Agenda Packet 5-20-19 Work Session

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May 7, 2019 Clear & Objective Update – Draft Land Use Code Language Page 28 of 32 property for the improvements has been signed by the property owner seeking the subdivision, and the petition has been accepted by the city engineer. These changes relate to COM-03 (Bonding Requirement). The proposed changes would remove this requirement from application requirements and add the requirement to approval criteria. 9.8440 Site Review Approval Criteria- General/Discretionary. The planning director shall approve, conditionally approve, or deny the site review application. Approval or conditional approval shall be based on compliance with the following criteria: This change is related to COM-12 (Review Track Renaming) and revises code references to the currently named General approval criteria. The General track is proposed to be called “General/Discretionary.” 9.8445 Site Review Approval Criteria- [Needed] Housing/Clear and Objective. Unless the applicant elects to use the discretionary criteria contained in EC 9.8440 Site Review Approval Criteria- General/Discretionary, for housing applications entitled to clear and objective review pursuant to state statute, [T]the planning director shall approve, conditionally approve, or deny the site review application. [Unless the applicant elects to use the general criteria contained in EC 9.8440 Site Review Approval Criteria – General, where the applicant proposes needed housing, as defined by the State statutes, the planning director shall approve, or approve with conditions, a site review] based on compliance with the following criteria: These changes are related to COM-12 (Review Track Renaming) and revise code references to the currently named General and Needed Housing tracks. The General track is proposed to be called “General/Discretionary” and the Needed Housing track is proposed to be called “Housing/Clear and Objective.” This change also clarifies that this section is only applicable to “housing applications entitled to clear and objective review pursuant to state statute.” (1)[The applicant has demonstrated that the proposed housing is needed housing as defined by state statutes.] The proposal complies with EC 9.5860 Transition Standards. This change implements COS-01 (Clear & Objective Compatibility). The replacement text points to proposed new transistion standards. For ease of use and code efficiency (as the standards will apply to three application types), the new transition standards are proposed to be located under EC 9.5860 Transition Standards for Housing/Clear and Objective Applications. Applicability is clear as the approval criteria for each of the three application types will include a criterion requiring compliance with the transition standards. In addition, the transition standards start with an applicability statement that identifies the three application types and proposed uses subject to the standards. (3)For areas not included on the city’s acknowledged Goal 5 inventory, the proposal will preserve existing natural resources by compliance with [all of the following: (a)The proposal complies with] the provisions of EC 9.6880 through EC 9.6885 Tree Preservation and Removal Standards. [(b) Natural resource areas designated on the comprehensive plan diagram as “Natural Resource” are protected.] May 20, 2019, Work Session – Item 2