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Annual Review and Work Plan Year: 2021 Annual Internal Review This report covers the time period of 7/1/2020 to 6/30/2021 Codes and Ordinances Joint Committee (Official Name of Board or Commission) The Board/Commission mission statement (per the City Code) is: § 2-1-207 - CODES AND ORDINANCES JOINT COMMITTEE. (A) The city council creates the Codes and Ordinances Joint Committee to consider and make recommendations to the Planning Commission regarding: (1) proposed amendments to the Land Development Code for which review is required under Section 25-1-502 ( Amendment; Review ); and (2) requests to initiate amendments to the Land Development Code under Section 25-1-501 ( Initiation ). (B) The committee consists of seven members, which shall include: (1) four members of the Planning Commission, selected by the Planning Commission; and (2) three members of the Zoning and Platting Commission, selected by the Zoning and Platting Commission. ( Ord. No. 20160505-037, Pt. 1, 5-16-16) 1 Annual Review and Work Plan Year: 2021 1. Describe the board’s actions supporting their mission during the previous calendar year. Address all elements of the board’s mission statement as provided in the relevant sections of the City Code. (Reference all reports, recommendations, letters or resolutions presented to the City Council on mission-specific issues. If some of the elements of the mission statement were not acted on by the board in the past year, the report should explain why no action was taken.) As required by the City Code, the Codes and Ordinances Joint Committee considered and made recommendations on the following amendments to the Land Development Code: 2020 – Recommended Initiation to full PC None. 2020 – Recommended to full PC Street Impact Fee. Discuss and consider an ordinance amending Title 25 of the City Code related to establishing a street impact fee. City Staff: Liane Miller, Austin Transportation, (512) 974-7922, Liane.Miller@austintexas.gov; (Discussion and/or Possible Action). Platting Exceptions. Discuss and consider an amendment to Chapter 25-4 (Subdivision) to allow a parcel of land that has obtained a minimum lot width variance from the Board of Adjustment to satisfy the minimum frontage requirement for a platting exception under Section 25-4-2. City Staff: Christopher Johnson, Development Services (512) 974-2769, christopher.johnson@austintexas.gov (Discussion and/or possible action). 2021 – Recommended Initiation to full PC None. 2021 – Recommended to full PC University Neighborhood Overlay (UNO) District Sign Regulations. Discuss and consider an amendment to City Code Title 25 relating to sign regulations in the University Neighborhood Overlay (UNO) District. City Staff: Jerry Rusthoven, Housing and Planning Department (512) 974-3207, jerry.rusthoven@austintexas.gov (Discussion and/or possible action). 2 Annual Review and Work Plan Year: 2021 2. Determine if the board’s actions throughout the year comply with the mission statement. (If any of the board’s actions were outside the scope of the mission statement, the report should explain the non-compliance issues.) All actions taken by the Codes and Ordinances Joint Committee were within the scope of the mission statement. 3. List the board’s goals and objectives for the new calendar year. (Make sure the goals and objectives fall within the mission statement of the board/commission.) Continue to serve as a starting point for the community to engage the city in the initiation of Land Development Code amendments Continue to responsibly consider initiation of amendments to the Land Development Code Continue to provide a venue for citizen input on proposed initiations and amendments to the Land Development Code Continue to provide careful consideration and recommendations to the full Planning Commission on potential amendments to the Land Development Code Continue to provide timely consideration of items previously initiated by City Council or City Staff Continue to serve as a link between the Zoning and Platting Commission and the Planning Commission Provide input, as deemed necessary by the members of the Codes and Ordinances Joint Commission, on the re-write of the Land Development Code 3