SUBJECT: GENERAL BUSINESS
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PUBLIC HEARING: An Ordinance of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Erie Amending Various Sections of Title 10 of the Erie Municipal Code, the Town's Unified Development Code
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DEPARTMENT: Planning & Development
PRESENTER: Fred Starr, Director of Planning & Development
TIME ESTIMATE: 20 minutes
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the Board of Trustees approve the Ordinance Amending the Unified Development Code
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
In 2019, the Board of Trustees created a work plan that directed staff to provide updates to the Unified Development Code (UDC). The UDC amendments before you tonight provides staff's proposed first quarter of 2020 amendments to the UDC. Staff anticipates bringing additional UDC Amendments to the Board for consideration in 2020. In 2019, staff proposed and secured Board approval for the following UDC Amendments:
* 10/10/2019: Amendment of Flashing or Moving Signs in Chapter 6.
* 11/12/2019: Enacted a new Chapter 13 regarding Wireless Communication Facilities.
* 12/10/2019: Enacted a new Annexation Subdivision Plat process in Chapter 7.
* 2/11/2020: Expanded the flexibility for Planned Development Zoning in Chapter 7.
This Ordinance will amend sections of the Unified Development Code as identified in detail in the attached Planning Department memo which provides items added shown in Italics and sections to be deleted have been identified by strike through. Changes proposed to Tables have been highlighted in Yellow in addition to being added to each table in the appropriate sections.
The more significant changes to the UDC include:
Change to Section 10.2.2
* To propose a minimum density in the LR Low Density residential zone of 3 dwelling units per acre.
* Delete in its entirety the Density Bonus Provisions for the LR (Low Densit...
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