SUBJECT: Staff Report
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Unified Development Code Update Report
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DEPARTMENT: Planning and Development
PRESENTER: Fred Starr, Director
TIME ESTIMATE: 45 Minutes
FISCAL INFORMATION: N/A
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff is requesting the Board of Trustees identify any specific UDC issues to focus on and how the Trustees would like to involve these other groups in providing feedback.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
The Board of Trustees identified updating the Town of Erie Uniform Development Code (UDC) as their number one priority for the 2019 Work Plan. The current UDC adopted by Ordinance No. 13-2018, was passed and adopted on March 27, 2018. This ordinance repealed the previous October 2017 UDC.
Staff has been developing a list of proposed amendments to the UDC based on their day to day use of the existing UDC as well as feedback from applicants, the Planning Commission, the Board of Trustees and the public. Staff wants to review this preliminary list with the Board to confirm staff's focus areas are those the Board wants to address. Staff also wants to review with the Board the proposed approach and schedule for the community engagement on this issue.
UDC Amendments:
The UDC is more of a technical document than a Master Plan or Visioning Document. These latter documents lend themselves well to a public input process where ideas and feedback from the public can be gathered and then formulated into the master plan or vision document. In contrast, the UDC is a set of technical standards that are used to implement the goals and objectives of the Town's Comprehensive Plan and other visioning documents. In this context, it is useful to consider the objective of proposed amendments. Amendments are normally made to achieve the following objectives:
* Increase a standard or regulation
* Improve or streamline a process or proce...
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