TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, City Manager
TITLE: Presentation by Luis Serna (Calvin, Giordano & Associates) on Major Issues and Recommendations for the City's Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) Rewrite
Recommended Action
Discussion and direction to staff/consultant.
Background Information
The project is currently nearing the end of Phase 2-Draft ULDC Framework and Public Participation. One of the Phase 2 deliverables is an outline of the ULDC and recommendations on major issues. Attachment 1 is a report that presents major issues and proposed solutions to these issues that were identified during the Discovery and Public Participation Phases of the ULDC Analysis and Revision project undertaken by Calvin, Giordano & Associates, Inc. (CGA) for the City of North Port. It also includes a draft ULDC outline.
The issues discussed in the report were identified and refined through a series of meetings and public workshops conducted between November of 2018 and March of 2019. Issues were also identified through previous studies conducted by the City and through an analysis of the ULDC conducted by CGA as a part of the current update project. Potential solutions to the identified issues were addressed at two community workshops conducted in February and March of 2019, and in further discussions with the City's Staff Development Review Team throughout the process.
The purpose of the report is to present CGA's findings and to receive direction on these major issues and potential solutions to these issues prior to preparing the specific regulatory language that will be incorporated into the first draft of the revised ULDC which will be completed by October of 2019. The report does not present all issues and proposed revisions that will be included in the revised ULDC. Obvious discrepancies, typographical errors, formatting improvements, and illustrations have also been identified and will be incorporated into...
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