HomeMy WebLinkAboutM. Egge additional suggested language for the growth planFrom:Mark Egge
To:Chris Saunders; Tom Rogers
Cc:Henry Happel
Subject:additional suggested language for the growth plan
Date:Thursday, June 11, 2020 2:05:09 PM
Hi, Chris, Tom.
Recently there has been some discussion among board members about the
UDC and its relationship to our growth plan. I'd like to offer some
additional language for the growth plan for the board's consideration (I'vespoken with the Planning Board chair, and he has indicated interest in
seeing the proposed language come to the board for a vote on Tuesday).
Would you please distribute this to the group with our packet materials?
The language below reflects the input from conversations I've had over the
last two weeks with several members of the planning board, the
Community Development director, and several prominent members of the
design and development community, all centering around: 1) is the codeoverly prescriptive? 2) is the code too complex? 3) is the code applied
consistently and reasonably? 4) does the planning department have
appropriate staffing?
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Towards the end of ensuring that our regulatory environment is aligned with the goals of
this plan, an addition metric and goal is proposed for A City Powered By Its Creative,
Innovative, And Entrepreneurial Economy:
Metric: The portion of development applications accepted (not deemed incomplete) on
initial submittal.
Target: No more than the average of [five identified peers, such as Olympia, flagstaff,
bend, missoula, billings, Eugene, or fort collins]
Goal: A regulatory environment that supports the Community Plan goals.
Ensure that the Planning Department is supported with the resources required to effectively
implement this plan, to dedicate staff to long range and regional planning efforts, and to
process development applications expeditiously.
Continuously invite and give due consideration to the input of design and development
professionals in the improvement of the city's project evaluation processes and
development code.
Retain a national firm that specializes in form-based development codes to evaluate the
city’s UDC, especially with regard to completing the transition to a form-based code and
simplification so that it can be understood by the general public and consistently applied by
planning staff.
Differentiate between development and redevelopment. Allow relaxations of code
provisions for developed parcels to allow redevelopment to the full potential of their zoning
district.