[CALL JOINT MEETING TO ORDER]
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          ORDER. IT'S THE JOINT MEETING OF MCKINNEY CITY COUNCIL IN THE PLANNING WAS ONLY COMMISSIONS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26 2021. ARE WE'RE LOOKING. WE'RE MEETING IS BEING HELD AT THE CITY WHOLE COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO 22. NORTH TENNESSEE STREET. MCKINNEY, TEXAS ARE FIVE O'CLOCK MEETING IS STARTING AT SIX. 40 OR 75 45 ALTERNATE TIME OVER TO MR COX, AS HE CALLS HIS. PORT OF TO ME. 
          THANK YOU MAY APPROACH HIM. THIS IS A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. UH CALLS ME IN ORDER. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT. GREAT. FIRST OF ALL ON THE AGENDA. WE HAVE. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. ANYBODY HERE HAVE TO HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OH, NUMBER 21 0966 UPDATE ON THE NEW CODE. MCKINNEY 
          [Update on the New Code McKinney Initiative (Development Regulations Update), Specifically Related to Proposed Flexibility and Transparency Improvements to the City’s Development Codes]
INITIATIVE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS UPDATE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO PROPOSED FLEXIBILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT CODES. YOU'RE NOT ERIN, BUT WE'LL TAKE. I'M GOING TO KICK US OFF. AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO AARON. I PROMISE. SO HELLO CITY COUNCIL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JENNIFER ARNOLD. I DO KNOW THAT WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT SHORT ON TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR AFTER THIS, SO WE WILL TRY AND MAKE THIS AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE WHILE GIVING YOU ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE KNOW IS IMPORTANT TO YOU ALL. AS YOU READ. THIS ITEM IS TO COVER SOME HIGH LEVEL TOPICS RELATED TO THE NEW CODE. MCKINNEY INITIATIVE, WHICH IS AN UPDATE TO THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. WE'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF YOU ALL SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO HIGHLIGHT SPECIFIC TOPICS RELATED TO THIS CODE OVERHAUL. WE REALLY WANTED TO PACKAGE IT UP FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT AND HIGHLIGHT. SOME OF THE FLEXIBILITY TOOLS AND PREDICT PREDICTABILITY PROTECTIONS FOR BOTH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY RESIDENTS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR THE NEW CODES AND HOW WE HOPE THAT THAT. ROLLS INTO THE FUTURE OF PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS AND MCKINNEY. SO WITH THAT, UH, HE'S WORKING. IT IS. DO YOU WANT TO JUST CLICK THE NOT SURE WHY IT'S NOT. IT'S ALL RIGHT. WE GOT ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD. KEEP GOING. SEE IF THIS ONE WORKS. NEW. YEP, STILL NOT SLIDING THROUGH. THIS. THEY'RE KEYBOARD OR IT JUST CONSUMED. 
          UM ALL RIGHT. SO I LIKE I LIKE I WAS JUST SAYING. WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE FLEXIBILITY TOOLS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED WITH THE NEW CODE AND HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE IN OUR EXISTING CODE. AND WE'LL ALSO, UH REVISITING SOME OF THESE PREDICTABILITY STANDARDS OR RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY STANDARDS THAT WE DO FEEL ARE IMPORTANT WITH THE NEW CODE AND THEN IN CAP THAT WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THAT MAY IMPACT PLAY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS IN THE FUTURE. NEXT SLIDE. SO QUICK REMINDER FOR THE GROUP. BUT WE ALWAYS SHOW THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES TO YOU ALL IT IS TO REMIND YOU THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS CODE OVERHAUL IS TO HELP IMPLEMENT THE ONE MCKINNEY 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ALIGN THE VISION OF THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE CITY. NEXT SIDE. THIS IS JUST A BRIEF VIEW OF THE PROJECT TIMELINE JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY WHERE WE'RE AT. WE ARE REALLY IN THE THIRD INSTALLMENT OF THE CODE OVERHAUL BEFORE WE LAUNCH INTO WHAT WE CALL THE CONSOLIDATED CODE, AND THAT IS WHERE WE TAKE ALL OF THE PIECES THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING OVER THE LAST YEAR AND PUT IT IN ONE COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT. FOR FINAL REVIEW, OUTREACH AND HOPEFULLY ADOPTION NEXT SIDE. 
          AND THERE'S ALL ROOTED ON SOME OF THE MAJOR OUTREACH THAT WE DID ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WHERE WE DID A CODE ASSESSMENT INTERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY CITY STAFF RESIDENTS ALIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE MAJOR FINDINGS OF ARTWORK. CURRENT CODE STANDS. SO WHAT? YOU SEE YOU THERE WE GO. SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE IS JUST SOME OF THE BENCHMARK ITEMS THAT WE WERE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS CODE OVERHAUL. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO AARON BLOXHAM. HE'S GOING TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE EXISTING CODE, SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO CHANGE AND WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE. WHAT. RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. ERIN BLOCKS IN CITY BEGINNING PLANNING MANAGER. UH JUST KIND 
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OF GO THROUGH THIS REAL QUICK. AT THE END, I PROMISE I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BUT I WILL TRY AND SPEAK THROUGH THIS. SO RIGHT NOW YOU CAN'T START TALKING ABOUT UPDATING OUR CODE WITH TALKING ABOUT THE EXISTING CODE, AND ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE EXISTING CODE. YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT PDS. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT PDS RIGHT FROM THE GET GO, AS YOU SAW HIGHLIGHTED ON THAT LAST SLIDE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT REDUCING RELIANCE ON THE PDS WITHIN THE CITY. THE MAP ON THE RIGHT SHOWS. THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY IS COVERED UNTIL WHICH IS THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COLOR, SO THAT MEANS THAT THAT IS THE PDS WITHIN THE CITY. IT REPRESENTS ROUGHLY OVER 75% OF THE CD OF THE CITY SO. HOW UH, ON THE LEFT FIELD, WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW. UM PDS ARE CURRENTLY USED WITHIN THE CITY, RIGHT? WE USE THEM TO TALK ABOUT UNIQUE, CREATING UNIQUE MASTER PLANNED AREAS WITHIN THE CITY. UH WE ALSO USE THEM FOR ADDED FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE CODE. IF THEY CAN'T DO THAT, AND THEN ALSO WE USE IT TO ADDRESS UM. DEVELOPMENT CONCERNS THAT COME UP DURING THE ZONING PROCESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITHIN THE CITY. I SAY ALL OF THAT, BECAUSE WE ALSO YOU KNOW THAT'S KIND OF OUR NUMBER ONE TOOL THAT WE GO TO WITH IT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE CITY. WE USE PDS A LOT TO DO THAT. OTHER THINGS THAT ACTUALLY EXIST WITHIN THE CODE IN REGARDS TO FLEXIBILITY ARE OVERLAY DISTRICTS. WE HAVE VARIANCES TO THE ZONING STANDARDS AND ALL KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE, UM AND THEN ALSO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. SO WITH EACH, UH WITHIN THE OVERLAY DISTRICTS WE HAVE TO SPECIFICALLY THAT REPRESENT OR CALL OUT. UM. FLEXIBILITY OR ARE PREPARED FOR FLEXIBILITY OPTIONS WITHIN THE CITY. SO WE HAVE THE TRADITIONAL MCKINNEY NEIGHBORHOOD ZONE. UM YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE LEFT THERE, AND THAT'S REALLY TO ALLOW. 
          PROPERTIES WITHIN THAT DISTRICT TO REDUCE SPACE LIMITS AND TO REDUCE THEIR SETBACKS, ALL IN PROMOTING INFILL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THIS AREA. ON THE RIGHT. WE USE THE CORRIDOR COMMERCIAL OVERLAY DISTRICT TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL HEIGHTS WITHIN THESE AREAS IN THE SUB ZONES, UM, TO INCREASE VIABILITY ALONG WORK. CORRIDOR COMMERCIAL AREAS ALONG U S. 75 U S 3 80 STATE HIGHWAY 1 21. ALSO IN, UM WITHIN THE CODE. WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY WITHIN OUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND YOU'RE ALLOWED TO GO IN AND REQUEST VARIANCES OR REDUCTIONS TO UM, THESE THESE THINGS ON THE LEFT LANDSCAPING PARKING SCREENING VARIANCES, THAT'S ALL WITHIN THE CODE. 
          THESE ALL TYPICALLY TAKE PLACE. UM, RIGHT NOW AT THE SITE PLAN PROCESS. AND IT'S REALLY ONLY DONE IN A LIMITED AMOUNT. THEY'RE ONLY SPECIFIC THINGS THAT YOU CAN ASK FOR, AND IT'S VERY DETAILED IN THE CODE. WOULD YOU CAN ASK FOR IT A STAFF LEVEL. SO ERIN IS ANY NONE OF THIS STUFF CHANGES. WHATEVER THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO APPROVE FOR PROJECT TO GO FORWARD NOW, NONE OF THESE CHANGES THIS CHANGES NOTHING OF THAT CORRECT. NO. THIS ONE. 
          THIS WON'T CHANGE SO AS WE ARE. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT BEING PROPOSED IN THE NEW ONE OR ANYTHING IN THE NEW ONE? YEAH WORK AND STUFF. YEAH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KEEPING THESE AND ACTUALLY EXPANDING ON THESE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THAT HERE AND JUST JUST A MINUTE SO. SO ALSO WHAT WILL BE CONTINUING ON IN THE CODE AS THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND REALLY, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND THE RELIEF PROCEDURES HERE. ARE REALLY TO HIGHLIGHT. MM RELIEF PROCEDURES THE PROPER DONORS HAVE IF THEY HAVE A HARDSHIP ON THEIR PROPERTY, AND THEY NEED SOME SORT OF RELIEF FROM THE ZONING STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE, AND SO YOU CAN GO TO THE B O AND. IN A ADMINISTRATIVE A PILL. UM OR YOU CAN GET A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED UP THERE, OR YOU CAN JUST ASK FOR A VARIANCE TO THAT. AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THE BIELLA AND WHAT IT'S WHAT IT'S FOR. SO LIKE I MENTIONED, UM THOSE WALL WE CONTINUING FORWARD, BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WANTED TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CODE. AND THE EX THE ADDED FLEXIBILITY THAT WILL HAVE. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THEM AGAIN. UM SO RIGHT HERE, THIS IS OUR PERMITTED WITH CRITERIA USE WITHIN OUR CURRENT CODE. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY YOU'RE ABLE TO. YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR SCHEDULE OF USES. YOU HAVE PROHIBITED USES, WHICH IS A BLANK CELL ON OUR CODE. YEAH PERMITTED USES. AND THEN YOU HAVE AN S U P U S, UM SO WHAT? PERMITTED WITH CRITERIA THIS THIS SEE? THAT YOU'LL SEE, ACTUALLY KIND OF FALLS SOMEWHERE WITHIN AN S U P AND PERMITTED AND PERMITTED USE. 
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IT'S KIND OF TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY. FOR THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DO SAY, HEY, MAYBE THIS USE IS ALLOWED AS LONG AS IT MEETS THE CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT ARE SPELLED OUT IN THE CODE. THOSE THINGS CAN CAN BE, UM, A DISTANCE REQUIREMENT. OR BUILDING SIZE REQUIREMENT. ONE OF THE ONES THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT REAL QUICK. UM SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT BODY ART STUDIO OR TATTOO PARLOR AS IT WAS CALLED BEFORE THERE'S A DISTANCE REQUIREMENT. UM. FOR IT TO BE ALLOWED NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY HAS TO BE 500 FT. AWAY. ALSO THERE'S ANOTHER REQUIREMENT IN THERE THAT SAYS THAT IT HAS TO BE 1000 FT FROM ANOTHER SIMILAR TYPE USE SO IT CAN BE CLOSER THAN 1000 FT TO ANOTHER. BODY ART STUDIO. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WHERE, IF THAT USE COMES IN AND THAT SPECIFIC DISTRICT. IT WOULD MEET THE CRITERIA AND THEY COULD MOVE FORWARD. SO THAT'S KIND OF IN BETWEEN THAT S U P. AND PERMITTED USE KIND OF THE SO LET'S SAY. IT'S NOT 1000 FT, BUT IT'S 900 FT. YOU WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT. NO NO. OKAY IF IT DOES NOT MEET THE CRIME, THE CRITERIA IT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. OKAY? WHAT ABOUT ALL THIS FLEXIBILITY? WHAT IS FLEXIBILITY AND WHAT. SO ALL THIS WHOLE THING IS ABOUT FLEXIBILITY. YEAH, SO WHAT'S WHAT'S THE FLEXIBILITY IF YOU CAN'T. YEAH A LITTLE. A FEW CHANGES HERE AND THERE, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND. YEAH SO THE FLEXIBILITY THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH THIS IS SO IN A IN THE PREVIOUS CODE, MAYBE THIS USE WOULDN'T EVEN BEEN ALLOWED IN THAT SPECIFIC ZONING DISTRICT. BUT NOW IT COULD BE ALLOWED. IF YOU MEET THIS CRITERIA. OKAY SO SAY YOU HAVE ZONING DISTRICT THAT'S CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL. BUT YOU NEED A SPACE. YOU KNOW, YOU NEED STILL PROTECTIONS FOR THEM. AND SO THIS WOULD PUSH THAT PROTECTION OR THAT USE FURTHER AWAY STILL BE ALLOWED IN THAT DISTRICT WHERE IT WASN'T ALLOWED BEFORE. BUT YOU HAVE TO JUST MEET THAT CRITERIA FOR IT TO BE ALLOWED, WHO WHO IS IN CHARGE OF GIVING THAT. ANSWER IS THERE ONE PERSON THERE'S A TWO PEOPLE WHO IS IN CHARGE OF GIVING THAT FLEXIBILITY. IT'S IN THE CODE. 
          IT'S INDIVIDUAL WRITTEN IN THE CODE, SO. THE FLEXIBILITY IS WHERE, IF IT'S IF IT'S ALWAYS WRITTEN I GUESS I JUST. YEAH SO, LIKE I SAID, SO IN THE CODE, IT LAYS OUT THAT SPECIFIC CRITERIA. AND IT TELLS YOU WHERE THAT USE IS ALLOWED. AS LONG AS YOU MEET IT. IF YOU DON'T MEET IT, THAT USE WOULD NO LONGER BE ALLOWED. AND SO IT'S NOT A DISCRETIONARY ITEM. 
          EITHER YOU MEET IT OR YOU DON'T. SO BUT WHAT I'M SAYING THE FLEXIBILITY COMES IN IS WHERE THAT USE WASN'T CONSIDERED BEFORE OR IT WASN'T ALLOWED AT ALL. AND SO. NOW WE'RE SAYING, HEY, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY DO THIS USE HERE. WHERE IT WASN'T ALLOWED. 
          PREVIOUSLY AS LONG AS YOU MEET THIS CRITERIA. SO. THAT'S THE FLEXIBILITY DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK. IT'S NOT ARBITRARY PER WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE. IT'S OKAY. THIS IS WRITTEN IN THE CODE. 
          YOU CAN EITHER DO THIS OR WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF DOING THIS. AND THIS. CORRECT, OK? OKAY? THE NEXT ONE, UH, THAT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. THIS IS TAILORED TOWARDS THEIR DEVELOPMENT STANDARD. THIS IS ALTERNATE COMPLIANCE. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO AND ALTERNATE COMPLIANCE. THIS IS SET UP TO ADD MORE FLEXIBILITY AND CODE WHERE YOU CAN ASK WHERE IT APPLICANT OR DEVELOPER COULD COME IN AND ASK FOR, UH. A DIFFERENT WAY OF MEETING THE CODE OR EXCEEDING THE CODE, AND SO THEY WOULD COME IN AND PROPOSE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. UM ALL OF THAT. KIND OF. THEY DO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY. BUT THERE ARE GUARDRAILS ON IT. THERE ARE ONLY CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. THE LANGUAGE SETS UP EXACTLY WHAT WE CANUM, TO REDUCF TREES WITHIN YOUR PARKING LOT AREA. UM. OR IF YOU WANTED TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT THEY ARE THERE, YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TREES THERE. UM. ANYTHING THAT CANNOT BE APPROVED, AND THAT WOULD BE A STAFF LEVEL APPROVAL IF STAFF CANNOT APPROVE IT FOR ANY REASON, THEN IT WOULD GO TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL. SO EVEN THOUGH STAFF MAY NOT DO IT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BECAUSE WE DON'T FEEL THAT IT MEETS THAT IT WOULD GO TO THE PNC FOR THEM TO HAVE DISCRETION TO APPROVE THAT ITEM AND MOVE IT FORWARD. LAST UM REALLY TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW THE PROTECTIONS WITHIN THE CODE. THIS IS ALL ABOUT PREDICTABILITY AND SHOWING. FOR RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY IN THOSE USES. ADJACENT TO IT. WITHIN THIS SECTION. YOU KNOW, A LOT 
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OF THESE ARE EXISTING, BUT WE HAVE ADDED A FEW NEW ONES. SO SCREENING AND BUFFERING IS EXISTING. AND WE'VE EXPANDED IT TO, YOU KNOW, REFUSE AND SANITATION AND VEHICLE PARKING, SO THERE'S ADDITIONAL LOCATIONAL CRITERIA. THAT INCREASES THE BUFFER WITHIN THOSE AREAS SO THAT NOT ONLY THE RESIDENTS, BUT DEVELOPERS KNOW THE STANDARDS THAT ARE EXPECTED OF THEM IN PROTECTING RESIDENTS AND PROVIDING BUFFERS TO THOSE. I JUST ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS THE HIGHLIGHT ON THIS AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. LAST TIME WHEN WE WERE GOING OVER, UM. STANDARDS IS THE BUILDING HEIGHT SETBACKS, AND THIS IS WHERE, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF YOUR BUILDING, YOU HAVE INCREASED SETBACKS SO THAT YOUR FURTHER FROM THE PROPERTY LINE IS YOU HAVE LARGER BUILDINGS WITHIN THE CITY. SO I SAY ALL THAT TO KIND OF BRING IT BACK AROUND TO PDS. UM OUR GOAL WITH PDS IS REALLY TO HAVE THEM BE FOCUSED ON ONLY TWO THINGS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND THAT IS TO CREATE, YOU KNOW THESE UNIQUE MASTER PLAN. YOU KNOW DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE CITY. THERE ARE ALWAYS BE A NEED FOR THEM. THEY'RE GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. UM AND I JUST GOT A COUPLE EXAMPLES UP THERE AND THEN ALSO TO ADDRESS DEVELOPMENT CONCERNS. UM DURING THE ZONING PROCESS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A NEED FOR THAT. SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE'RE HEADED NEXT. YOU'VE SEEN US A LOT OVER THE LAST LITTLE BIT. WE HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS AND SO LIKE JENNIFER MENTIONED BEFORE. WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF GO BACK AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON CONSOLIDATING THE CODE. AND THEN YOU KNOW, COME SPRINGTIME. 
          UM EVEN BEFORE THEN YOU'LL SEE THIS AGAIN AND WE'LL START AN OUTREACH CAMPAIGN WHERE WE'RE EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY, ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND HAVING ALL THAT OUTREACH TO HELP PROMOTE THE NEW CODE. AND THEN START TALKING ABOUT CONSIDERING ADOPTION IN SUMMERTIME. WITH THAT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. WENT RIGHT, UM TALKING ABOUT? PRESENTATIONS ON PDS, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT STAFF HAVING THE DISCRETION TO APPROVE CERTAIN THINGS IS THAT ONLY WITHIN PDS. OR IS THAT IN GENERAL WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LET'S SAY SCREENING. THAT WOULD ONLY BE WITHIN SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS LIKE SCREENING OR LANDSCAPING. 
          THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE THAT THE ALTERNATE COMPLIANCE ACTUALLY APPLIES. AND SO THAT'S WHERE IT WOULD GIVE US AS A STAFF OF FLEXIBILITY TO APPROVE THOSE AND THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR. SAYING THAT THAT WOULD ONLY APPLY AFTER DOING A P D. PART IS IT APPLY ACROSS ALL ZONING CHANGES. IT APPLIES ACROSS ALL ZONING DISTRICTS. SO PDS OR SOMETHING THAT'S DIFFERENT. THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE MORE OR LESS SETTING UP SPECIAL DISTRICT TO ADOPT SOMETHING AND THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. NOT STAFF. THIS IS MAKING TRUE THAT STAFF WAS NOT RESTRICTED IN THEIR DISCRETION TO APPROVE CERTAIN THINGS LIKE. IF YOU COULD GO BACK THROUGH, THEN I STEPPED OUT FROM IT AND APOLOGIZE TO YOU, BUT, UM THERE'S SPECIFIC AREAS THAT YOU CAN YOU HAVE DISCRETION FOR THE STAFF TO PROVE THAT DOESN'T NEED TO GO TO THE PLANNING AND SIGNING. OR THE CITY COUNCIL CERTAINLY WANT TO GIVE YOU MORE AUTHORITY AS THE STAFF AND NOT HAVE THOSE THINGS COME BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING IN PARTICULAR SCREENING BEING ONE OF THEM. WHAT WERE THE OTHERS? UH SO THE OTHER THINGS, IT'S REALLY JUST SCREENING IN LANDSCAPE VARIANTS. SO ANYTHING THAT'S IN THOSE SPECIFIC ORDINANCES. UM. IS REALLY WHERE WE'RE FOCUSING IN ON ALLOWING STAFF TO HAVE THOSE APPROVAL SO. WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF STAFF HAVING MORE AUTHORITY. TRY ME. RICK. ABSOLUTELY AND ONE THING. SO WHEN AARON MENTIONS LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING, IT DOES SEEM SOMEWHAT LIMITING. BUT I WANT TO GO BACK AND HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE EXISTING FLEXIBILITY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. SO ONE OF THE OTHER BIG THINGS THAT WE SEE A LOT OF TIMES ARE PEOPLE NEEDING TO REZONE THEIR PROPERTY TO MODIFY PARKING. SO IN ADDITION TO TRYING TO UPDATE THE PARKING RATIOS IN THE NEW CODE, WE ARE ALSO HAVE PROPOSED AND A. MODESTLY IMPLEMENTED ALREADY SOME ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO DO MODIFIED PARKING RATIOS UNDER OUR CURRENT CODE, UM APPLICANTS CAN REQUEST OR PROVIDE US WITH THE PARKING STUDY THAT COULD ESTABLISH A UNIQUE PARKING RATIO FOR THEIR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. THERE IS BUILT INTO THE EXISTING CODE 
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ALLOWANCES TO DO PARKING REDUCTIONS OR SHARED PARKING. BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENT FOOTPRINT. WE HAVE INTRODUCED THE SHOPPING CENTER RATIO, WHICH IS A MODIFIED RATIO FOR MIXED, NOT MIXED USE, BUT A SHOPPING CENTER. SO IF IT'S A STRIP CENTER THAT HAS A RESTAURANT AND RETAIL AND OFFICE. HISTORICALLY WE WOULD HAVE TO CALCULATE THOSE PARKING RATIOS FOR EACH USER AND NOW WITH THE SHOPPING CENTER RATIO, IT'S ONE GLOBAL RATIO THAT KIND OF MEET SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE THAT ALLOWS A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY. SO. ART COMPLIANCE WHEN WE REALLY STEPPED BACK AND LOOKED AT THE CURRENT CODE, WE REALLY FELT LIKE ALL COMPLIANCE WAS REALLY ONLY NECESSARY IN THOSE SCREENING, AND, UM. SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING SECTIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME OF THESE OTHER TOOLS STILL AVAILABLE IN THE CURRENT CODE PARKING, UM, LANDSCAPING SETBACK. VARIANCES UM TREE PRESERVATION WAIVERS ARE ALREADY ALLOWED FOR IN THEIR CURRENT CODE. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS KIND OF BUNDLED TOGETHER OR WHAT WE WOULD PACKAGE AS. WE CALL THEM RELIEF VALVES OR OFF RAMPS, SO. ALL COMPLIANCE ISN'T THE ONLY TOOL BUT IT IS ONE THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW, AND WE DO THINK THAT IT WOULD REDUCE THE NEED TO GO TO PLANNING AND ZONING FOR SCREENING VARIANTS OR BAY DOOR ORIENTATION. ALL OF THOSE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR ALL TO COMPLIANCE. BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE COVERED ARE FULL OF. GAMUT AS WE CAN ON THAT ALL COMPLIANCE BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP SOME OF THOSE FROM HAVING TO MOVE FORWARD IN FRONT OF A BORDER COMMISSION. IF THEY JUST MAKE SENSE, RIGHT THIS ALL COMPLIANCE IF IT MAKES SENSE, WE SHOULD BE. ALLOWED SOME FLEXIBILITY TO HELP FOLKS TO GET THERE. I PROMISE YOU FOREIGN DEVELOPERS DON'T LIKE YOUR DECISION WILL HEAR ABOUT IT. ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY. AND WE WANT THAT FOR SURE. AND I KNOW HOW, UH, AARON HIGHLIGHTED THIS A LITTLE BIT. BUT AND. WE DO WANT TO HAVE COMPLIANCE AS A VERY USEFUL TOOL, BUT WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE A DOOR SWUNG WIDE OPEN FOR EVERYBODY TO COME IN AND SAY, HEY, I JUST DON'T I WANT TO DO THIS DIFFERENT. I WANT TO DO THAT. SO. WE DO WANT TO KIND OF GO IN, UM WITH SOME VERY STRONG GUARDRAILS ARE PARAMETERS EARLY ON, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE AREN'T COMFORTABLE APPROVING, IT WOULD THEN GO TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WITH NOTICE. UM TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS SO THAT WE CAN START TO GET A FEEL FOR WHAT ARE SOME OF THE REQUESTS THAT WERE COMING IN AND SEEING. WHERE IS THE GAUGE OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION? WHERE'S THE GAUGE OF THE COUNCIL AND WE CAN START TO CALIBRATE. WHAT MAKES SENSE FROM AN ART COMPLIANCE AT THE STAFF LEVEL IF WE EVER HAVE CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS WELL, AND I THINK NOW IS THE TIME TO BUILD IN MORE STAFF DISCRETION ON THESE DECISIONS AND. IT WILL BENEFIT OR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY BY GETTING THEIR APPROVALS MUCH QUICKER THAN HAVING TO WAIT AND GO THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING AND THEN GO THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL. UH MAKE IT ALL LOOK A LOT BETTER AND THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WHICH I'M ALL FOR AGREE, AND IT WOULD LESSEN THE BURDEN ON THESE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE SERVING ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING. AND LET'S ISSUES COMING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND IF WE'RE REDOING THE COACH RIGHT NOW ANNOUNCED THE TIME DID DROWNED BUILDING AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. ABSOLUTELY BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY SITTING HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL HAS GREAT CONFIDENCE IN OUR STAFF TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR FOLKS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. KEEP THAT IN MIND. OLDER. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. EVERYBODY DOWN. ON OUR BOARD. 
          ELBIT. MEMBERS. ANY COMMENTS? NO. THEIR PROTEIN. WE HAVE NO COMMENT. OKAY? AND THAT'S WHEN I THINK WE CAN ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO ADJOURN. MIGHT HAVE MOTION RETURN. EMOTIONS THAT A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOUR HIGH HIGH. MEMBERS DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I'LL MAKE EMOTIONALLY DRINK MOTION ON MR DOKAN, A SECOND BIKE. MS KIRKENDALL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 
          RAISE YOUR HAND OF THOSE THOSE SAME SIGN. WE ARE ADJOURNED. GREAT. THANK YOU APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.
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