Council directs staff to begin rescinding and rewriting city's PUD ordinance, sets target for replacement language

Following debate over multiple recent PUDs and the council's experience implementing the current code, councilors voted to direct staff to begin the process of rescinding the PUD ordinance (11-2-6 W) from the comprehensive zoning code and to prepare replacement or revision language for council review. Several councilors said the existing ordinance had produced inconsistent outcomes and an unclear role for the land-use authority; others urged caution about development impacts if the ordinance were removed without replacement.

One councilor said the goal of rescinding was to "get on the same page" among legal, planning staff and council before bringing a revised tool back into use; the motion directed staff to start the rescission process and to bring proposed replacement language to the full council by Sept. 1, 2027 for further deliberation.