Title
Amending Chapters 65 and 66 of the Legislative Code pertaining to drive-through sales and services and walk-up service windows.
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WHEREAS, on March 29, 2024 the Planning Commission initiated a zoning study to consider amendments to the Zoning Code regarding drive-through sales and services and connected regulations; and?
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on June 7, 2024 regarding the potential amendments and held the record open for written comments through June 10, 2024; and?
WHEREAS, in a memo dated September 6, 2024, the Comprehensive and Neighborhood Planning Committee submitted a report to the Planning Commission in which recommendations and a rationale for amending specific sections of the Zoning Code were set forth: and
WHEREAS, on September 13, 2024, the Planning Commission, based on the Comprehensive and Neighborhood Planning Committee’s report and all the testimony received from the June 7, 2024 public hearing, duly submitted its recommendation to amend certain sections of the Zoning Code regarding drive-through sales and services and related regulations to the Mayor and City Council for its review and consideration; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing before the City Council having been duly conducted at which all interested parties were given an opportunity to be heard, and having considered all the testimony and recommendations concerning the proposed zoning text amendments, including the Planning Commission resolution and the Comprehensive and Neighborhood Planning Committee’s memorandum and their rationale for the recommended Zoning Code amendments which the Council finds persuasive and thus hereby incorporates by reference into this ordinance for the specific purpose of articulating the Council’s reasons and rationale for enacting the recommended amendments as set forth below in Section 1, in addition to any other reasons the Council might articulate on the record in adopting these amendments the Co...
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