Agenda Date: 07/26/2021
Subject:
Title
Discussion on Chapter 5 - Business and Industry; Chapter 10 - Nonconformities; and Chapter 7 - Environmental Management
Body
Presented By:
Jennifer Q. Henninger, Community Development Director
PURPOSE:
Continue discussions on the ULUC specifically Chapter 5-Business and Industry; Chapter 10-Nonconformities; and Chapter 7-Environmental Management.
PRESENTATIONS:
Staff Presenter(s): Jennifer Henninger, Community Development Director and
Mike Sutherland, Community Development Deputy Director
Additional Presenter(s): N/A
SUMMARY:
The Unified Land Use Code is in draft form and planning commission is in the process of reviewing the work of the City's consultant Kendig Keast Collaborative (KKC). In July and August staff will be facilitating discussions on the draft version of the ULUC provided by KKC. In particular, new concepts such as lot and building standards as well as sign standards specific to businesses and industrial type uses will be discussed at planning commission's upcoming meeting.
PRIOR ACTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS:
The adoption of the 2019 Comprehensive Plan brought several new ideas and goals for the City pertaining to employment centers as well as environmental issues. The Comprehensive Plan gave direction for these ideas and goals, along with many others, to be addressed in a new ULUC. Since the adoption of the Comprehensive Plan, the city has hosted a series of Envision Studios related to the draft ULUC regulations. One of the Envision Studios was focused specifically on employment centers in Littleton. The input from these studios is now Chapter 5 - Business and Industry in the ULUC draft. Environmental topics and the need to address them, are found in Council's draft Goal 7: Environmental Stewardship.
A draft of the ULUC was released to the public on June 7th. Staff receives comments daily on the ULUC and has facilitated several study sessions with planning commission, city council and histor...
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