Minutes: ULDC: March 2009

City of Evansville
Unified Land Development Code Committee
Thursday, April 16, 2009, 6:00 p.m.
City Hall (Third Floor), 31 S. Madison Street, Evansville, WI

MINUTES

1. Call to Order.

2. Roll Call. Present: Lori Allen, Michael Pierick, and Roger Berg. Absent: Bill Hammann, Gil Skinner, Mason Braunschweig, and Tony Wyse. Also Present: City Planner John Stockham and City Administrator Dan Wietecha.

3. Approval of Agenda.

4. Code Amendments. The Committee discussed the City Planner’s April 2 memo and recommendations for updating the zoning and land use codes. Overall the ordinances are good, but there are significant areas that could be streamlined and made more user friendly.

Several revisions were discussed as immediate recommendations: clarifying the language about the zoning administrator and designees; allowing administrative waivers for site plan, landscaping, and bufferyards on small scale projects; and housekeeping of the stormwater management ordinance. The Committee advised that any administrative waivers should be documented with reasons for the waivers in the staff report.

Berg made a motion, seconded by Allen, to recommend the immediate revisions in the City Planner memo of April 2, with additional clarification that waivers need to be listed and explained in a staff memo. Motion passed unanimously. The Committee noted that the draft ordinance would also need to be reviewed by the City Attorney.

5. Future Meeting Dates. The Committee discussed a schedule of meeting every other month with lengthy draft ordinance revisions available for review a couple weeks prior to each meeting. The next meeting will likely be in July.

6. Adjourn. With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 6:45 pm.