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Planning. Prnc~s Memorandum to Craig Waldron Page 38 SUMMARY A!'n COl\CLDSIO", Th<: "reposed design guidelines :>rp .i1uch needed, No one is more amcious to get these new standards in place than I am, but. ! do no! sugg~st that \',.-e sil!1p!y layer these st:ar.d..rds over the many dupliC<ited and comradi;:!ory stanc:brds that already exist in t~2 ordinance Any time an ordinance cor.tains internal contradictions its enfO'rreability is we.akened, To make the number of ordinance mudificatio::s no:edeJ to a"; .if..! dupiication ane! ;on:radiction will re'{uire si:gnifu:ant amc::ndmenL Ther~ are m;my of us who r~gnize thaI the entire code ne<'cIs to be re-"'Titten and recodifi".1, T;-:e obvious Question is . ,hcluld we be making m;,jor ordinance modification!' \\it:en the whole code n~eds to be Tn\Tiucn? I bdje\.'c that the ;mswer is yc'), We "C faccd with ;J situation whe.e the RoscyiHe Comprehensi\"e Pian is ter, years p~~ out of one. The zoning coJe,like so many other:; is a patch \,_ :.rk quilt assembled o.er many y~~\n;, Th.:- entire ~eIor'nent r.....'iew and appro\'a1 pr~c; IJ~ and is undergoil,g ;;;,.jdr .:h:'iip:', We: simply ha\c tf' rc;;og.nizc tr:;n II>C o<::eJ to S';irt s\J1Tn;where and proceed ;U <0': :'.rJt:rI)' I;:shioll, The si;Jgk~ most important clemt:.-nt in the entire c( -munity pianning p:-ocess ; , the .'mprehensiv~ Plan, Morco than ev~r before.. the ~'~;nprehensive Plan is the key to se~urin:; Ihe authority to attain commu!1it)' obj~'!ives, 1 suggest that we adopt the proposed design guidelines?:m make the r-ecessary code amendments to insure tha~ there ;:rt' no dupliG1!i(1T1s or contradictions therein, I also suggest that we continue to improve the deve1npmcnt reviev.' and appr(Nal proce$.~ recognizing that both of these are<\S may be furt;',er am,=1".JeG in rl~T"...n"p . n rlir~':-!!\.~~~ f!"c~ !h::.- ~~.qi"i.c.., .:~-'ii.Jp.-~)cn:J,;vc piauning pWCt:'ss