Background
Following the completion and adoption of the city's 2040 Comprehensive Plan, Staff has begun reviewing the city's Zoning Code. This includes identifying areas which need to be amended for consistency with the plan. Over the next year, Staff will continue to bring forward needed revisions to the code which improve the use of the code for residents and businesses, as well as better align it with the 2040 Comprehensive Plan.

Planning Commission

Recommended approval to the city council 5-0 at their regular meeting on October 8, 2020.

Proposed Changes
The proposed changes would amend several sections of existing city code, eliminate three sections of redundant code, and would add a new zoning district for parks and open space.

• City Code Section 151.002 would be modified to add or modify more than 60 definitions. This update provides more clarity on a number of typical uses which occur within the city. 
• City Code Section 151.007 would be modified to include a number of newly defined uses. The table has also been edited to remove redundant language and other minor changes. This section of code would also see the addition of 151.007.K Specific Conditions, which lists all specific conditions or regulations associated with the uses in the Use Table. These regulations have previously been listed within zoning chapters, and moving them to follow the table will make the code more user friendly.
• City Code Sections 151.012-151.014 would be eliminated as all conditions located within these chapters would be relocated in section 151.017.K
• City Code Section 151.049 would be modified to include conditions regarding conditional use permits for mining which were previously located within 151.014.
• Chapter 151.052 Parks and Open Space (PO) would be added to the city's zoning districts. 

Zoning Considerations
Following the adoption of these changes, Staff will work to rezone all city-owned park properties to the new category, Parks and Open Space.