Agenda Date: 09/16/2025
Subject:
Title
Ordinance 15-2025: An ordinance on second reading adopting changes to the Unified Land Use Code (ULUC) regarding platting, notice of mailings, and other miscellaneous non-housing related changes
Body
From:
James L. Becklenberg, City Manager
Prepared by:
Andrea Vaughn, Senior Planner
Presentations:
Andrea Vaughn, Senior Planner
PURPOSE:
Review of proposed 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 need to be updated occasionally 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.
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
o Remove condo plat applications from the ULUC and allow for these application types to be reviewed by the county
o 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
o Clarify Code language
* Remove Code contradictions re...
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