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Planning Commission <br />Meeting Minutes <br />January 9', 2020 <br />Page 4 of 7 <br />Ritchie replied that anyone could make recommendations for amending the Code, <br />including the Planning Commission. She noted that staff worked with Code every day <br />and could be working on it all the time, but it was a matter of priority. The Old Town <br />Overlay lives in the Code and would be a potential major amendment. Staff usually <br />brought a code amendment or two before the Commission each year. <br />Williams asked if staff ever went through a comprehensive code review. <br />Ritchie replied that she would like to, but it was a matter of priority. <br />Zuccaro replied that it was definitely something a City could do. For example, cities <br />consolidated parts of the Code and hired consultants to help do that work. A <br />Comprehensive Plan Amendment in the next couple of years would be a good time to <br />revisit the Code. <br />Howe noted that a big concern for citizens coming to the Planning Commission had <br />been when developers leave large piles of dirt on construction sites. He wondered how <br />to encourage development while avoiding those kinds of issues. <br />Zuccaro replied that there could be construction staging standards in the Code. He <br />noted that the City had recently changed its administrative policy due to issues with dirt <br />storage. The current policy was to no longer allow dirt import onto a property without <br />PUD approval and an approved set of Civil Construction (CC) plans. The City had not <br />always done that in the past. In addition, the approval of those CC plans would include <br />a time limit that would require the dirt to be removed if time limits were not met. <br />Howe stated that if a PUD expired a developer should be required to return the land to <br />the way it was. That would also serve as an incentive to the developer to continue to <br />develop it. <br />Rice asked if the CC addressed earthwork and infrastructure. <br />Zuccaro confirmed. <br />Diehl asked if those changes were in place today. <br />Zuccaro replied that the changes were administrative and, if the problems continued, <br />the next step would be to put construction staging standards in the Code. <br />Rice asked if those would be for existing issues or if existing developments would go <br />through enforcement. <br />Zuccaro replied that the changes in administrative policy only applied to upcoming plans <br />and that existing construction issues were a matter of enforcement. <br />Diehl asked what the enforcement mechanism would be for a dirt pile. <br />N. <br />