TO DO THAT, BUT IF I HAD SOMEPLACE TO LIKE MARK SOMETHING SO I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE MAPS DURING THE MEETINGS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT LITTLE COLOR BOX MEANT WHAT.
>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT ALESSANDRA MADE, AND CERTAINLY WE ENCOURAGE THE PLANNING COMMISSION YOU CAN KIND OF PLAY AROUND IF YOU WILL, WITH THAT INTERACTIVE MAP.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU COMMUNICATE WITH THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THIS, YOU CAN CERTAINLY DIRECT THEM TO THAT.
IT'S HOSTED EXTERNALLY SO THEY'LL GO THROUGH AN EXTERNAL LOCATION, AND IT'S A VERY ROBUST INTERACTIVE MAP, SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD EXERCISE THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS TO DO INDIVIDUALLY AND THEN CERTAINLY WE'LL SUPPLEMENT THAT WITH THE HARD COPY MAPS AS WELL.
CHAIR, THAT'S ALL THAT STAFF HAD UNLESS THERE WERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MYSELF OR SIMRAN OR ALESSANDRA.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS EVENING, AND GET READY FOR MUCH, MUCH MORE INVOLVED CONVERSATION OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
>> YEAH, IF I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMISSION COMMENTS, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK STAFF AND SIMRAN AND ALESSANDRA FOR THE PREVIEW OF WHAT WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT ON THE 23RD AND 30TH AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN FOLLOW THAT TIMELINE AND GET THIS ALL WRAPPED UP BY END OF SUMMER, AND MUCH APPRECIATE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE INFO.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AS WELL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
AND IF THAT'S THE END OF OUR STUDY SESSION ITEM, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? NO? THEN WITH THAT, THEN WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING UNTIL NEXT PLANNING MEETING, MARCH 23RD, 2022, WHICH WILL INCLUDE OUR NEXT LEG OF THIS STUDY SESSION.
TAKE CARE, EVERYONE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.