Agenda Date: 07/28/2025
Subject:
Title
PC Resolution 07-2025: Recommending approval to City Council of code text amendments to Title 10, the Unified Land Use Code related to Process Improvements
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Prepared by: |
Andrea Vaughn, Senior Planner |
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Presentations: |
Andrea Vaughn, Senior Planner |
PURPOSE:
Final planning commission review and recommendation to city council for approval of revisions to Title 10, the Unified Land Use Code (ULUC) related to the City’s platting and mailing processes for streamlining purposes.
LONG-TERM OUTCOME(S) SERVED:
High-Quality Governance
DISCUSSION:
Upon adoption on October 18, 2021, the Unified Land Use Code (ULUC) was intended to be a living document that would be in need of occasional updating, in order to better meet the goals of the City. Staff has identified two processes in need of amending to better streamline the process of mailing notifications and platting for certain applications.
The ULUC proposed code changes are now ready for planning commission final review and recommendation to city council.
BACKGROUND:
The ULUC became effective on October 28, 2021. Since then, staff has meticulously tracked errors, inconsistencies, and ambiguities discovered during implementation. In this most recent effort to modify the Code, staff has identified processes where process redundancies and internal processes may create a backlog to projects, resulting in additional staff time, without creating a better product or furthering City goals.
Proposed Code Amendment
As a result of the community survey, stakeholder group meeting, background research, study sessions, and public review comment period, Staff is proposing the following changes (this list is not all-inclusive):
§ Streamline the platting process
§ Remove condo plat applications from the ULUC and allow for these application types to be reviewed by the county
§ Amend the preliminary plat criteria to reduce regulatory burden for those applications where public right-of-way dedication is required by a city-adopted document
§ Clarify Code language
§ Remove Code contradictions regarding notice of mailing requirements
Clarifying Notes on the Proposed Changes
While the proposed changes aim to streamline certain processes within the City, this does not remove staff review or alter requirements for any project. While staff is proposing to no longer review condo plats, which is simply the division of a building, staff does still review for the construction or conversion of any property, either through a formal planning review, such as Site Plan, or through the permitting process, where a proposal will be reviewed for compliance of zoning regulations. Similarly, though staff seeks to reduce to regulatory burden for projects where public right-of-way dedication is required, this does not alter the other criteria for preliminary plats, and for example, all subdivision proposals that contain more than four lots, will still be reviewed by the Planning Commission.
Prior Actions or Discussions
• On March 11, 2025, staff met with City Council and Planning Commission at a joint study session, to provide an overview of the legislative and nonlegislative updates and to seek feedback on the proposed
• On April 25, 2025, staff met with Planning Commission at a study session to provide an update and to seek feedback on the proposed
FISCAL IMPACTS:
N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of PC Resolution 07-2025, recommending approval to city council of a code text amendment to Title 10, the Unified Land Use Code regarding Process Improvements.
ALTERNATIVES:
The planning commission may choose to recommend approval of the code amendment, rejection of the code amendment, or may recommend approval of the code amendment with revisions.
PROPOSED MOTION:
Proposed Motion
I move to approve PC Resolution 07-2025 recommending approval to City Council of code text amendments to Title 10, the Unified Land Use Code related to Process Improvements
REFERENCES:
ULUC Proposed Changes:
https://online.encodeplus.com/regs/littleton-co-cc/rfc.aspx?secid=3002#secid-3002 <https://online.encodeplus.com/regs/littleton-co-cc/rfc.aspx?secid=3002>