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Code ( LDC), not statute,
review authority from the City' s Land Development
and reviews projects for compliance with the LDC. The result is a subjective,
disjointed, and costly process. It adds time to a development application that
has little or no value added.
2. 3. The City Council should perform the functions of the CRA Board.
2. 1. 1. Reason: The CRA special district is an important tool for revitalization by
reinvesting in the area to increase property values, but the CRA Board has
become something larger than originally intended by having the ability to
review plans for development. The CRA Board, as currently structured, has
served to slow down or even inhibit development in the City.
2. 4 The City should review its policies and practices with respect to the need to
acknowledge the right of private property owners in regards to their properties.
2.4. 1 Reason: Council the activities, ordinances, the
City should review
membership, and the qualifications for said membership for the Historic Sites
and Structures Advisory Board.
2. 5. Implement plans in the Land Development Code to offer flexibility and incentives
for redevelopment upon certain conditions.
2. 5. 1 Reason: The updates to the new Comprehensive Plan provide for such
incentives, generally. Changes to the LDC should include specifics. for the
City' s bonus system. In addition, the LDC should not treat redevelopment the
same as new construction. Special development review criteria should be
developed for infill redevelopment.
2. 6. Maximize the incentive potential of the CRA to encourage private reinvestment with
proper cost/ benefit analyses.
2. 6. 1 Reason: The economic stimulus programs within the CRA should be
increased to provide further incentives for costly infill development— when
the potential tax return warrants the initial investment.
2. 7 Re- evaluate the adopted comprehensive fee schedule to allow for incentives and fee
waivers or reductions for new development and redevelopment.
2. 7. 1 Reason: Criteria should be established so that a new, relocating, or expanding
business can qualify for fee waivers or reductions when the economic return
warrants such an incentive. The criteria should be based on qualitative
costibenefit analyses such as money generated through construction activity,
increased taxes, and additional jobs created.
2. 8 The City Council should review the existing sign ordinance, which establishes that
all nonconforming signs must conform to the City' s sign ordinance by July 12, 2011.
2. 8. 1 Reason: While it is important for signs to eventually conform to the City' s
sign ordinance, the current economic recession makes this a financial
hardship for businesses at the present time. The City Council should consider
extending the date for compliance.
2. 9 The City Council should adopt an economic incentives program that encourages
industries to relocate within the City limits.
2. 9. 1. Reason: The City will consider an incentives program as part of its Economic
Implementation Plan in the near future. The program should provide
incentives for businesses to relocate within City limits under certain criteria.
The criteria should be based on qualitative cost/benefit analyses such as
generated through construction activity, increased taxes, and
money
additional jobs created.
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