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  • Land Use and Sustainability Committee — Minutes 2026-05-20

    May 20, 2026

    ·Seattle, WA
    Minutes

    The Seattle Land Use and Sustainability Committee met on May 20, 2026, with five members present (Councilmembers Lin, Strauss, Foster, Hollingsworth, and Rinck), chaired by Councilmember Lin. The committee recommended passage of CB 121196, a comprehensive zoning ordinance affecting the University District, Fremont, Madison/Miller, Rainier Beach, and Downtown neighborhoods that rezones land, amends development standards to increase housing supply, removes barriers to passive house and mass timber construction, and incentivizes community-serving uses, with the vote 4–1 in favor (Hollingsworth abstained). CB 121214, which introduces a new data center definition and establishes a moratorium on data center applications, and CB 121215, which clarifies council land use decision processes, were discussed but no votes were recorded.

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CB 121196: An ordinance relating to land use and zoning; rezoning certain land in the University District, the Fremont neighborhood, the Madison/Miller neighborhood, the Rainier Beach neighborhood, and the Downtown neighborhood; rezoning land and amending development standards to increase housing supply, support multi-purpose redevelopment on certain sites with community-based uses, remove code barriers to passive house, modular, and mass timber construction and to conversion from commercial space to housing in more zones, and incentivize community-serving uses along with the construction of more housing in certain areas; amending Sections 23.40.080, 23.47A.009, 23.49.008, 23.49.011, 23.49.036, 23.49.058, and 23.49.158 of the Seattle Municipal Code; adding a new Section 23.40.090 to the Seattle Municipal Code; adding a new Map 1L to Chapter 23.49 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and amending Chapter 23.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code at pages 60, 76, 109, 112, and 188 of the Official Land Use Map.

Mar 16, 2026

·Seattle, WA
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  • BL2026-1313: An ordinance to authorize building material restrictions and requirements for BL2026-1312, the River North Urban Design Overlay, for properties located on Cowan Street, Cowan Court, and Waterside Drive, (165.21 acres), to create a new Subdistrict 3 and update the General Standards related to future streets and open space, all of which is described herein (Proposal No. 2017UD-005-012). THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE REQUIRES CERTAIN MATERIALS TO BE RESTRICTED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS.

    Feb 27, 2026

    ·Nashville, TN
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  • COUNCIL CHAMBERS DECEMBER 10, 2025 MEETING OF THE

    Dec 10, 2025

    ·West Chester, PA
    Minutes

    On December 10, 2025, the Chester City Council held a regular meeting presided over by Mayor Stefan Roots, during which Police Commissioner Katrina Blackwell was sworn in with congratulations from city officials and community members. The council approved previous meeting minutes and addressed several items including Bill No. 5 (Ordinance 5, 2025), a final reading amendment to the Planning and Zoning Code that prohibits construction company and tradesperson headquarters in specific zoning districts and establishes maximum percentages for outdoor storage, and Resolution 147 regarding Grace Manor plan approval with standard stormwater management agreements. Public comments were received on agenda items including questions about amendments to the Pension Board ordinance and stormwater management protocols.

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  • 2024-1145: Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a Cooperation Agreement or amendments thereto, with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh to ensure equity contracting program requirements for both job quality and diverse workforce participation standards on construction projects at no cost to the City.

    Nov 8, 2024

    ·Pittsburgh, PA
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  • 24-1297: A resolution approving a proposed On-Call Contract between the City and County of Denver and HNTB Corporation for Waterway Resiliency Program Staff Augmentation and Owner Advisor Services. Approves an on-call contract with HNTB Corporation for $6,000,000 and a term of 11-04-2024 through 10-31-2027 to project definition, preliminary design and preconstruction services, stakeholder engagement, construction management services, oversite of long-term performance and to provide expertise, standards, processes, comparative data, and systems that facilitate effective deliverables, in Council Districts 1, 3, 6, 7, 9 and 10 (DOTI-202475327-00). The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 11-12-2024. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 10-9-2024.

    Sep 30, 2024

    ·Denver, CO
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  • 2024-0953: Resolution granting unto THE STANDARD BC LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, at no cost to the City, new permanent building footers and building canopy that will extend into the right-of-way, at 2120 5th Avenue, in the 4th Ward, 1st 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    Sep 20, 2024

    ·Pittsburgh, PA
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  • 24-1146: A bill for an ordinance approving a proposed Amended and Restated Denargo Market Development Agreement between the City and County of Denver and JB Denargo, LLC and Denargo Market Metropolitan District 1, to amend specific environmental standards related to construction and infrastructure on certain city property in Council District 9. Amends the Denargo Market Development Agreement with JB Denargo, LLC, and Denargo Market Metropolitan District by amending specific environmental standards related to construction and infrastructure on city property that is not ROW or Parks, in Council District 9 (CPLAN-202370156). The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 10-14-2024. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 9-11-2024.

    Sep 2, 2024

    ·Denver, CO
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  • CB 120824: AN ORDINANCE relating to design review for the Downtown, Uptown, South Lake Union, and First Hill Urban Centers, a subarea adjacent to the Uptown Urban Center, and a portion of the Greater Duwamish Manufacturing and Industrial Center; adopting temporary regulations to exempt single-use and mixed-use development projects with lodging, residential, or research and development laboratory uses from design review, and allowing the Director of the Department of Construction and Inspections to grant waivers and modifications from certain development standards; and amending Sections 23.41.004, 23.41.020, 23.76.004, 23.76.006, 23.76.010, 23.76.012, and 23.76.026 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

    Jun 18, 2024

    ·Seattle, WA
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  • Land Use Committee — Agenda 2023-11-29

    Nov 29, 2023

    ·Seattle, WA
    Agenda

    This agenda documents a special meeting of the Seattle City Council's Land Use Committee scheduled for November 29, 2023, at 2:00 PM in the Council Chamber. The committee, chaired by Dan Strauss with Tammy J. Morales as Vice-Chair and including members Teresa Mosqueda, Sara Nelson, and Alex Pedersen, will conduct a 60-minute briefing and discussion on an audit of the construction permitting process presented by the Office of City Auditor staff (David Jones, Andrew Higgins, and Melissa Alderson). The agenda also includes consideration of an ordinance amending Seattle Municipal Code Section 23.76.029 to extend the expiration period for certain Master Use Permits approved between March 1, 2020 and December 31, 2026 from the standard term to six years. The meeting allows for remote and in-person public comment, with online registration opening two hours before the meeting start time.

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  • CB 120677: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Seattle Department of Transportation Director to approve the transfer of the railway franchise granting the right, privilege, and accompanying authority to locate, lay down, construct, maintain, own, and operate standard gauge railway tracks along the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company's former Washington Branch Line right-of-way, between 6th Avenue NW and NW 67th Street, from the Ballard Terminal Railroad Company to the Meeker Southern Railroad, subject to the operating agreement and all other conditions approved under Ordinance 118734; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

    Oct 5, 2023

    ·Seattle, WA
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  • Meeting Minutes Task Force Meeting #2 Thursday, July 27, 2023

    Jul 27, 2023

    ·Baltimore, MD
    Minutes

    This task force meeting held July 27, 2023, from 1:00–3:00 pm E.T. at Montgomery Park Building in Baltimore convened to advance Maryland's climate goals, with Secretary McIlwain and Director Pinsky as co-chairs. MDE released Maryland's Climate Pathway on June 30th, a conceptual roadmap outlining policies to achieve a 60% reduction in climate pollution by 2031, with public listening sessions scheduled for July, August, and September. MDE plans to propose a Building Energy Performance Standard (BEPS) regulation to its Air Quality Control Advisory Council in September, at which point written comments will be accepted. MEA is supporting school decarbonization efforts, noting that Howard County has one net-zero school and Baltimore has two recently constructed to net-zero standards, while simultaneously pursuing additional Department of Energy administrative funding to support Inflation Reduction Act programs.

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  • BL2023-2009: An ordinance amending the Metropolitan Code of Laws, sections 16.08.014 and 16.08.016, in order to bring it into compliance with a new state law regarding maximum standards for energy conservation in one and two-family construction projects.

    Jun 23, 2023

    ·Nashville, TN
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  • BL2023-1994: An ordinance amending Metropolitan Code Section 16.08.012 to regulate mass timber construction with the standards set forth in the 2021 Edition of the International Building Code and the 2021 Edition of the International Fire Code.

    Jun 13, 2023

    ·Nashville, TN
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  • 2022-1017: On the Home Rule Petition, referred on August 31, 2022 Docket #1017, to the General Court entitled “Petition for a Special Law Re: An Act Authorizing the City of Boston to Establish Fossil Fuel-Free Standards for New Construction and Major Renovation Projects," submits a report recommending that the home rule petition ought to pass in a new draft.

    Aug 23, 2022

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2021-2314: Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 4: Public Place and Property, Article II: Telecommunications in the Public Right-of-Way, by amending and supplementing language to Sections 427.03, 427.06, 427.07, 427.09, 427.11, 427.16, 427.19, and 427.20, establishing certain general and specific standards relating to the location, placement, construction and maintenance of Non-Tower Wireless Communications Facilities, and Small Cell Facilities; establishing certain general and specific standards for Wireless Communication Facilities in the public rights-of-way; establishing certain general and specific standards for Wireless Communications Facilities outside the public rights-of-way; providing for definitions; providing for the enforcement of said regulations; and providing for an effective date.

    Dec 10, 2021

    ·Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee — Minutes 2021-12-08

    Dec 8, 2021

    ·Seattle, WA
    Minutes

    On December 8, 2021, the Seattle Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee met remotely and voted unanimously (5–0) to recommend passage of four council bills. CB 120206 establishes a Mobile Home Park Overlay District by adding Chapter 23.70 to the Seattle Municipal Code and amending the Official Land Use Map, with a request that the Office of Housing add the affected census tract to those eligible for affirmative marketing and community preference policies. CB 120239 amends the 2018 Seattle Energy Code by revising construction code sections C404.2.3, C404.2.3.1, C406.8, C406.8.1, C503.4.6, and C503.5 and Table 406.1. CB 120215 authorizes the Director of the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections to administratively waive development standards for minor sewage treatment plant expansions subject to Department of Ecology corrective orders. The committee, presided over by Councilmember Strauss and including members Mosqueda, Juarez, Lewis, and Pedersen, recommended passage of all bills as amended, with no opposing votes.

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  • Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee — Minutes 2021-12-03

    Dec 3, 2021

    ·Seattle, WA
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    The Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee of Seattle held a remote meeting on December 3, 2021, at 9:34 a.m., presided over by Councilmember Dan Strauss with four members present and one excused. The committee heard and discussed five items: an information item on the Crown Hill Urban Village Community Action Plan; Council Bill 120215 authorizing the Director of the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections to administratively waive development standards for minor sewage treatment plant expansions under Department of Ecology corrective orders; Council Bill 120239 amending the 2018 Seattle Energy Code; Council Bill 120206 establishing a Mobile Home Park Overlay District and amending related zoning and housing policies; and Council Bill 120214 renaming Single-Family zones to Neighborhood Residential zones with corresponding amendments to the Seattle Municipal Code and Official Land Use Map.

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  • CB 120215: AN ORDINANCE relating to land use review decision procedures; amending Section 23.51A.002 of the Seattle Municipal Code to authorize the Director of the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections to administratively waive development standards for minor expansions of sewage treatment plants subject to a Department of Ecology corrective order and finding an emergency under Seattle Municipal Code Section 25.05.880.

    Oct 25, 2021

    ·Seattle, WA
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  • BL2021-869: An ordinance to amend Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, the Zoning Ordinance of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, to refine the urban design standards within Chapter 17.37, Downtown Code, relating to permitted façade materials, all of which is described herein (Proposal No. 2021Z-007TX-001). THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE REQUIRES CERTAIN MATERIALS TO BE RESTRICTED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS.

    Aug 26, 2021

    ·Nashville, TN
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  • ST. PETERSBURG CITY COUNCIL Meeting of December 7, 2017 TO:

    Dec 7, 2017

    ·St. Petersburg, FL
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    On December 7, 2017, the St. Petersburg City Council considered a proposed ordinance to amend Chapter 25 of the city code to regulate small wireless facilities in public rights-of-way, in compliance with Florida's Advanced Wireless Infrastructure Deployment Act effective July 1, 2017. The ordinance would add definitions, create a registration process for wireless providers, amend permit application procedures for construction in the right-of-way, and establish design standards for small wireless facilities. The administration recommended a first reading on December 7, 2017, with a public hearing and final adoption vote scheduled for December 14, 2017.

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  • 6/12/2016 Stamford, CT Code of Ordinances

    Jun 12, 2016

    ·Stamford, CT
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    The City of Stamford adopted the Noise Control Ordinance on April 1, 1985 (Ordinance No. 548), approved by State Deputy Commissioner John W. Anderson on February 5, 1988, establishing regulations to protect citizens from excessive sound and vibration. The ordinance defines key terms including ambient noise measured at the L90 level (exceeded 90% of the time), commercial zones encompassing districts CCS, CN, CL, CD, CG, CI, CNN, BD, and BC, and daytime hours as 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sundays and state/federal holidays. The chapter establishes measurement standards using decibels (dB) as the unit for sound-pressure level and defines construction, construction equipment, demolition, and related activities subject to noise control provisions.

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  • BOISE COUNTY SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE Ordinance 2006-02 December 6, 2005

    Dec 6, 2005

    ·Boise, ID
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    Boise County Ordinance 2006-02, adopted December 6, 2005, establishes comprehensive subdivision regulations for the county. The ordinance covers procedures for minor and full-scale subdivision plats, right-of-way standards, road construction requirements, vacation of plats, and mitigation of development effects on political subdivisions and school districts. The regulations are authorized under Idaho Code Title 50 Chapter 13, Title 67 Chapter 65, and the Idaho Constitution, and are designed to promote public health, safety, and general welfare through harmonious county development.

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  • WORCESTER TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE NO. 73

    Worcester, MA
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    Worcester Township Ordinance No. 73, enacted January 13, 1975, amends the township's building code to clarify construction standards for various building types. The ordinance specifies requirements for plywood (exterior glue stamp required), defines fireproof construction standards by building type with reference to the BOCA Basic Building Code, and establishes fire-wall requirements for multi-family structures with more than two dwelling units, including mandatory masonry or concrete party walls and concrete flooring between stacked units. At least 50% of exterior walls in multi-family structures must be brick construction.

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  • • BETHEL TOWNSHIP LEBANON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA RESOLUTION NO. 010410

    Lebanon, PA
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    Bethel Township, Lebanon County adopted Resolution No. 010410 to establish an appeal form and fee structure for appeals from the township's Construction Code Official to the Uniform Construction Code Board of Appeals. The resolution sets filing fees of $500 for appeals requesting a written decision without a hearing and $1,000 for appeals requesting a hearing followed by a written decision, with fees payable directly to the township to cover administrative costs including public notice, court reporters, and appeal proceedings administration. The resolution includes a standardized appeal application form (Exhibit A) that requires applicants to provide basic information, the relevant building permit number, property address, and detailed grounds for appeal, including specific code sections in question.

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  • MOORE TOWNSHIP NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ORDINANCE NO.: 2024 --

    Moore Township, XX
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    Moore Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania enacted Ordinance No. 2024 to repeal and replace Section 4.14 of Ordinance No. 2005-4 (codified at Chapter 260-42 of the Moore Township Codified Ordinances), which governs storm drainage regulations. The new ordinance, effective five days after enactment, replaces outdated storm drainage requirements with revised and updated regulations covering stormwater management plans, basic construction criteria, construction standards, drainage easements, general system requirements, and collection system design. The Board of Supervisors, with Daniel Piorkowski as Chairman, enacted this ordinance to modernize the township's stormwater management framework. The new regulations require stormwater management plans prepared by registered engineers to be submitted as part of subdivision and land development applications, with provisions for minor subdivisions and final plans.

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  • Tucson, AZ Code of Ordinances

    Tucson, AZ
    Other

    Tucson's Code of Ordinances establishes noise control standards for residential, commercial, and industrial properties, with maximum permissible sound levels ranging from 62-85 dB(A) depending on property use and time of day. The ordinance prohibits specific activities that produce plainly audible noise beyond property lines, including continuous music or amplified sound exceeding 15 minutes, loud vehicle loading/unloading, disruptive animal sounds, and raucous vocalizations. Construction activities are restricted during evening and nighttime hours (8:00 p.m. through sunrise on weekdays and all day Sunday), with limited exceptions for residential work during daytime hours.

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  • Noise Control Ordinance of the City of Newark

    Newark, NJ
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    The Noise Control Ordinance of the City of Newark, codified in Chapter 20, establishes definitions and regulatory framework for noise control within the city. The ordinance replaced a prior 1966 noise control ordinance (R.O. 1966 § 17:31) through Ordinance 6 S+FH, 62586. Key definitions establish measurement standards using A-weighted sound levels in decibels (dBA) as measured by sound level meters, with reference pressure of twenty micropascals. The ordinance defines regulated categories including commercial operations, construction, demolition, emergency work, hospital quiet zones (within 500 feet of hospital boundaries), industrial areas, and mobile sources, with specific inclusions and exclusions noted for each category.

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  • York Township Water & Sewer Authority Meeting Agenda

    York, PA
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    The York Township Water & Sewer Authority scheduled an October 20, 2025 meeting to address several operational and capital items, including approval of tapping and connection fees with a recommended study budget not to exceed $16,000, a PennDOT resolution for Springwood Road, and timber harvest authorization at Green Valley Pump Station property. The agenda also included updates on construction and material specification standards, pump station engineering reports, and active development projects including Hudson Ridge North and the Bridgewater Project 3B.

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  • We purchased a severely blighted property in Pottsville

    Pottsville, PA
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    Bobby Weaver, a property owner in Pottsville, PA, describes his experience renovating a severely blighted property using approximately $700,000 in financing from local redevelopment authorities, loans, and grants, but encountered significant obstacles due to code enforcement issues. He identifies three main problems: code officials are risk-averse and poorly educated (requiring only 3 hours of study to become licensed), local officials incorrectly apply the International Building Code instead of Pennsylvania's own Uniform Construction Code, and the confusion between these standards has left his project only half-completed despite engaging 3 architects and 4 lawyers. Weaver proposes legislative solutions to clarify Pennsylvania's existing UCC provisions for historic and uncertified buildings built before 1927, which would provide alternative compliance pathways such as hardwired fire alarms instead of sprinkler systems.

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