2010-34 AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE - ZONING ADMINISTRATOR - DEPARTMENT NAME CHANGE

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DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MEMORANDUM No. 10-41 May 12, 2010 TO: Honorable Mayor Michael T. McElroy and City Council FROM: Ryan P. McCrady, City Manager U Greg C. Crowe, Assistant City Manage&a Iri Suzan M. Stickle, Senior Planner SM5 SUBJECT: ' Amendments to Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance#3 512) SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the amendments to the City of Decatur Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance #3512) as proposed. The City Plan Commission voted 7-0 to recommend approval of this petition as amended at the May 6, 2010 hearing; the minutes of the meeting are attached. The current City of Decatur Zoning Ordinance was adopted in May of 2002. Since the time of adoption, Staff has discovered certain necessary changes, discrepancies and omissions as the new ordinance has been implemented, specifically in SECTION II. DEFINITIONS. It is Staff's hope that these changes will make the Zoning Ordinance more comprehensive and applicable to the changing built urban environment all the while keeping the charge of making Decatur a beautiful place to live, work and play. BACKGROUND: The intent of adding a definition for Zoning Administrator will help keep the Zoning Ordinance consistent in the event departmental name changes occur with the ease of just changing the definition to reflect any changes in Department names. Currently, the Ordinance has multiple places where the Director of the Department is listed in the administrator capacity and it has not always been changed correctly. With this definition, the only change necessary in the future will be in the Definitions section of the Ordinance. Additionally, the Department of Economic and Urban Development will change in the Zoning Ordinance to read the Department of Planning and Building Services and the Director will now change to the Zoning Administrator. POTENTIAL OBJECTION: There were no objectors present at the Plan Commission Meeting. INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: N/A STAFF REFERENCE: Any additional questions may be forwarded to Suzan Stickle at 424-2786 or at sstickle@decaturil.gov. BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: None.