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City Staff and Others:
Alan Parkinson – P&Z Administrator
Will Klaver – Planning Technician
Natalie Powell – Compliance Officer
Tawnya Grover – P&Z Administrative Assistant
Spencer Rammell – City Attorney
Chairman Rory Kunz opened the meeting at 6: 30 p.m.
Roll Call of Planning and Zoning Commissioners:
Present: Chairman Rory Kunz, Greg Blacker, Vince Haley, Kristi Anderson, Todd Marx, Randall
Kempton, Sally Smith, Aaron Richards, Jim Lawrence.
Absent: John Bowen, David Pulsipher.
Minutes:
Planning & Zoning Meeting November 19, 2020 (action)
Randall Kempton says he did not second the motion to approve the minutes. The minutes were
reviewed and Randall did second the motion. Randall withdraws his objection.
MOTION: Motion to approve the minutes for November 19, 2020, as recorded. Action:
Approve, Moved by Randall Kempton, Seconded by Kristi Anderson.
Commission Discusses the Motion: None
VOTE: Motion passed (summary: Yes = 8, No = 0, Abstain = 1).
Yes: Aaron Richards, Greg Blacker, Jim Lawrence, Kristi Anderson, Randall Kempton, Sally
Smith, Todd Marx, Vince Haley.
Abstain: Chairman Rory Kunz.
David Pulsipher arrived.
Roll Call.
Present: Chairman Rory Kunz, Greg Blacker, Vince Haley, Kristi Anderson, David Pulsipher,
Todd Marx, Randall Kempton, Sally Smith, Aaron Richards, Jim Lawrence.
Absent: John Bowen.
Public Hearings:
1. 6:35PM – (20-00851) – Development Code Ordinance Amendment – Planned Unit
Development. A Planned Unit Development is a type of subdivision and has been amended to match
the approved subdivision ordinance changes. (action) – Alan, City of Rexburg
Applicant Presentation – Alan Parkinson – This presentation tonight is for a Planned Unit
Development (PUD). A PUD is a Master Plan of an area. The process for a PUD is similar to the plat
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process in the Development Code approved recently. The goal for the Planned Unit Development is
to make the process more efficient, more streamlined, to meet the needs of the client and to define what
the City Council and Planning & Zoning bodies need to approve, with a focus on the plan the Planning
& Zoning Commission and the City Council need to review. In the current process for a Planned Unit
Development, an application comes in to us, Staff reviews the application for a Preliminary PUD Plat,
then it is reviewed by the Planning & Zoning and moves on to City Council. Part of the review process
includes the Commissioners looking at a possible increase in density, if they request it. Submittal
includes a project narration describing the applicant’s plans and a phase plan. Next, the applicant
submits a Final PUD Plat and that plat is reviewed for conformance to the Preliminary PUD by Staff
and the applicant records the Final PUD. We expect phases to come in to follow the approved plat
process.
The Plat comes in, and Staff reviews it. The Commissioners review the plat and in addition with a
PUD, you are reviewing the requirements approved for the PUD. The Plat moves forward to the City
Council. Planning & Zoning will now see the individual phases for approval. The requirements for plat
submittal remain the same.
Commissioner Questions: Sally Smith asked if we are looking at this for the hearing process on just
the final plat level. Alan said for a Plat, preliminary and final have been removed; there is only a single
Plat and an Infrastructure Plan. This is a subdivision, but on a higher level. She is apprehensive. The
night City Council approved the plat process, Chris Mann said the change in the process would make it
more difficult to make changes to a Final Plat. She has done a little bit more research. Sometimes in a
Preliminary Plat, she hears Councilmembers ask about the water lines and the sewer lines. To her, those
are not the things we care about. We have experts that know where the infrastructure needs to be. The
governing bodies do not have to worry about that. The Preliminary Plat was the main communication
piece for the Infrastructure.
The governing bodies want to see where the buildings are; we want to know how it affects the
neighbors. We want to know about the landscaping. The Barney Dairy situation was brought up and
there was some good input from Council about going from acre lots to 0.14 lots. What if a Preliminary
Report was required?
Chairman Rory Kunz said landscaping and those other items listed are about design. Sally Smith said
she is worried about the public. There was a hearing on a Final Plat. The neighbors out there on their
one and two-acre lots came to the hearing. Sally said they suggested LDR1 against the one-acre lots; it
was a good discussion. Sally is not opposed to streamlining by any means. We rely on Staff for many
things. She is nervous about the public not knowing a subdivision is going in beside them until the
Final Plat.
(The Barney Dairy meetings Sally Smith and Chairman Rory Kunz are speaking
about were for an annexation and rezone of the Barney Dairy property at 950
Barney Dairy Rd (17-00147). The application was deliberated before Planning
& Zoning on May 4, 2017, and before City Council on February 15, June 7 &
14, July 5 & 19, August 16 and September 6, 2017.)
Chairman Rory Kunz remembered the Barney Dairy hearing. The neighbors were allowed to say some
things in the Planning & Zoning meeting. None of the objections were about the land use and whether
or not the use fit the area. This is what the Commissions’ job is to decide: Does the change make sense
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in this area of our community? Mr. Barney rebutted most of the comments. He said your subdivision
would not have been built if my family had the same objections at the time, when there was a request to
change your neighborhood from Trans Ag to a higher density. He does not think changing the process
and making it more labor intensive and more time intensive is the answer nor would have actually
benefitted them. The people had an opportunity to voice their opinions. Sally Smith noted the
changes were made.
Alan said for a PUD, only LDR or MDR zones are affected. When you look at a plat, you base your
decision on the density and maximum build outs, not what the person is proposing. Sally Smith
understands there are many conditions on a PUD. Alan believes by adding the Planning & Zoning back
in, when it comes to phasing, it will give the Planning & Zoning and City Council another look. The
PUD will be the general plan and the individual plats for the phasing will come back to both Planning &
Zoning and City Council.
Chairman Rory Kunz was excited early on, when we were simplifying and taking things out to make it
easier for the public. He is disappointed to see pages added back in to the simplified process. Alan
answered; there is a glitch in Municode. Not all the green highlighted text is new. The language moved
around turns green; at this time, we cannot get those kind of changes to show the way we need them to.
Little was added; a lot was taken out. Chairman Rory Kunz confirmed the changes Alan outlined.
Alan said phases have always had to come back to the city. Summerfield is an example. Summerfield
did a Master Plan, also called a Planned Unit Development. Last year, they brought plats through the
process for phases 6, 7 & 8. The Plats were presented to the City Council for approval. Chairman
Rory Kunz asked, how does this benefit the developer, community and the city. Alan said this gives a
second look at the Plat. You can determine if the standards of the PUD are being met. Alan said most
of this was written by Tawnya.
Tawnya explained prior to our previous approved changes for the Plat process, you had two
preliminary meetings, which focused on the Infrastructure, one was Planning & Zoning and one was
City Council. The Plat itself was only seen by City Council. The Infrastructure Plan now is reviewed
only by Staff. The Plat will now be the focus of the Planning & Zoning Commission and City Council;
this is the focus of the governing bodies, the land. The Commission did not have the opportunity to see
the Plat itself.
Vince Haley said if I understand this correctly, with Summerfield, when they added the increased
density for the townhomes, the change went only to City Council. The Commission will be able to look
at those proposed changes going forward. Alan confirmed this is correct. The Commission will be
determining if the phase meets the intent of the approved PUD. Townhomes were approved at this
location, but the density and the layout changed. Vince confirmed even if the PUD is approved, the
Commission would have to approve the phases. Alan said in most phasing, there is a general idea.
Now, when it comes in, it will come in the platting process. Building footprints will not be shown.
Vince said to generalize it even further; the phases are a zone of the PUD. Alan said we cannot be
caught up in any buildings presented; the buildings are not part of the recorded record; they can build
based on the requirements we give them. We are focused on the type of lots we want in this area.
Vince asked what is the advantage of following this process versus the old platting process. Alan
answered we become distracted in the weeds. Alan has spent the last two days going through the
Thomson Farms record; the most recent approved PUD. His desktop is covered with minutes from
Planning & Zoning and City Council from the start of that process until the end. The groups did well,
but there was a lack of direction. Questions were about sidewalk, water lines, ITD; these are questions
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for our engineers. Staff wants to come to the Commission with a clean package that meets the
requirements of the Development Code for the two groups to review. When Infrastructure is not
determined earlier in the process, the Applicant’s system is prolonged due to requirements with DEQ
and the Health Departments’ processes, as well as the needs of the power company. The proposed
process will adapt to these requirements for streamlining. The process is started with an Economic
Development Team meeting; internally this is called a “Ready Team” meeting with Public Works,
Building, Planning & Zoning, legal, and Economic Development. A Plan is brought to this meeting and
this group can ask them defining questions so Staff can give complete and accurate information to the
Applicant. This initial meeting allows a focus, so a correct plan can be submitted, allowing the
Applicant to move forward.
Kristi Anderson asked if density bonus points were being removed. Chairman Rory Kunz said he
recalled with Val or Craig, you could get a certain number of points if you added two more shrubs along
a roadway, if you created more green space, if you added some walking paths, etc. you could increase
density. Alan said bonus points for added density in a PUD is still in the ordinance. Staff will prepare a
general bonus point assignment, present it to the group, and fine tune those points; he has created a
spreadsheet to determine the overall calculation. Alan clarified Rory is looking more for how the points
are determined. This comes back to Staff looking at it, preparing it, and bringing it to the
Commissioners. Building will be the ones to tell us the value of upgrades for density bonus points
above the building construction standards required in our area. Chairman Rory Kunz asked for
research regarding removal of the density bonus points. Aaron Richards said, in his experience,
typically, the Plat is approved at the Planning & Zoning Commission level. The Plat typically would not
go to Council. He also found some typos. Alan clarified the typos can be cleaned up, but the content
cannot change. In Rexburg, Planning & Zoning can recommend a plat to City Council, but the City
Council has to approve the roads for dedicated right of ways. Staff will complete reviews prior to the
presentation to the Commission. Alan talked about DigEplan working with Cityworks allowing
notations and stamping directly on the digital plans to communicate to the developers.
Conflict of Interest? - Chairman Rory Kunz asked the Commissioners if they have a conflict of
interest or if they have been approached by any parties relative to this particular subject. If you believe
your prior contact with respect to this subject has created a bias, you should recuse yourself, otherwise
at this time please indicate the nature of your conversation or contact. None.
Chairman Rory Kunz reviewed the public hearing procedures.
(Jim Lawrence is the only attendee on line.)
Favor: None
Neutral: None
Opposed: None
Written Correspondence: None
Rebuttal: None
Chairman Rory Kunz asked if anyone else would like to speak. He closed the public input portion of
the hearing at 7:03p.m.
Commissioners Discussion: Vince Haley asked Sally to fully express her concern regarding this
proposal. This is a lot of information to review. Alan has gone over the major changes; she is not sure
everyone is comfortable with everything right now. With PUDs, the problem is streamlining so much
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that we forget about public input. Kristi recalled Aaron Richards saying the initial plan does come
before the Commission. Is it necessary for the phases to come before the Commission? She is
interested to see what people think. Vince Haley said the latest phase of Summerfield is a great
example. A phase of townhomes was approved in the PUD. The density was revised and a significant
number of more townhomes were put in. He would like to see the individual phases. Density increases
deal with land use. Even though the initial density was approved and we have a general idea of what it is
going to be, there were a significant number of additional townhomes platted. He would like to be able
to approve those changes or not. Kristi Anderson clarified the change was within the zone
requirement. Vince said Summerfield does have a higher density, but the townhome section is a much
higher density than the rest of the subdivision. Chairman Rory Kunz asked Alan how much more
dense was the change from the original proposal. Did the density change or did they change the way
they had the density? His philosophy is you have to look at the maximum use for the neighborhood.
(Original 92 townhomes, 12 units/acre; amendment 114 townhomes, just less than 14 units/acre with
maximum density bonus points for LDR2.) Tawnya responded the density has just been moved
around, because a density has been approved for the entire development. Kristi Anderson clarified the
Commission will see the phases at City Council. As long as they are staying under the perameters at the
beginning, she does not feel the decision needs to be made. Aaron Richards does like what Sally said
about some kind of Land Use Study coming in with the PUD. A developer could spin it; you could
have 200 high-density units and 300 single-family, but it would be helpful to have a Land Use Study
coming in with the initial zoning since the Preliminary Plat stage is now gone. He thought it was neat
that the Zoning Administrator has a point system to negotiate with the developer on. Because the
existence of the bonus density point system is in question, perhaps we should consider tabling this until
more information could come together. Randall Kempton believes there is a lot of wisdom in what
Aaron is saying; he has not had enough time to read it and absorb the implications on it. He does not
want to make a decision until his questions are answered. Tawnya confirmed the Commissioners are
given two links; one of the links had all of the documents, the other had some due to the large file size.
David Pulsipher would like greater time spent on this; especially now that he knows all the green
highlighted text does not represent new text. David would like a document that outlines what is being
added and what is being taken away. He would be in favor of tabling the issue. Greg Blacker can see it
both ways. He remembers when they focused on the number of shrubs. He thinks what the
Commission is trying to do is good. Greg would like a little more time to figure it out. He wants to
make sure; there are many things he does not need to see. He does not want everything left up to City
Staff, because he has seen problems with that. The reason we have code is so that there is one set of
rules for everyone to follow. Todd Marx agrees with Greg.
MOTION: Motion to table the PUD Development Code changes until January 7, 2020,
for further clarification on the bonus density points and to give everyone time to review the
proposal, Action: Table, Moved by Kristi Anderson, Seconded by Sally Smith.
Vince Haley asked for a document without the green masses. Tawnya clarified there is a word
document in the Commissioners’ packet for their review.
Commission Discusses the Motion: Chairman Rory Kunz suggested Vince talk to his fellow
Commissioners rather than Tawnya. Vince Haley talked about the pages and pages of green. If it is
moved, he does not really care; if it is new, then he wants to see it. Kristi Anderson said there are three
documents that have been submitted to the Commissioners for their review. The original is there with
notes. The second PUD document does not have the green text and includes annotations telling what
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she is doing with each section. The third is the MuniCode. Tawnya identified each document:
“MuniCode” prints the changes; anything moved turns green, along with any additions to the text.
“PUD Rewrite Documentation” is a word perfect document with annotations, which indicates where it
came from. This document identifies from those green sections what was actually changed and its
previous location in the code. Chairman Rory Kunz asked, knowing these documents are available,
would the Commissioners be ready to vote.
VOTE: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yes = 10).
Yes: Aaron Richards, Chairman Rory Kunz, David Pulsipher, Greg Blacker, Jim Lawrence,
Kristi Anderson, Randall Kempton, Sally Smith, Todd Marx, Vince Haley.
2. 6:40PM - (20-00606) – RPR6N40E173007 (E Moody Rd) – Rezone from Light Industrial (LI) to
Community Business Center (CBC). The parcel is designated as Commercial on the
Comprehensive Plan Map. (action) – Craig Gummow –
An issue was presented that causes a republishing of this proposal. The application will be presented at
a later date.
3. 6:45PM - (20-00781) – 376 W 4th S - Rezone from Community Business Center (CBC) to
High Density Residential 1 (HDR1) – A Comprehensive Plan Map designation change was recently
approved for medium to high density residential, including this parcel. (action) –Amanda Smith
Applicant Presentation – Amanda Smith –16 Veraz, Rancho Mission Viejo, California – Her
husband and she recently purchased the house. In escrow, they discovered the home was zoned for
commercial. For anyone to live in the home, the house would need to be rezoned to residential.
Commissioner Questions: Chairman Rory Kunz asked where the home is located. It is on the
corner of W 4th S and S 4th W. Alan said the home was the old State Farm Insurance building. Rory
said the home has been used for residential for at least nine (9) years. Then, was State Farm for two
years. Was anyone living in the building when you bought it? She knows someone was using it for
insurance before her purchase; she doesn’t know how long this use was happening.
Staff Report: Planning & Zoning – Alan Parkinson – The property in the past was commercial. The
whole area was Comprehensive Planned commercial. The designation was changed by the city to
Medium to High Density Residential. At that point, the Smiths approached the city and wanted to turn
the home into a residence. Staff told her due to the zone of Community Business Center (CBC), the
property would need a rezone. Staff believes this is a use supported for this area. Utilities and services
are in place for the residential use. There has not been a lot of change in this area on this street. Staff
recommends the application for approval.
Commissioner Questions for Staff: Chairman Rory Kunz asked for the zoning map to be shown to
see the zoning for the surrounding area. Kristi Anderson clarified the Comprehensive Plan Map
change was approved. Rory asked about the property to the north of this request. The property
directly north of this request is also zoned CBC, but is a parking lot for an apartment complex. The
zone was grandfathered in, because when the changes to this area were previously made, they wanted to
see the street build out into commercial. The commercial use has not come to fruition and the City is
seeing more demand in this area for high-density residential. Originally, Staff felt the commercial would
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line this road, but high-density residential has moved in and built. Kristi Anderson asked which
development the parking lot is part of. Alan answered the parking lot parcel is tied to the Appletree
Apartments. The Commission and Council recently passed the PED changes. The PED boundary was
identified. Sally Smith asked about commercial uses. The storage units are the only commercial use in
this area. Residential homes are on several of the lots also zoned Community Business Center. She
asked if Staff has gone door to door; they did not. Staff has been told to allow people to make the
changes when they want to do them. Staff has done some door to door in the past in other areas. Most
people tell them they do not want to make the change; they will just leave the land the way it is, even
though it may be beneficial in the end.
Conflict of Interest? - Chairman Rory Kunz asked the Commissioners if they have a conflict of
interest or if they have been approached by any parties relative to this particular subject. If you believe
your prior contact with respect to this subject has created a bias, you should recuse yourself, otherwise
at this time please indicate the nature of your conversation or contact. None.
Chairman Rory Kunz reviewed the public hearing procedures.
(Jim Lawrence, Commissioner, is the only person online.)
Favor: None
Neutral: None
Opposed: None
Written Correspondence: None
Rebuttal: None
Chairman Rory Kunz asked if anyone else would like to speak. He closed the public input portion of
the hearing at 7:29p.m.
Commissioners Discussion: Randall Kempton recalled the Comprehensive Plan change discussion.
There was not much commercial happening, though we wanted it to, so we changed it to medium to
high-density residential. This change to a residential zone, even if the homes stay Community Business
Center seem to blend. Apartment complexes and some businesses is not a bad thing together. This
request fits with what we were trying to do and discussed last month. Vince Haley asked about the
benefits of the PED zone. Due to the location of the parcel in the PED zone, dormitory housing would
be allowed, which is the same use across the street.
MOTION: Motion to recommend City Council approve the rezone of 376 W 4th S from
Community Business Center (CBC) to High-Density Residential 1 (HDR1), because it fits the
Comprehensive Plan and PED zone areas., Action: Approve, Moved by Vince Haley, Seconded
by Randall Kempton.
Commission Discusses the Motion: None
VOTE: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yes = 10).
Yes: Aaron Richards, Chairman Rory Kunz, David Pulsipher, Greg Blacker, Jim Lawrence,
Kristi Anderson, Randall Kempton, Sally Smith, Todd Marx, Vince Haley.
Sally Smith said if it were up to her, she would like to see a Lot Layout Plan for a little bit more
transparency to show to the community what is going on. She does not want to see the infrastructure; she
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thinks we can rely on Staff to put the drainage, roads and sewer where they go. She asked Aaron about
what point he would rather make changes. Aaron is trying to think through the process. You do not need
to call it a Preliminary Plat; you can call it a Land Study. A Land Study explains what we want to build and
how we want to develop it out; here is our density; here is our infrastructure. In his experience, he would
build a project with an approved Preliminary Plat. The Preliminary Plat would sit in City Hall in escrow.
All kinds of things happen during construction; easements move; you find things underground; lot lines
might have to move; sometimes an engineer surveys something wrong. If something is not built right, a
street needs to be moved, sometimes the line has to be moved 1/8” on the Final Plat. A Preliminary Plat is
a living document; the civil plans are a living document. At the end of the project, he would then give the
City these As-Built Plans and those changes were either administratively approved by Staff or significant
changes to the Final Plat go back to public hearing. Tawnya Grover clarified the drawings Aaron is
describing are called Infrastructure Drawings in the Development Code Subdivision process recently
approved. The Infrastructure Drawings include the access, plumbing, utilities, etc. Using the word
Preliminary has caused problems. During the construction phase, the plans are called, “Infrastructure
Drawings.” Aaron says the Infrastructure Drawings are based on the Plat. Alan said the entire
Infrastructure is in place before the Plat is brought to the Commission; the governing bodies will not see
the Infrastructure Plans. Even though we have a Preliminary and a Final Plat, we are not following the
process Mr. Richards is talking about. We do the Infrastructure Drawings and get full approval and before
you can even get started, you have to come in and get a Final Plat approved. Aaron confirmed a Plat is not
kept in escrow during development. Alan said if the City has some concerns, they would have the
developer bond. Aaron asked if the Plat is recorded pre-construction. Alan confirmed the Plat is
recorded pre-construction. Aaron says there is no point of having a Preliminary Plat if this is recorded pre-
construction. Alan said the state statute allows us to complete the process this way; the code has been
designed to match the city’s process. Sally Smith asks where the public hearing process comes in. She
believes we need to be as transparent as we can. Alan said the Planned Unit Development (PUD) will
have a hearing process. In the PUD, there will be a phasing plan. Sally does not want to talk about the
PUD, only a subdivision. There was discussion about a previous application; it was unknown what kind of
application it was. Kristi Anderson said she was a Commissioner during the application Sally is referring
to; she lives on that road and Bryan Ball was just changing the zoning. Due to Sally’s service on City
Council, she would have seen a Plat for the area; the Commission deliberated about the zone change.
Chairman Rory Kunz said let us just start from scratch. Say I buy some land that backs up to Sally and I
want to develop the land. Sally is asking about the process. Alan said you are going to come to him with a
parcel you want to develop and a plan for what you want to do on that parcel. You bring a basic layout of
the parcel. Rory would meet with the Ready Team (Economic Development Team), which includes Public
Works, Building Department, Legal, Economic Development and Planning & Zoning. This group makes
sure Rory is meeting the minimum requirements to make the development possible and to communicate
what works and what does not work. Then, Rory goes back and makes needed modifications, creates the
plan and sit down a second time to determine if the modifications fit the criteria to move forward for the
Development Review Committee. The plan is submitted with an application, fees are paid, and an official
review is conducted in detail. Revisions are resolved until the plan meets the standards set by the approved
Development Code. Once that is in place, the publishing moves forward, the plan comes before the
Planning & Zoning Commission. The Commissioners look at the plan and answer the questions: Does
this work? Does it fit in the area? Do we want to see commercial behind Sally’s building? You decide, not
on a specific building, but on what could possibly be built there. If you feel the requirements are met, you
can pass it on to City Council. Changes by ordinances are public hearings and people are informed.
Tawnya confirmed a Plat change has never been a hearing, however, a PUD does require a public hearing.
Chairman Rory Kunz said this is why we never saw a Plat for Barney Dairy road; because it was not
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required for the Commission see a Plat. Sally confirmed City Council saw the Plat. Aaron said we have
gone off track; are we talking about rezone or are we talking about platting? Alan said that often a rezone
is required, when someone goes to Plat; usually the applicant is seeking a greater density. Chairman Rory
Kunz said the problem with a lot of the development in Rexburg is most of the developable land is in a
Transitional Agriculture zone. The Commissions’ decisions need to be based more on the density than the
individual Plat, unless it is a PUD. Rory believes Sally is concerned because there was not a public hearing
for a Plat. Sally agreed. Tawnya said the group is thinking of things a little bit skewed. The Plat goes to a
meeting for City Council, but the public is not notified for a Plat beyond the item is listed on the City
Council agenda. In a rezone, mailings are sent to people who have property within 300’ of the parcels’
location; the applicant’s request is published in the newspaper and is a public hearing. The zoning is an
ordinance change and requires a public hearing. Sally Smith says she knows the City Council has
approved the process and she believes we need to watch and make sure it works.
Alan said the last PUD was in 2018. When a PUD comes in, we are not going to have time to make
changes. A PUD is a complete different animal than just a Plat. Randall Kempton asked what the
relationship between the Plat process and the PUD. Vince Haley says he has been only involved in one
Plat; he felt like it was a first and second reading of the exact same thing, because there really were not any
changes and if there were, they were miniscule. He understands what you want to do; now he is fully
educated, he knows what he will decide. Alan believes waiting and allowing you time to understand what
you are making a decision on is a much better way to go. There is not a rush. Staff is going through the
code and this request is part of a clean-up effort. When we did the plat process, we did have pressure to
finish. People held out to go through the new process; two applications have been submitted. For the
PUD, there are no possible developments of this kind known. We changed the Plat; we just want to
conform the PUD process to the plat process. Chairman Rory Kunz said there are complications in one
spot or another; it is either here or it is there. If Aaron builds something out and the Council does not
approve it, then everyone has a problem. Alan said that the bonding or escrow helps with some of the
problems. Anytime in this process, if they do not meet the standards, we can stop the process. If they
want to modify in any way, the plan comes back to the Commission. Major changes to a PUD, mean they
start over with the PUD process. Vince Haley asked how much money is saved by not having to go
through the second process. It was estimated to be about $500 savings for a PUD. Tawnya said there
was repeated reviews happening on the Staff side as well. Most of the time we saw the plan coming in as a
Preliminary was very similar, even identical, to a Final PUD. Rory Kunz clarified the Preliminary and Final
Plats are not always identical. Sally Smith says a change concerns a timed element. The phasing should be
should be laid out. Tawnya said the PUD process is very similar to the Plat process. Therefore, when the
Plat process was changed, that meant the PUD needed to align. In addition, she learned as she read the
PUD, questions she had with the plat process were answered with the PUD section. The subdivision said
there was a time limit, but no time limit was identified. What was needed in the subdivision section to
clarify the time instruction, was found in the PUD section. Alan said there is a time limit, but you can
apply for an extension. Mainly, we want the developments to stay in contact.
Heads Up:
December 17th, 2020 Meeting Canceled
January 7th Hearings:
1. (20-00705) – Development Code Ordinance Amendment – Design Standards
2. (20-00914) – Rezone – TAG1 & TAG2 parcels in the city to TAG to match ordinance changes
ADJOURNMENT at 7:55p.m.