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Land Use Review Commission
2021 Annual Report
February 8, 2022
281 N. College Ave
2020 ANNUAL REPORT Page 1
BACKGROUND:
The Land Use Review Commission (LURC) consists of seven members. Meetings were held
the second Thursday of every month over the Zoom virtual platform. The Board may also
meet as needed in order to convene special meetings.
The Boardmembers who served in 2021 were: Shelley LaMastra, John McCoy, Taylor Meyer,
Ralph Shields, Ian Shuff, Butch Stockover and Dave Lawton. The annual election of officers
resulted in Ralph Shields being elected as chairperson and Shelley LaMastra as vice-
chairperson.
City Council liaison to the Board during 2021 was Shirley Peel. Staff support was provided by
Noah Beals, Jennifer Luther, Kory Katsimpalis and Claire Havelda.
2021 YEAR IN REVIEW:
Forty-nine (49) applications for variances to the Land Use Code were submitted to the LURC
in 2021. In comparison, the number of applications for variances was fifty-five (55) in 2020,
forty-six (46) in 2019, forty-seven (47) in 2018; thirty-eight (38) in 2017; forty-one (41) in 2016;
fifty-one (51) in 2015; thirty-five (35) in 2014; twenty-seven (27) in 2013; twenty-six (26) in
2012; and seventeen (17) in 2011.
Thirty-seven (37) of the variance requests were approved; four (4) were denied; and nine (9)
were approved with specific conditions. (One item received both an approval and a denial
related to specific portions of the request, resulting in a decision total which exceeds the
amount of requests by one (1)).