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EXHIBIT A <br />PlanningandZoningCommissionRegularMeeting <br />February18,2016 <br />DevelopmentOrdinanceModifications <br />purposesandtopresentthemodificationsbeingproposed.Noticeofthispublichearing <br />waspublishedintheBayAreaObserverandpostedatCityHallandontheĭźƷǤ͸ƭ <br />website. <br />Thefollowingincludesadescriptionofthemodificationsbeingproposed.Thoseareasin <br />theattachedExhibitAhighlightedinyellowindicatenewlanguageaspartofthe <br />proposedmodification.ThestrikeƷŷƩƚǒŭŷ͸ƭindicatewherelanguageisproposedtobe <br />removed.LƷ͸ƭimportanttonotethattheproposedchangestothedocumentarenot <br />substantialinnature.Themajorityofthechangesproposedweretoarrangethe <br />documentinamannerthatitcouldbecodified.Thereweresomeprocessesthathave <br />changedovertheyears,sothosehavebeenincludedinthisdocument.Alltheproposed <br />modificationsareconsistentwithstatelawandhavebeenreviewedbytheCity <br />Attorney. <br />GeneralModifications: <br />1.TheDevelopmentOrdinanceisbeingproposedtobecodifiedasChapter86oftheCity <br />ofLaPorteCodeofOrdinances. <br />2.ReferencestooldversionsofstatelawhavebeenmodifiedwithreferencestoTexas <br />LocalGovernmentCode. <br />3.AnyreferencetothePlanningDepartmentwasreplacedwithͻtƌğƓƓźƓŭand <br />testothedepartmentnameortitleofthedirector. <br />5ĻǝĻƌƚƦƒĻƓƷͼasitrela <br />4.Thecertificatesandsignatureblockspreviouslyincludedaspartoftheordinancehave <br />beenremoved.Itisrecommendedornecessarythatthesebeadoptedinthecodified <br />versionofthecode.Instead,theSubcommitteeisrecommendingthattheybea <br />departmentalpolicyofthePlanningandDevelopmentDepartment.Thesecertificates <br />havebeenincludedaspartofExhibitBforreferencepurposes. <br />Purpose(Section861): <br />5.Anewpurposeclausewasaddedtooutlineageneralpurposeforthechapter. <br />Statutoryauthorityandjurisdiction(Section862): <br />6.ThissectionwasmodifiedtooutlinetheĭźƷǤ͸ƭauthoritytoregulateandapprovevarious <br />developmentprojectsinthecommunity. <br />Conformancerequirements(Section863): <br />7.Thissectionwasmodifiedtosimplifyandmoreclearlyprovidevariousconformance <br />requirementsfordevelopment,includingconformancewiththeComprehensivePlan, <br />PublicImprovementCriteriaManual(PICM),etc. <br />Definitions(Section864): <br />8.Mostofthemodificationstothissectionareminorinnatureandfunctionasameansof <br />clarificationofterms. <br />Howeverthereweresomenewdefinitionsaddedthatwerenotincludedintheoriginal <br />2 <br /> <br />