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<br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />Commissioner Frischman commented on the sign permitting process and asked if the sign piece <br />always comes after the project is approved. Assistant Director of Community Assets and <br />Development Gozola reported Pulte was proposing to have a monument sign. He indicated staff <br />is assuming Dominium would also like to have a sign and this sign would have to meet City Code <br />requirements. <br />Councilmember Frischman stated she would like the Commission to have a further conversation <br />about signage at a future meeting. Assistant Director of Community Assets and Development <br />Gozola explained this would be addressed under the next agenda item. <br />Jack Dritz, Dominium, stated he had not planned signs for the development at this point. He <br />reported this would be considered later in the development process. <br />Commissioner Frischman commented it would be nice for the residents living in this <br />neighborhood to better understand the type of sign that was being considered for this <br />development. She wanted to sign to reflect a high-quality product. Mr. Dritz agreed with this <br />sentiment and noted signage was very important. <br />Commissioner McQuillan asked when construction would begin on this project. Assistant Director <br />of Community Assets and Development Gozola stated the project was slated to begin in January <br />of 2020 with a completion date of July 2021. <br /> <br />Motion by Commissioner McQuillan, seconded by Commissioner Frischman, to recommend the <br />City Council approve staff recommendation with conditions. <br />Approved 6-0. <br />2) Introduction of the Code Rewrite Process: Review of the proposed process being initiated in <br />2020 to comprehensively overhaul the City’s zoning ordinance . <br />Assistant Director of Community Assets and Development Gozola reported City records suggest <br />that the current city zoning ordinance dates back to approximately 1977. Over the subsequent <br />42 years, various sections of the code have been updated and new requirements have been <br />added, but little has been done to modernize the organization, provide greater clarity for the end <br />user, and most importantly, eliminate the various inconsistencies created by the adoption of <br />hundreds of ordinances since the initial adoption. No zoning ordinance lasts forever, and the City <br />is long-overdue for a reorganization and update to the current zoning document. Staff will utilize <br />this meeting to introduce the Commission to a draft update process for review and comment. <br />The final process and timeline will be determined by the City Council at a future point in time. <br />Currently we are envisioning the update will be divided into four main tasks which are broken <br />down into approximately eight (8) steps. Please note that the outlined process is considered an <br />aggressive timeline to complete this type of update (especially in-house), yet following this pace <br />still pushes the completion of the project into 2021. It is more important to complete this type of <br />update thoughtfully and carefully than it is to complete it qui ckly. Staff reviewed the proposed <br />steps, along with the project timeline in further detail with the Commission and recommended <br />approval of the process. <br />Chair Nichols-Matkaiti stated she believed this project was ambitious and worthwhile. She <br />supported staff proceeding with this project in order to clean up the City Code document.