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City Council Meeting Minutes March 20,2007 Page 4 of 13 MOTION: Mayor Sisk moved to continue Ordinance No. 1456, Series 2004 to April 17, 2007, seconded by Council member Clabots. All in favor. ORDINANCE No. 1513, SEFUES 2007 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF TITLES 16 AND 17 OF THE lOUISVlllE MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING CITY COUNCil REVIEW OF PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLATS AND PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLANS - 2nd reading - Public Hearing Mayor Sisk requested a City Attorney introduction. City Attorney Light read Ordinance No. 1513, Series 2007. Mayor Sisk requested a Staff pnesentation. Planning Director Wood explain1ed Sections 16.12.030.C (Subdivision Code), and 17.28.170.8 (PUD Code) of the Louisville Municipal Code were added to the code in 1993 to modify the developmen1t review process to provide for informal City Council comments on a preliminary development application. These sections of the LMC provide Council informal review of a preliminary plat or preliminary PUD prior to submission to the Planning Commission. No action was to be taken by the City Council on the preliminary plan other than transmit the plan to the Planning Commission. The nature of such an exchange was considered by the code as being non-binding upon the City Council. At Council's direction the practice of forwarding preliminary documents to City Council was discontinued. The proposed ordinance modifies the land use review process to require certain preliminary plats and PUD development plans go to the City Council after review by the Planning Commission. Currently, City Council only reviews preliminary plats in the event of an appeal or call up, and preliminary plans coupled with a preliminary plat if appealed or called up. This ordinance changes the procedures by directing preliminary submittals to City Council review if the application meets one of the following criteria: 1. Multi-family project. 2. Single family developments exceeding six units. 3. A preliminary developmEmt application requiring a Special Review Use. 4. A preliminary developmEmt request seeking relief from the underlying zoning as set forth in titles 16 and 17 of this code or any relief from applicable provisions of the Commercial Development Design Standards and Guidelines or the Industrial Development Design Standards and Guidelines. The effect of the proposed ordinance does not require development applications, which would otherwise be submitted as final plats and PUDs to be processed as preliminary submittals. Those applications meeting the criteria for final submission would continue to be submitted as finals and processed in accordance with the standing process and timelines. It is not the intent to require a new preliminary PUD process for a development otherwise eligible for expedited PUD review under current Section 17.28.250.