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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, June 03, 2013 Page 11 to multiple applications, and those needed to be considered as well (e.g. vari- ances). Mayor Roe noted that the City's subdivision code had not undergone a revision as of yet. Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd concurred; advising that whether to update the Subdivision Code to read parallel to State Statute remained on the "to do" list for this summer/fall, along with more comprehensive subdivision code changes in- tended to be done enmass. With respect to the number of potential infill subdivisions city-wide, Coun- cilmember McGehee expressed her preference not to wait until fall to include a condition that developers/applicants meet with their neighbors as a precursor to the 60-day review period. Mayor Roe and Councilmember Willmus concurred with Councilmember McGe- hee. Mr. Trudgeon clarified that the open house clause was not included in the subdi- vision code, but when dealing with plats, it could be added to the language; or as suggested by Mayor Roe, simply referenced. Councilmember Willmus opined that this discussion should focus around the level or what size subdivision being considered: whether an individual splitting a lot to create another or some other threshold. Mr. Trudgeon suggested that a good demarcation would be a Minor Subdivision of three (3) lots or less versus Major Subdivisions with a more complicated pro- cess. At the request of Mayor Roe as to whether an open house was an unreasonable requirement for a simple lot split; Councilmember McGehee that a simple lot split should not apply versus buying a number of lots and recombining them, creating a larger impact. Mr. Lloyd noted that the Civic Engagement Task Force had done some research on this very issue; and provided recommendations for subdivision open houses suggesting that the number of lots would trigger it. Mr. Lloyd advised that the first reference for open house requirements was implemented as part of Interim Use or Zoning Map changes, but had come into existence without any code amendment, simply adding that requirement to the application requirements; and suggested that whichever trigger was chosen for an open house could be added the same way and prior to code text amendments.