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PROJECT OVERVIEW Background & Process On November 26, 2019, the Department of Community Assets & Development Department (DCAD) received initial authorization from the City Council to begin a zoning code rewrite process on behalf of the City. A change -over in the City Manager position dominated Council's time in early 2020, and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on City priorities thereafter. The update project was re -introduced to Council on July 28, 2020, and staff was given the green light to proceed with preparation of this annotated outline. City records suggest that the current zoning ordinance dates back to approximately 1977. Over the subsequent 42 years, various sections of the code have been updated and new requirements have been added, but little has been done to modernize the organization, provide greater clarity for the end-user, and most importantly, eliminate the various inconsistencies created by the adoption of hundreds of ordinances since the initial code adoption. This update process will address these issues. The update project is anticipated to begin in October of 2020, and is expected to be completed approximately 12 to 18 months later following completion of the following four (4) project tasks: (1) Annotated Outline Creation Creation of this document is the first task in the zoning ordinance update process. This document formalizes the project's to-do list, pinpoints the ways the City will resolve identified issues, establishes an initial outline for the new code, and sets up the new code's style template. (2) Draft Zoning Ordinance Creation To successfully navigate the drafting of the new ordinance in a manner that is easy for all parties to understand and follow, the new ordinance will be prepared in three phases: A N N O T A T E D O U T L I N E I N E W B R I G H T O N Z O N I N G U P D A T E