Westfield staff introduces UDO patches for downtown signs, tornado-siren easements and office-district land-use change

Lauren Gillingham of the Community Development Department introduced Ordinance 26-35 during the June 26 Westfield Common Council meeting, describing it as a set of UDO patches that would update sign rules downtown, create provisions for tornado-siren easements on new developments, and modify the use table to remove multifamily dwelling as a permitted use in the GEO office district.

Gillingham described the item as an introduction and noted it will proceed through the city’s planning review process; staff anticipated the item would be heard by the APC at a meeting the transcript refers to as the "APC U" meeting on July 6. No substantive debate or public comment occurred in the council meeting record.

The introduction did not include ordinance text read in full during the meeting, nor did it identify specific parcels or developments that the changes would affect. Council members thanked staff for the introduction and the council scheduled further consideration through the APC as the next procedural step.

The council did not take a vote on the ordinance at this meeting; it was introduced for future action and referral to the planning commission.