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Planning, Development & Transportation Services
MEMORANDUM
To: Molly Wendell, Boards and Commissions Coordinator
From: Sherry Albertson-Clark, Interim Planning Manager
Date: January 31, 2013
Re: 2012 Annual Report: Planning & Zoning Board
New officers (Chair Andy Smith and Vice-Chair Gino Campana) were elected in January.
In 2012, the Planning and Zoning Board held 11 regular and 3 special hearings, taking
action on an average of 5 items per meeting. The agenda ranged from one to seven items.
The Board also held 14 work sessions. In addition to reviewing upcoming hearing topics,
staff used work sessions to provide policy updates on a variety of topics including the East
Side/West Side Character Study, Oil and Gas Development Local Regulations, Streetscape
Design Standards and Guidelines, Parking Plan for Downtown and Surrounding
Neighborhoods, Student Housing Action Plan, Urban Agriculture, Affordable Housing
Redevelopment Relocation Mitigation Strategies, and Non-Native Trees.
There was one Board retreat in 2012.
The Development Review agenda items for the year totaled:
3 Overall Development Plans (including amended plans);
4 Project Development Plans;
10 Additions of Permitted Use;
8 Modification of Standard (Stand-alone request);
0 Re-zonings;
7 Annexations totaling approximately 144.879 acres;
1 Major Amendments;
4 Site Plan Advisory Reviews;
5 Extension of Final Plan.
The Board provided recommendations to the City Council on the following items:
3 Mile Plan Update
Oil and Gas Regulations
PDOD General Statements and PDOD Pilot
Downtown Parking Plan
Streetscape Design Standards and Guidelines
Land Use Code - 2012 Annual Revisions, Clarifications and Additions
P&Z 2010 Annual Report
January 31, 2013
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Land Use Code Amendment(s) – Medical Marijuana (consistent with former
Municipal Code Provisions)
Land Use Code Amendment(s) – How Appeals are handled (LPC, Planning and
Zoning Board, and City Council)
Land Use Code Amendment(s) – Outdoor Vendors
Land Use Code Amendment(s) – Multi-Family
Land Use Code Amendment(s) – Division 2 – Director discretion as relates to
applications/land ownership
Wild Plum Farm 1 and 2 Annexation and Zoning
Wood Street (formerly Benson Mobile Home Park) Annexation and Zoning
Forney Annexation and Zoning
Kechter Annexation and Zoning
Kechter Crossing Annexation and Zoning
Hansen Farm Annexation and Zoning
Planning and Zoning Board Decisions appealed to City Council:
1305 S. Shields (Carriage House Apartments) – Decision Upheld
705, 711, 715 Remington (Remington Annex) – Decision Upheld
Regency Lakeview Addition of Permitted Use and Project Development Plan –
Decision Overturned on Appeal - Staff is now reviewing the Land Use Code in
the context of the feedback provided by City Council.
cc: Planning & Zoning Board members
Mayor Karen Weitkunat, Council Liaison
Darin Atteberry, City Manager
Karen Cumbo, PDT Director
Mark Jackson, Deputy PDT Director
Laurie Kadrich, CDNS Director