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ZONING UPDATE GOALS Specific Code Issues to Address (continued) Goal Techniqueu Used to Address the Goal 29. Include "Incentive Zoning" as appropriate to encourage achievement of the City's various Staff will work with the steering committee to comprehensive plan goals (i.e. density increases in include incentives to achieve comprehensive plan recognition of additional open space, greater pedestrian goals where appropriate. connections, and/or inclusion of affordable units). 30. Procedures should be updated to be consistent ■ Chapter 2 in the new code will outline all throughout code for similar actions (i.e. Platting application requirements and review procedures to through a PRD process requires a public hearing before ensure the City is using a consistent approval the Planning Commission, but standard platting requires process for its various application types. a public hearing before the City Council). 31. Nonconforming Use provisions must be updated to Chapter 6 of the new ordinance will outline all be consistent with State Statues and changes in law nonconforming use regulations consistent with over the last 40 years. Current regulations do not State statute. Unenforceable (and unnecessarily properly reflect how the City should be treating burdening) provisions of the current ordinance will nonconforming uses. be eliminated. 32. Sign regulation updates. While the City did make ■ Existing sign regulations will be moved into the new needed updates in 2012, there appear to be additional code, but updates as needed to comply with law changes needed to eliminate regulation based on the will be recommended. message of a sign. 33. RLUIPA Updates. The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act requires the City's zoning Existing sign regulations will be updated as needed language to meet certain standards relating to places of to comply with Federal standards worship. 34. Parking standards. Maintain existing requirements for Existing sign regulations will be moved into the new now, but acknowledge modern transportation changes code, but minor updates to improve the existing (i.e. offering shared vehicles) as a potential avenue for language will be explored by the steering reduced parking. committee. 35. Subdivision Standards. While a separate chapter of the City Code, subdivision standards are closely linked with zoning provisions. Staff will strive to review and update Chapter 26 of the City Code concurrent with this process or following this process. 10 • Changes to existing language will be suggested, but a comprehensive overhaul to the existing language is not anticipated at this time. A N N O T A T E D O U T L I N E N E W B R I G H T O N Z O N I N G U P D A T E