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ORDNC-2025-4 : Zoning Amendment Floodplain Overlay District

Passed · OUGHT TO PASS [10 TO 0] Yes: Maya Jamaleddine, Ward Hamilton, Manjula Karamcheti, John Obremski, Devin Romanul, Robb Stewart, Kimberly Vandiver, Ryan Williams, Leila Migliorelli, Mark Garipay. Absent: Cal Finocchiaro.

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(ID # 12577) Amending Revised Zoning Ordinances Zoning Amendment Floodplain Overlay District Ought to Pass City Council

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▶ 2:07:34 Mark Garipay: All in favor? Aye. A Aye. Opposed? That ID is held. Next up we have ID, 1, 2, 5, 7, 7 zoning amendment, floodplain overlay district, and we have Ms. Mass with us. And I believe in your packet, there was some memos on, um, the response from the planning board. So, floor,

▶ 2:07:57 Speaker 12: Yours? Yes. Thank you. Uh, so the, the planning board, um, met and discussed all of the comments and questions that came up during the public hearing, uh, for these zoning amendments. And, um, have a formal response to, to each of the items in this memo. Um, they're not recommending any changes to the, the zoning amendment, the floodplain zoning, um, overly District Amendment, um, based on the discussion. So I can go through the memo, um, if you'd like, um, or just leave it at that.

▶ 2:08:34 Mark Garipay: Um, I would, I'm sorry, I was gonna just open it up for councils or do you want, I mean, I'm assuming everyone had read it, so, yeah.

▶ 2:08:42 Ryan Williams: Council, I just, I was just gonna say as a reminder that, uh, the, the zoning amendment before doesn't accept floodplain. We don't define the floodplain. Um, it is done by the federal government. Uh, what we're doing is updating the, um, zoning to be more responsive to the fact that there are properties within floodplain and they need a little bit of special treatment and better define how we handle it in our zoning code.

▶ 2:09:07 Speaker 2: Thank you. Uh, council Hamilton and then Council Jam. Jamal,

▶ 2:09:12 Ward Hamilton: I was just trying to indicate that I've read the memo

▶ 2:09:16 Speaker 10: and, oh, raise your hand if you Thank

▶ 2:09:18 Speaker 2: You. Council. Council Hamilton. Council Jamal,

▶ 2:09:21 Maya Jamaleddine: Thank you. I just wanted to thank, uh, the committee on sending all these information. It was very helpful and, um, it answered many of the questions that, um, resident residents, um, actually reach out and, you know, so to clarify that, so I appreciate that. Thank you.

▶ 2:09:40 Speaker 2: Thank you. Um, what's the

▶ 2:09:43 Speaker 1: Motion to recommend full counsel?

▶ 2:09:46 Mark Garipay: Second, we have a motion to recommend by Council Williams, seconded by Council Romanul Romanul on discussion. Roll call. Vote please.

▶ 2:09:56 Speaker 10: Councilor Jamal Ledine? Yes. Councilor Hamilton? Yes. Councilor Karen Chetty? Yes. Councilor O Brisky? Yes. Councilor Romanul? Yes. Councilor Stewart? Yes. Councilor Vandiver? Yes. Councilor Williams? Yes. President Michael? Yes. Chair Garipay? Yes. Motion passes.