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MEMORANDUM
To: Christine Macrina, Boards and Commissions Coordinator
From: Cameron Gloss, Planning Manager
Date: December 14, 2017
Re: 2017 Annual Report: Planning & Zoning Board
Chair Jeff Schneider and Vice-Chair Jeff Hansen were elected in January. In 2017, the
Planning and Zoning Board held 12 regular hearings, acting on an average of 4 items per
meeting. The agendas ranged from one to seven items. The Board also held 11 work
sessions.
The Development Review agenda items for the year totaled:
4 Overall Development Plans;
18 Project Development Plans;
2 Additions of Permitted Use;
10 Modifications of Standard (to Project Development Plans);
2 Re-zonings;
6 Annexations totaling approximately 467 acres;
1 Major Amendment;
1 Site Plan Advisory Review;
1 Extension of Final Plan; and
2 Minor Amendments
The Board provided recommendations to the City Council on the following items:
• Various Revisions to the Land Use Code Relating to natural Resource Protection &
Prairie Dog Management
• Old Town Neighborhoods Plan and Design Guidelines
• Downtown Plan
• Revisions and Additions to the Land Use Code:
o Seasonal Overflow Shelters
o Increase to LMN Maximum acreage for Affordable Housing
o Clarifications to the Change of Use Process
o Add two-family attached housing type to LMN and MMN zones
o Expand definitions for Group Homes
o Add Basic Development Review explanation
o Clarify pedestrian and bicycle connectivity standards
o Adjust land area within multi-family development needed for a park,
central feature of gathering space
o Add fiber cement siding as an acceptable building material
o Extent maximum allowable multi-family garage length
o Add the bicycle share program as a demand management strategy
o Remove exemptions for outdoor space in HMN development
• Add single family residential as a permitted use on the Windsor side of I-25 within
the Town of Windsor I-25/392 Design Standards
• Interim Sign Code Update
• Revisions and Additions to the Land Use Code for Reasonable Accommodations
• Update to the Land Use Code related to Small Cell Wireless technology in the
public right-of-way
• City policy change to allow eligibility expansion for Affordable Housing Waivers
• Lehman-Timberline Annexation and Zoning
• Mail Creek Crossing Second Annexation and Zoning
• Blehm-Homestead Enclave Annexation and Zoning
• Interstate Land Holdings Annexation and Zoning
• Newton First and Second Annexation and Zoning
• Fox Hills Second Annexation and Zoning
• Highway I-25 Third Annexation and Zoning
• Spring Creek Rezone
• 2017 Update to the 3 Mile Plan
Planning and Zoning Board Decisions appealed to City Council:
• Crown at Old Town North– Decision Upheld