2026-09-22 - Planning and Zoning Committee

00:00uh join us this afternoon. I have

00:02pretend Tate and um

00:05Councilor Woods here with me. So, we'll

00:07call this meeting to order.

00:09Uh first item of business is

00:11consideration of the minutes of the

00:14September 8th, 2026 meeting.

00:20If there are no additions or

00:21corrections, we'll consider a motion to

00:23approve the minutes.

00:25>> Move approval of the minutes.

00:26>> Second.

00:27>> All in favor, say I. I.

00:30All right, that brings us to our zoning

00:31cases, ZAC 2026-08-010.

00:39This is a

00:41zone uh

00:43an amendment to the zoning ordinance to

00:45remove title two and three

00:47and we'll allow Ms. Sprull to explain.

00:53>> Good afternoon. Uh my name is Kim

00:54Sprull. I serve as the city zoning

00:56administrator. This is my favorite

00:59amendments

01:01because this will remove title two and

01:04title three from the ordinance once the

01:08southern area rezoning is adopted. Um

01:12and this is the section that contains

01:15all of the old zoning districts. Um so,

01:19we can't just eliminate them when they

01:22cease to exist, we have to formally go

01:24through this process to remove them from

01:27the ordinance. Um so, if this item is

01:31recommended for approval, we will wait

01:34and set the public hearing for after the

01:37southern area framework plan rezoning is

01:40considered

01:41um and then this will follow after that

01:44public hearing.

01:46>> So,

01:48right now, our zoning ordinance looks

01:50like two or zoning ordinances, is that

01:53right? Yeah.

01:54>> And this will make it all one ordinance.

01:58>> Got it.

02:00>> And eliminate all of the confusion

02:02between the Rs and the Ds and the Bs and

02:05the Cs and the Is and the Ms.

02:13>> And and for the most part, a lot of the

02:17those zoning classifications

02:21um

02:23you know fundamentally they the the uses

02:28uh didn't significantly change over

02:30>> Correct.

02:31>> Yeah.

02:31>> Right.

02:33>> It's just just uh

02:34going to a different

02:37naming system.

02:37>> A new name. Yes, sir. That's correct.

02:44>> So this um

02:47also went for the planning commission.

02:50Right?

02:50>> That's correct. The planning commission

02:52did vote last week unanimously to

02:54recommend approval of this text change

02:57to the city council.

02:59It was an 11 to zero vote.

03:06>> Do you have any questions?

03:08>> Uh just you all are very efficient on

03:10this one.

03:14>> All right.

03:17Um

03:18I'll make a motion that we

03:21recommend approval to the full council.

03:24>> Second.

03:25>> All in favor say aye.

03:27>> Aye.

03:27>> Aye.

03:28All right. So that item passes. Next we

03:31have ZAC 2026-08012.

03:37Uh similar type of text change, right?

03:40>> That's correct. So we currently have in

03:44um title one of the zoning ordinance an

03:46affordable housing density bonus. Um and

03:50although no one has used this since its

03:53adoption in 2015,

03:56it [snorts] does have a provision in D5

04:00for a maximum building height of 65 ft.

04:04Um and as you guys are aware, the

04:06council did vote to reduce the height in

04:09D5 to 35 ft. Um and so

04:14because that D5 district is no longer

04:18the high-density multi-family that

04:21allows for taller apartments, we are

04:24working on the creation of a new

04:27district, which would be D6.

04:30And so staff believes that is the

04:32district where this housing density

04:35bonus should go. And so we would like to

04:38remove D5 from this section so that

04:42there's not any confusion as we finish

04:45up the framework plan rezonings with the

04:47heights that could change. And then once

04:51that D6 is created, hopefully in the

04:54next 4 to 6 months, we'll be able to

04:58bring this back to you and add the D6

05:01into this section.

05:04>> And um just a little additional

05:07information, so in the context of the

05:11southern area framework plan rezoning,

05:14um

05:15um

05:17stakeholder reached out to

05:20um

05:22Councilor Williams specifically. I think

05:25um

05:26I got copied on the email, but

05:28uh pointing, you know, out this sort of

05:33discrepancy

05:35for D5 in in the wake of us changing the

05:39height restrictions on D5. So

05:42um

05:46you know, because D5 cannot now go to 65

05:52ft.

05:53This this was just striking that from

05:55the table.

05:58>> And I would add to counselor Aucoin that

06:02since no one has ever used this section,

06:05we would like to take a little bit of

06:07time to examine this and see if we need

06:10to make any tweaks to it. You know, it

06:14really has some good

06:16bones to it as far as providing greater

06:20density and some additional height for

06:22affordable housing, which we would like

06:25to see someone use this. So, we will be

06:28working with our planning commission

06:31to see if we need to update this entire

06:34section

06:35when we add the D6 to it to make it more

06:39user-friendly.

06:41>> Okay. Yeah.

06:44Um

06:46>> And the planning commission also voted

06:48last week to recommend approval of this

06:50item as well.

06:51>> Right.

06:54So, I think one of the commissioners

06:56during the planning commission meeting

06:58while we're talking about, you know,

07:01what the

07:02housing density bonus might look like in

07:05the future. Um

07:08This was mentioned in the planning

07:09commission meeting that

07:11it also jumped out at me that um

07:16the way it's currently structured

07:19you know, there's a the minimum period

07:22um

07:23for

07:26getting that bonus is 50 years.

07:28>> Right.

07:29>> Um

07:30that might be the more than the lifespan

07:33you know, of the building.

07:35>> Right.

07:36>> So, um

07:38you know, I'm aware of projects

07:42affordable housing units that have been

07:44included in multi-family where

07:47um

07:49the duration of the affordable units is

07:5210 years. Um so

07:55I think our all of our goals is to see

07:59the creation of more housing and so um

08:03kind of looking critically at what the

08:07uh

08:09period for those

08:13affordable

08:15housing units in these types of

08:17developments um

08:19and trying to optimize that

08:21such that um

08:25you know, a a

08:27person who wants to develop one of those

08:29types of projects, you you know, can

08:33make them numbers work differently, you

08:36know, so

08:38in any case, just wanted to point that

08:40out.

08:43All right.

08:44Any additional questions?

08:53All right. Um

08:58>> So, the new We actually have um a rough

09:01draft of the new district. Um so, we'll

09:04be working on We want to get the this in

09:07the southern area

09:09finished and then title two and three

09:12completely gone and then we will bring

09:16the new district before the planning

09:18commission in the planning and zoning

09:19committee. I don't want to give you a a

09:22set date, but we do have a rough draft

09:25of what that district looks like.

09:29It's just We don't want to overwhelm you

09:31guys with text changes literally every

09:34week, which it seems like we've been

09:35doing.

09:38>> [sighs]

09:41>> Okay.

09:43So, I'll make a motion that we recommend

09:44this to the full council for approval.

09:48>> Second.

09:49>> All in favor, say I.

09:51>> I.

09:52>> I.

09:53Um so, that motion passes.

09:56Is there any

09:57old or new business that we need to

09:59discuss?

10:01No? Motion to adjourn?

10:04>> Second.