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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 23, 2010 Page 16 codes to be provided for comparison purposes to provide a more careful review by the City Council and public on those things being deleted, added or amended, rather than through the piecemeal process currently being processed. Community Development Director Trudgeon clarified the process and rationale for such a process and staff's attempt to bring portions forward for more timely and periodic discussions on a regular basis, seeking comment from the public and City Council, as the document proceeds. Mr. Trudgeon admitted that the process was meant to allow for sharing back and forth to ensure all considerations were addressed. However, Mr. Trudgeon advised if this process was too confusing on a chapter by chapter basis, staff could package the entire Code together for dis- cussion and consideration at one time, for an extended period of discussion for this several hundred page document. However, Mr. Trudgeon opined that this would be daunting and require a lengthy meeting; and further opined that staff thought this was a more feasible approach. Mr. Trudgeon noted the difficulties in providing a comparison of old and new documents, given the changes in format- ting and attempted simplification of the new document. Further discussion included clarification of those items allowed and those not al- lowed in industrial zones, with staff assurances that current restrictions and regu- lations will serve as a basis and be built upon from there for more stringent over- sight rather than less oversight; and that those things actually removed from the current to proposed code would be very minimal based on current indicators. Councilmember Roe opined that it made sense to review current and new districts in order to make comparisons, based on review of districts already seen and dis- cussions to-date; but that from a process point of view it made sense to review sections similar to the current process, followed by a review of the document in totality once completed. Additional discussion included clarifying that there was no intent to remove de- sign or performance standards for Industrial Districts that were based on health, safety and environmental restrictions; whether to have performance standards ad- dressed across the board of specific to each chapter or land use designation; and staff's preference to hear comments and concerns from the public and Council- members as they continued to develop the Code. Further discussion included clarifications in the Industrial District specific to al- lowed uses, those identified and those not identified; preferences for clearly iden- tifying those uses not permitted or ruled out altogether;. the need to include or im- prove upon environmentally protected restrictions; and what mechanism would be in place or scientific standard or methodology available to enforce specific per- formance standards and their respective thresholds to allow proactive rather than reactive enforcement.