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work session, Council directed staff to prepare an ordinance for introduction and adveltise for a <br />public hearing. <br /> <br />Assistant Community Development Director Trudgeon reviewed that at the recent Strategic <br />Planning session, the City Council discussed the need to amend the 2001 Comprehensive Plan to <br />more effectively plan fbr residential development outside of the cun'ent urban service area. The <br />Council held ajoint meeting with the Planning Cormnission on March I6, 2004 to discuss the <br />need to amend the Comprehensive Plan. There was general consensus among Council and the <br />Planning Commission that this planning process should begin soon. One concern expressed by <br />Council, and shared by staff, is that additional 2.5-acre residential development may be initiated <br />under cun'ent zoning regulations before the Comprehensive Planning process is complete. It is <br />staffs opinion that such development may further complicate sewer and water extension <br />scenarios, and ultimately make the comprehensive planning process more difficult. <br /> <br />Assistant Community Development Director Trudgeon explained based on Council direction, <br />staff intends to bring forward a revision to the zoning code that will provide more guidance to <br />rural and large lot landowners as to how their prope~y can be developed while not jeopardizing <br />the Comprehensive Planning process and potential extension of urban services. It will be several <br />months before this revised zoning language can be drafted and brought before the Planning <br />Commission and the City Council fbr review and approval. Based on this time lag, staff is <br />'recommending the City Council consider an interim ordinance to temporarily restrict <br />development outside of the current urban service area. As written, the proposed interim <br />ordinance would prohibit all platting and subdividing in the R-1 Rural Developing Zoning <br />District. The ordinance does allow for exceptions, based on hardship. The Council will continue <br />to issue building pe~x-nits for existing lots while the moratorium is in effect. <br /> <br />Assistant Community Development Director Trudgeon advised staff anticipates asking the City <br />Council to discuss changes to the R-1 Rural Developing Zoning District at a future ~vork session, <br />before bringing a revised ordinance to the Planning Con,mission for their consideration. <br /> <br />Citizen Input <br /> <br />Bob Longfield, 575t - 177rh Avenue NW, questioned why the area has to be blanketed, and why <br />they cannot just take property as it comes up and redevelop it or put new guidelines in. He stated <br />a lot of that area was on a moratorium for ten years and he is very disappointed to see this. It is <br />very fi'ustrating to have to go back to where they were, and they just had a new comprehensive <br />plan a couple of months ago. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec stated things change very fast as far as development. There are requests to ' <br />develop in outlying areas and the City really did not know how to handle it. 12 has changed from <br />when there was a moratoriuln. There are a lot of changes and different forms of devel'opment to <br />look at, so that when sewer and water is expanded the City is able to handle it in a better fashion. <br />This should give them a much better idea on development. <br /> <br />City Council/April 27, 2004 <br /> Page 8 of 35 <br /> <br /> <br />