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EXHIBIT A <br />PlanningandZoningCommissionRegularMeeting <br />February18,2016 <br />DevelopmentOrdinanceModifications <br />PlanningandDevelopmentDepartment <br />StaffReport <br />ISSUE <br />Followingthepublichearing,shouldthePlanningandZoningCommissionconsider <br />recommendingapprovaltotheCityCouncil,theproposedmodificationstoOrdinance <br />No.1444,morecommonlyknownastheCityofLaPorteDevelopmentOrdinance,as <br />presentedintheattachedExhibitA? <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />StaffrecommendsthePlanningandZoningCommissionrecommendapprovaltothe <br />CityCounciloftheproposedmodificationstoOrdinanceNo.1444(Development <br />Ordinance)aspresentedintheattachedExhibitA. <br />DISCUSSION <br />OrdinanceNo.1444istheĭźƷǤ͸ƭDevelopmentOrdinanceandincludestheprocedures <br />andregulationsregardingdevelopmentofpropertyintheCityofLaPorte.These <br />tedevelopmentplanstogeneral <br />regulationsrangefromsubdivisionplattingtosi <br />engineeringstandardsandrequirements.TheDevelopmentOrdinancewasadoptedby <br />CityCouncilin1985withminormodificationsthroughtheyears. <br />AnauditofthePlanningandDevelopmentDepartmentwascommissionedand <br />conductedbytheCityCouncilin2012.In2013,PlanningandDevelopmentDepartment <br />staffbeganimplementingthevariousrecommendationsoftheaudit.Oneofthe <br />recommendationsoftheauditwasforthecitytoupdateandcodifytheDevelopment <br />Ordinance. <br />Asaresult,thePlanningandZoningCommissionestablishedasubcommitteeatthe <br />February19,2015meetingtoreviewOrdinanceNo.1444(DevelopmentOrdinance)and <br />recommendmodificationstotheordinance.ThesubcommitteeincludedCommissioners <br />MarkFollis(Chair),RichardWarren,NickBarrera,andLouAnnMartin.Planningand <br />DevelopmentDepartmentstaffsupportwasprovidedtothegroup. <br />TheattachedExhibitAisthedraftordinancethatincludestheproposedmodifications <br />toOrdinance1444asrecommendedbythesubcommittee.TheSubcommitteeis <br />presentingthisdocumenttotheCommissionasapublichearingitemfordiscussion <br />1 <br /> <br />